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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What are the flavors of gingerbread? ›

Spice Combinations

Some other common spices used in gingerbread recipes are cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, cardamom, and allspice. Cinnamon is available in ground form and in a stick. For baking, you should use ground cinnamon. Nutmeg adds a nutty, sweet spiciness to gingerbread.

Where did the tradition of gingerbread at Christmas come from? ›

Today, the ultimate Christmas gingerbread incarnation is of course the gingerbread house. It has been suggested that these edible structures originated in Germany between the 16th and 18th centuries. The trend for gingerbread houses must have spread to Britain at some point during the nineteenth century.

How did the gingerbread man become associated with Christmas? ›

The Gingerbread man is one of England's most frequently used Christmas decorations. Its creation is attributed to Queen Elizabeth !, who is thought to have served the gingerbread figurines to visiting dignitaries. Lebkuchen, the German gingerbread, is likely to be the oldest Christmas gingerbread cookie.

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.

What flavor goes good with gingerbread? ›

Needing to be foiled, gingerbread loves whipped cream. But it also takes to tart winter fruits like a shortcake to strawberries. Poached or broiled pineapple sings alongside gingerbread, as do a few spoonfuls of pomelo curd, garnished with candied pomelo peel.

Why do we eat gingerbread at Christmas? ›

Many also decorated their Christmas trees with gingerbread men or houses, leading to an increase in their popularity. Others however, believe gingerbread was eaten due to the calming influence of ginger – a key ingredient amidst the festive feasting!

Is gingerbread a symbol of Christmas? ›

In the late 17th century, gingerbread became associated with Christmas. Russian bakers prepared gingerbread men and women, usually as replicas of those people attending parties. Gingerbread houses were introduced about 200 years later, when the Grimm brothers wrote Hansel and Gretel. A new holiday tradition was born.

What are the traditional 12 days of Christmas? ›

The Twelve Days are 25 December to 5 January, counting first and last. The Octave, or Eighth Day, is New Year's Day and the Feast of the Circumcision, the day Jesus was circumcised according to the faith. The evening of the last day is Twelfth Night or Epiphany Eve, the next morning being Epiphany.

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  • Queen Elizabeth once served her guests miniature gingerbread versions of themselves. ...
  • Children could learn the alphabet using gingerbread letters. ...
  • Queen Victoria enjoyed sharing gingerbread with her dog.

What country invented gingerbread? ›

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.

Why is gingerbread called gingerbread? ›

Etymology. Originally, the term gingerbread (from Latin zingiber via Old French gingebras) referred to preserved ginger. It then referred to a confection made with honey and spices. Gingerbread is often used to translate the French term pain d'épices ( lit.

What scents are in gingerbread? ›

Gingerbread is a Warm/Spicy Fragrance

With the festive scent of gingerbread, spicy notes of cardamom, crystallized ginger, hints of dark vanilla, and a sprinkle of fresh-ground cinnamon combine to warm the heart and home, welcoming the spirit of the holiday season.

What kind of scent is gingerbread? ›

what's this? This fragrance oil is a spiced cookie, with a freshly baked character with hints of vanilla, nutmeg, cinnamon and ginger.

What's the difference between ginger and gingerbread? ›

Yes, of course gingerbread in all its forms from cookies to cake smells different from ginger. Ginger is only one of the spices traditionally used in gingerbread. Yes, cinnamon plays a role in that distinct aroma. As do the addition of nutmeg or allspice and cloves, all very distinct by themselves.

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Enjoy the flavors of freshly baked gingerbread with this festive coffee. Aromas of cinnamon and clove and a note of sweetness are blended with our lightest roast for a heartwarming treat.

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