Ugly Christmas Sweater Sugar Cookie Bars are the quickest way to make soft frosted sugar cookies for a crowd. No chilling, no cutting, no mess!

If you know me at all you know that sugar cookies are kind of my thing. My friends and I started making the BEST Sugar Cookies ever over 20 years ago. They have become a baking tradition for thousands more of you every year and I’m so very grateful!

As much as I love my cut out sugar cookie recipe I know that sometimes you just don’t want to sit down to cut out and frost sugar cookies- especially for a large group.

That’s why you’re going to want to grab my recipe for these delightfully easy and wonderfully delicious Ugly Christmas Sweater Sugar Cookie Bars. With a few tips (and a few shortcuts) you can make these bars for a crowd in about an hour.

Tips for Making Ugly Christmas Sweater Sugar Cookie Bars

• To pipe the frosting you will need piping bags and cake decorating tips. In some recipes you can get away with substituting zip top bags for piping bags but I would not recommend that for this frosting since it is thick. Piping bags are thicker than zip top bags and will not break when you apply pressure to squeeze out the frosting.
• Have fun piping a sweater design…or just spread the frosting. I spread frosting with a small offset spatula.

• These icing decorations are so festive and easy! They come in many designs.
• For the reindeer I took a little inspiration from my Reindeer Pretzel recipe because they are adorable and I just love that sweet and salty combination.
• If you’re going to cut mini pretzels do it fast to avoid breaking. You may be tempted to slowly try to slice the pretzels but a swift cut straight down does the trick. Be sure to keep your fingers out of the way!

The suggested serving size is 24 slices but you can cut them even smaller since these are a sweet, chewy cookie piled high with frosting and candies.

Everyone will be coming back for more!