Great Homemade Christmas Cookie Challenge 2025

HO HO HO Merry Cookies! Start the Holiday Season right with Flagler Avenue in New Smyrna Beach on Friday, December 5th, from 4 pm – 8 pm, for the Annual Great Homemade Christmas Cookie Challenge! During the event, you'll sample Holiday cookie favorites along with new tasty creations from Flagler Avenue's restaurants, bars, and merchants! For $15 you'll sample different cookies, receive a recipe card for each cookie, a holiday cookie box, a map of host locations, voting for your favorites at the end!

Purchase your cookie passport here on Eventbrite or the day of the event, CASH ONLY starting at 3:30 pm at the Welcome Tent, located at the S. Cooper St. and Flagler Avenue Intersection.

IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED to purchase your tickets in advance as only a limited quantity be able available day of the event!

Parking is plentiful throughout the Flagler Avenue arts-entertainment-shopping district on pocket parking lots, side streets, and lots behind many of the businesses.

We’ll see you on Flagler Avenue for the Annual Great Homemade Christmas Cookie Challenge

PS: Don't forget, the 38th Annual Light Flagler Avenue event is the same day starting 5 pm, where you can visit the merchants of Flagler Avenue, shop local, take a holiday photo, watch the pop-up Crazy Cart Parade, Paw Parade & more!

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Make it a weekend stay! Multiple beautiful accommodations along Flagler Avenue in the middle of all the fun, check all of them out here: https://flaglerave.com/business-directory/