Decadent Chewy Fruitcake Cookies turn everything people love (or secretly love!) about classic holiday fruitcake into soft, chewy drop cookies packed with candied fruit, nuts, raisins, and warm spices. They bake up quicker than a traditional fruitcake, require no soaking or aging, and make a festive addition to any Christmas cookie platter or holiday dessert box.
Why you’ll love these Decadent Chewy Fruitcake Cookies
These cookies give you all the flavors of fruitcake—candied fruit, raisins, nuts, cinnamon, and nutmeg—in a soft and chewy format that even fruitcake skeptics tend to enjoy. Unlike dense, long-baked loaves, fruitcake-style drop cookies bake in about 10–12 minutes and have a tender, cookie-like crumb, very similar to other chewy fruitcake cookie and “fruitcake drop cookie” recipes.
The recipe is straightforward: a classic creamed cookie base with butter and two sugars, enriched with eggs and vanilla, then folded with a generous amount of candied fruit, nuts, and raisins. Warm spices add that unmistakable holiday aroma, and the cookies keep well, making them perfect for cookie exchanges, gifting, or make-ahead holiday baking.
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