35 Christmas Gingerbread Recipes For The Holidays - The Daily Spice (2024)

Today I’m sharing some of my favorite Christmas gingerbread recipes that are always a hit this time of year.

Fill your home with the warm, sweet gingerbread smell by trying some of these recipes this year. Everyone in the house will love you, I swear!

Christmas Gingerbread Recipes That You’ll Love

Enjoy these Christmas gingerbread recipes.

For the full recipe and instructions, please follow the link below each image.

1.Gingerbread Souffle with Butterscotch Drizzle

Let’s talk Gingerbread Soufflé. And how incredibly delightful it is with a pouring of warm Butterscotch Sauce.

A soft fluffy cake made with molasses and pumpkin spice, served with a dusting of powdered sugar and a drizzle of creamy butterscotch.

If you haven’t tried your hand at baking a soufflé, I suggest you grab a few ramekins or mugs and try this recipe. Your gingerbread loving tastebuds will thank you!

35 Christmas Gingerbread Recipes For The Holidays - The Daily Spice (1)From:twocupsflour.com

2.Delicious Gingerbread Loaf

This is the perfect breakfast for those cold mornings.

A warm slice of it + a huge mug of steaming coffee leisurely enjoyed is my definition of breakfast goals.

Add to the mix a bit of snowoutside and oh my gosh it can’t get any more winter wonderland that that.

35 Christmas Gingerbread Recipes For The Holidays - The Daily Spice (2)From:carmelapop.com

3.Soft Glazed Gingerbread Bars

Craving gingerbread but don’t have time to make those cute, little gingerbread men?

Then try these quick and easy, soft gingerbread bars.

35 Christmas Gingerbread Recipes For The Holidays - The Daily Spice (3)From:chocolatewithgrace.com

4.Gingerbread Hot Chocolate

This Favorite Gingerbread Spiced Hot Chocolate recipe will leave you with an amazingly delicious holiday drink!

There’s no coffee involved so your kids can enjoy it too. Plus it’s ready in less than 10 minutes!

35 Christmas Gingerbread Recipes For The Holidays - The Daily Spice (4)From:savorynothings.com

5.Gingerbread Cake

Perfectly spiced and delicious this Gingerbread Cake has a yummy cream cheese frosting and a gooey caramel drizzle.

35 Christmas Gingerbread Recipes For The Holidays - The Daily Spice (5)From:thebestcakerecipes.com

6.Copycat Starbucks Gingerbread Loaf

I made WAY too much frosting for one loaf – not that I’m complaining!

35 Christmas Gingerbread Recipes For The Holidays - The Daily Spice (6)From:thecountrycook.net

7.Pumpkin Gingerbread

Perfect for the holidays, richly flavored pumpkin gingerbread made with pumpkin purée, flour, butter, ginger, molasses, brown sugar, and lots of spices.

35 Christmas Gingerbread Recipes For The Holidays - The Daily Spice (7)From:simplyrecipes.com

8.Healthier Gingerbread Muffins

Why make cookies when you can make healthier gingerbread muffins?

These muffins are tender and go wonderfully with a warm cup of coffee.

35 Christmas Gingerbread Recipes For The Holidays - The Daily Spice (8)From:littlespicejar.com

9.Gingerbread Cake Roll

Gingerbread becomes something special when filled with a homemade Almond Pastry Cream!

What do you serve when making a layered cake isn’t special enough and you want to knock the socks off your guests? A CAKE ROLL of course!

35 Christmas Gingerbread Recipes For The Holidays - The Daily Spice (9)From:ladybehindthecurtain.com

10.Gingerbread Biscotti

Perfect with coffee by the fireplace on a chilly morning!

35 Christmas Gingerbread Recipes For The Holidays - The Daily Spice (10)From:ifyougiveablondeakitchen.com

11.Deliciously Easy Gingerbread Fudge

Made using condensed milk and white chocolate, this Easy Gingerbread Fudge is filled with aromatic spices. Think of ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves, along with a good dollop of molasses.

Just like your favorite gingerbread cookie!

35 Christmas Gingerbread Recipes For The Holidays - The Daily Spice (11)From:sweetestmenu.com

12.Gingerbread Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting

Chewy, perfectly spiced Gingerbread Bars meet sweet, luscious Cream Cheese Frosting. And it is a match meant to be!

These are one of the best holiday bars! And once you try them you’ll want to make them every Christmas season!

Hmm, my list of cookies I need to make every year just keeps getting longer and longer!

35 Christmas Gingerbread Recipes For The Holidays - The Daily Spice (12)From:cookingclassy.com

13.Best, Ever Traditional Soft Gingerbread Cookies

They’re thick with a subtle molasses flavor and will make your house smell just like Christmas morning when you bake them.

35 Christmas Gingerbread Recipes For The Holidays - The Daily Spice (13)From:tastesoflizzyt.com

14.Gingerbread Cupcakes

Spiced gingerbread cupcake recipe with tangy, sweet cream cheese frosting.

Moist and flavorful, these homemade cupcakes are the perfect treat during the holidays!

35 Christmas Gingerbread Recipes For The Holidays - The Daily Spice (14)From:sallysbakingaddiction.com

15.Gingerbread Crinkle Cookies

Gingerbread crinkle cookies are a must-try during the holidays.

They are chewy, full of ginger flavor and coated in sugar with exposed cookie cracks.

35 Christmas Gingerbread Recipes For The Holidays - The Daily Spice (15)From:ifyougiveablondeakitchen.com

16.Homemade Gingerbread Latte

If you’re a gingerbread addict like me, I’ve got a treat for you today.

You can make your own gingerbread lattes right at home and they are surprisingly easy to make too!

35 Christmas Gingerbread Recipes For The Holidays - The Daily Spice (16)From:eat-drink-love.com

17.The Best Gingerbread Cookie Sticks

Hands down, this is my favorite Gingerbread Cookie recipe of all time.

I love my new way of serving it. Cut into cookie sticks and topped with candy or white chocolate.

35 Christmas Gingerbread Recipes For The Holidays - The Daily Spice (17)From:crazyforcrust.com

18.Eggnog Cheesecakes With Gingerbread Cookie Crust

If you’re looking for a tasty dessert recipe that will knock your socks off.

These mini Eggnog Cheesecakes with Gingerbread Cookie Crust are simple to make and are filled to the brim with holiday flavor.

35 Christmas Gingerbread Recipes For The Holidays - The Daily Spice (18)From:iwashyoudry.com

19.Cranberry Gingerbread Muffins

These Cranberry Gingerbread Muffins bake up soft and moist. With juicy cranberries sprinkled in and a cozy gingerbread flavor, it’s a winner!

35 Christmas Gingerbread Recipes For The Holidays - The Daily Spice (19)From:pumpkinnspice.com

20.Bourbon Gingerbread Cheesecake

This cheesecake is delish!

It definitely has that gingerbread flavor, but it’s nothing over-powering or in-your-face.

35 Christmas Gingerbread Recipes For The Holidays - The Daily Spice (20)From:bethcakes.com

21.Gingerbread Cookie Dough Peanut Butter

Soft gingerbread and molasses cookies are some of my favorites, even preferred to chocolate chip.

And I have a major thing for peanut butter. And cookie dough. This is all of that, in one.

35 Christmas Gingerbread Recipes For The Holidays - The Daily Spice (21)From:averiecooks.com

22.Gingerbread Pudding Cheesecake

This Gingerbread Pudding Cheesecake with Caramel Sauce and Biscoff Cookie Crust is so delicious and a great treat for everyone!

35 Christmas Gingerbread Recipes For The Holidays - The Daily Spice (22)From:pintsizedbaker.com

23.Sugar-free Gingerbread Martinis

Get into the holiday spirit with a delicious low carb gingerbread co*cktail.

This is made with new stevia simple syrup for a sugar-free indulgence!

35 Christmas Gingerbread Recipes For The Holidays - The Daily Spice (23)From:alldayidreamaboutfood.com

24.Ginger Icebox Cupcakes

Are you looking for a simple holiday dessert that will still impress your guests? Then this will not disappoint.

You can practically make these in your sleep. They are that easy and everyone loves them.

35 Christmas Gingerbread Recipes For The Holidays - The Daily Spice (24)From:twopeasandtheirpod.com

25.Gingerbread Caramel Gooey Bars

These Gingerbread Caramel Gooey Bars might just be my favorite bars to date.

They are so chewy and flavorful, it’s hard to stop eating them.

And with all the brown sugar, molasses and sweetened condensed milk in them, they stay soft for no less than a week.

35 Christmas Gingerbread Recipes For The Holidays - The Daily Spice (25)From:lifeloveandsugar.com

26. Gingerbread Buckeyes

Gingerbread Buckeyes combine traditional creamy buckeye filling with crunchy gingerbread cookies.

Which, I don’t need to tell you, makes for an irresistibly delicious holiday treat!

These insanely easy bites will be a favorite on your dessert table!

35 Christmas Gingerbread Recipes For The Holidays - The Daily Spice (26)From: lemontreedwelling.com

27.Gingerbread Turtle Thumbprint Cookies

These Gingerbread Turtle Thumbprint Cookies are ridiculously easy to make and taste incredible!

35 Christmas Gingerbread Recipes For The Holidays - The Daily Spice (27)From:iwashyoudry.com

28.Pumpkin Quinoa Gingerbread

Tired of plain old pumpkin bread? Then try this Pumpkin Quinoa Gingerbread!

It has all the yumminess of pumpkin bread and gingerbread combined. But it also has quinoa added in to make it more moist and healthy!

35 Christmas Gingerbread Recipes For The Holidays - The Daily Spice (28)From:yummyhealthyeasy.com

29.Iced Gingerbread Cookies

Soft gingerbread cookies with a touch of molasses.

Filled with the wonderful flavors of ground ginger and cloves covered in a brown sugar molasses icing and gingerbread men sprinkles.

35 Christmas Gingerbread Recipes For The Holidays - The Daily Spice (29)From:atreatsaffair.com

30.Gingerbread Magic Cake Bars Recipe

Ever since I saw it here I made a vow to turn anything (well, almost anything) I could into some kind of magic cake.

Since we’re almost into gingerbread season, I thought that this would be a great addition to the list.

35 Christmas Gingerbread Recipes For The Holidays - The Daily Spice (30)From:foodnessgracious.com

31.Gingerbread 7-Layer Bars

Warm up with the classic, spicy flavor of gingerbread in these awesome seven layer bars!

Topped with different flavors and textures, everything marries together to make one helluva bar.

35 Christmas Gingerbread Recipes For The Holidays - The Daily Spice (31)From:thedomesticrebel.com

32.Gingerbread Bread Pudding with Bourbon Sauce

Gingerbread Bread Pudding with Bourbon Sauce is the ideal breakfast for the hurried holiday hostess (or any weekend you’re feeling lazy), because it can be prepped entirely in advance.

From:wellplated.com

33.White Chocolate Dipped Ginger Cookie35 Christmas Gingerbread Recipes For The Holidays - The Daily Spice (32)

These White Chocolate Dipped Ginger Cookies are the best ginger cookies around!

They’ll quickly become a new favorite holiday cookie!

From:cookingclassy.com

34.Nutella Stuffed Gingerbread Cookies

Soft, spicy gingerbread cookies stuffed full of Nutella.

I could go on, but really I don’t feel like I need too. GINGERBREAD AND NUTELLA. I mean come on.

35 Christmas Gingerbread Recipes For The Holidays - The Daily Spice (33)From:thefoodcharlatan.com

35.Gingerbread Cookie Bark

The cookie is incredibly soft, which is a perfect compliment to the hardened chocolate on top.

Beyond tasting great and being super cute, this recipe is also incredibly simple to make. And it’s a lot of fun to make with the kids too!

35 Christmas Gingerbread Recipes For The Holidays - The Daily Spice (34)From:somethingswanky.com

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FAQs

What is the connection between gingerbread Man and Christmas? ›

Elizabeth I of England surprised guests with “biscuits” that were designed in their likeness. Its association with the holiday season, which didn't come until later, is likely a practical one: Some people attribute the tradition to the weather, as ginger has a comforting way of warming the person who is eating it.

What is the origin of gingerbread at Christmas? ›

Food historians trace the origins of gingerbread back to the ancient Egyptians, who used it for ceremonial purposes. The ancient Greeks followed suit with the first known recipe for gingerbread around 2400 B.C.

What are the three types of gingerbread? ›

The three distinct types of gingerbread are brown gingerbread, wafer-based gingerbread and honey gingerbread.
  • BROWN GINGERBREAD.
  • WAFER GINGERBREAD.
  • HONEY GINGERBREAD.

Who first made gingerbread? ›

According to Rhonda Massingham Hart's Making Gingerbread Houses, the first known recipe for gingerbread came from Greece in 2400 BC.

What is an interesting fact about gingerbread? ›

Originally gingerbread was made with honey and breadcrumbs

One of the earliest English recipes for gingerbread, written down in the fifteenth century, didn't actually contain any ginger! Instead bread crumbs or 'gratyd brede' were mixed with boiled honey and formed into a stiff paste with saffron and pepper.

What country is gingerbread from? ›

The first known recipe for gingerbread came from Greece around 2400 BCE. As recipes for these ginger cookies spread around the world, the designs of the cookies changed as well. Many cookies were shaped like animals or royal figures during medieval fairs.

Is gingerbread religious? ›

Gingerbread was an important part of pagan religious ceremonies which took place in the month of December. Before this time, since the Christian Church had never set a date for the birth of Christ, the decision was made to set it at December 25th so pagan and Christmas celebrations could take place at the same time.

What does gingerbread man symbolize? ›

Long before it became a holiday treat, gingerbread was a royal favorite, a token of fertility, and a tool for witches to exact their vengeance. The pudgy gingerbread man with his candy eyes and icing smile has a sinister backstory—a link to death and the demonic.

Is gingerbread man a Christmas story? ›

Wondering what an old couple, a cookie, farm animals, and a clever fox have to do with the most wonderful time of the year? We don't blame you; there's really nothing Christmas-y about the classic fairytale. But, despite that, the gingerbread man is a holiday staple that's loved far and wide.

Are gingerbread men just for Christmas? ›

Gingerbread makes the perfect year round gift

They certainly make a lovely edible gift for family and friends as they can be decorated so individually and beautifully with icing, sweets and ribbons making them almost too good to eat.

What is the main point of the gingerbread man? ›

The tale of ''The Gingerbread Man'' is one of hubris. The Gingerbread Man is convinced that he is invincible and cannot be caught by anything. Unfortunately, his pride leads to his undoing. He overestimates his cunning and speed, and he ends up being devoured by a fox.

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