Santa’s No-Bake Sugar Cookie Bars are soft, chewy holiday squares made from a sweet graham cracker and condensed milk “dough” pressed into a pan, chilled until firm, and finished with festive sprinkles, white chocolate, and powdered sugar. They deliver all the buttery vanilla–almond sugar cookie flavor you want on Santa’s plate with almost no effort, no mixer, and absolutely no oven time.
This recipe follows the same simple pattern as other Santa’s No-Bake Sugar Cookie Bars and 5‑ingredient no-bake graham desserts: stir crumbs, condensed milk, melted butter, and flavoring together in one bowl, press into a lined pan, decorate, chill, and slice. The result is a fudge-like cookie bar that’s dense, sweet, and perfectly suited to Christmas cookie trays, gift boxes, and kid-friendly holiday baking sessions.
Why you’ll love these bars
Santa’s No-Bake Sugar Cookie Bars are ideal for busy December days because they skip rolling, cutting, and baking yet still feel like a fun sugar cookie treat. The base uses just four pantry staples—graham cracker crumbs, sweetened condensed milk, melted butter, and vanilla—so you can throw them together quickly with minimal cleanup. A tiny hit of almond extract gives them that old-fashioned bakery sugar cookie profile that tastes like Christmas in each bite.
These bars are also highly practical. They set in the refrigerator, cut cleanly into neat squares, and hold up well on cookie platters and in tins, which is why similar recipes are popular for cookie exchanges and make-ahead holiday sweets. The topping options—Christmas sprinkles, melted white chocolate, powdered sugar—let you easily match any holiday theme without changing the base recipe.
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