December 4th is National Cookie Day, and McCormick® has teamed up with Milk Bar® and its award-winning chef, Christina Tosi, to create a special cookie recipe for the holiday season.

Milk Bar, with six locations in New York City plus bakeries in Chicago, D.C., Las Vegas, and Los Angeles, also ships nationwide.

The limited-edition Eggnog & English Toffee Cookies are The Nibble’s Gift Of The Day. They’re simply terrific.

We can’t imagine any cookie lover who wouldn’t enjoy a tin of six cookies (photos #2, #3, and #4). Here’s the link to order them online.

They’re available through the end of the month at participating Milk Bar locations from November 28 to December 31, 2025.

To celebrate National Cookie Day on December 4th, Milk Bar and McCormick share the recipe with you (below).
 
 
GREAT FOR GIFTING

The the special ingredient in the recipe is McCormick® English Toffee Naturally Flavored Finishing Sugar (photo #5), a one of four limited-edition flavors for the holidays (photo #7).

 
The recipe for the cookies follows, along with a recipe for McCormick’s Eggnog Martini.

Elsewhere on THE NIBBLE, you’ll find related articles:

> What is toffee?

> The history of toffee.

> The history of eggnog.

> Delicious eggnog recipes.

> The history of cookies.

> The 10 different categories of cookies.

> The different types of cookies: a photo glossary.

> The different types of sugar: a photo glossary.

> The year’s 44 cookie holidays.

> The year’s 15 butterscotch, caramel, and toffee holidays.

> The year’s 4 eggnog holidays are below.
 
 
RECIPE #1: McCORMICK x MILK BAR EGGNOG ENGLISH TOFFEE COOKIES

This holiday season, add a little magic to your desserts and snacks with this extra-special cookie recipe created by McCormick and Milk Bar.

The traditionally rich, sweet taste of eggnog is the perfect complement to toffee, and in this recipe, the flavor of McCormick English Toffee Finishing Sugar (photo #5) provides a wonderfully flavorful garnish.

It’s one of four limited-time holiday finishing sugars, along with Candy Cane, Chocolate Hazelnut, and Spiced Orange finishing sugars (photo #7), for which there are many uses including rimming coffee and hot chocolate cups and cocktail and mocktail glasses, to garnishing baked goods, popcorn, and so much more.

In fact, the finishing sugars make great stocking stuffers for your favorite bakers and mixologists.

See them all here, along with recipes.

Prep time is 20 minutes and bake time is 12 minutes.
 
Ingredients For 18 Cookies

 
Ingredients For The Icing

 

[7] McCormick’s four finishing sugars for Holiday 2025: Candy Cane, Chocolate Hazelnut, English Toffee, and Spiced Orange.

[1] Bake them or buy them: terrific eggnog and toffee cookies. The recipe is below (recipe and photos #1, #2, #3, #4, and #8 © Milk Bar).

[2] You can purchase them directly from Milk Bar, at participating locations or online.

[3] There’s a gift tin.

[4] The cookies are pre-packaged for freshness.

[5] English Toffee Finishing Sugar is one of McCormick’s four holiday finishing sugar flavors, crafted with demerara sugar, brown sugar, molasses, and buttermilk. Sprinkle on baked goods, ice cream, buttered toast, hot or cold cereal, popcorn. Use it as a drink rimmer or stir it into your hot beverage instead of table sugar (photos #5, #6, and #7 © McCormick).

[6] Eggnog Martini. The recipe is below.

1. PREHEAT the oven to 350°F. Line 2 large baking sheets with parchment; set aside. Mix the flour, pudding mix, cinnamon, salt, baking powder, baking soda, and nutmeg in medium bowl; set aside.

2. BEAT the butter and the granulated and brown sugars in a large bowl with an electric mixer on medium-high speed, 2 to 3 minutes or until light and fluffy. Add the egg, egg yolk, and vanilla; beat 2 to 3 minutes longer or well blended, scraping the sides of the bowl, as needed.

3. GRADUALLY ADD the flour mixture, beating on low speed just until the dough comes together, up to 1 minute. Stir in the English Toffee Finishing Sugar, mixing just until combined. Scoop the dough in 1/3-cup portions onto the prepared baking sheets, placing the scoops about 2-inches apart.

4. BAKE 15 to 20 minutes until the cookies have spread and the edges are golden brown. Cool on the pans for 1 minute. Transfer to wire racks to cool for at least 10 minutes.

5. MAKE the icing. Whisk the confectioners’ sugar and milk in small bowl until smooth (add additional milk or confectioners’ sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, to reach your desired consistency). Spread the icing on the cooled cookies and sprinkle with additional English Toffee Finishing Sugar. Let stand 5 minutes to allow the icing to set.
 
Variations

 

[9] Want a rim to make your Espresso Martini more festive? See the options below (Abacus Photo).
 
 
RECIPE #2: EGGNOG MARTINI COCKTAIL OR MOCKTAIL

This Eggnog Martini (photo #6) can be served with the cookies. For a mocktail version, use a carton of eggnog from the store, and add the garnishes. If you want a less-rich drink, switch the light cream for half-and-half (the different types of cream).

> If you want a vodka-based Eggnog Martini, here’s a recipe.

> If you don’t know if you want to invest in a bottle of white chocolate liqueur, see 12 different ways you can use it.

> National Eggnog Day is December 24th, and National Martini Day is June 19th.
 
Ingredients For 1 Drink

 
Preparation

1. FILL a cocktail shaker two-thirds full with ice. Add the cream, white chocolate liqueur, nutmeg and rum flavor; shake until well mixed and chilled.

2. STRAIN into a martini glass. Garnish as desired. Serve immediately.
 
 
To Add A Rim To An Eggnog Martini

Rim the glasses before you make the cocktails so the rims have time to set (photo #9). You want flavors that complement the creamy spiced flavors of the Eggnog Martini. For example:

 
 
THE YEAR’S 4 EGGNOG HOLIDAYS

Plus, there are four eggnog holidays just waiting for a plate of the eggnog cookies:

 
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*A Coquito is the Puerto Rican version of eggnog. Here’s the recipe.
 
 

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