Same with the sheer mesh skirt of spherical silver balls and the flouncy, off-shoulder dress covered in 'em, like silver dragees sprinkled on a cupcake.

Whichever recipes you choose, make sure not to adorn your gluten-free cookies with decorative silver dragées as these usually contain wheat flour.

If you're a gluten-free Christmas cookie enthusiast, be aware that those decorative, edible, metal balls—called dragées—often contain gluten as well.