25 classic and creative gingerbread cookies you’ll love

If you're looking for a festive cookie for the holiday season, look no further than these 3D gingerbread Christmas tree cookies. While they look intricate, they are very easy to make - you just need the right cookie cutter.

These chewy soft gingerbread cookies are chewy and delicious, thanks to the combination of ginger, cinnamon, and molasses. Make them any shape you’d like; keep them simple or decorate to your heart’s content.

This easy crumbl gingerbread cookie recipe is the perfect way to get into the holiday spirit – and it’s so easy to make! With just a few simple ingredients, you’ll have delicious soft and chewy gingerbread cookies in no time.

This classic gingerbread cookies recipe includes molasses and makes soft, sweet and lightly spiced cookies. It’s the perfect cookie for shaping and decorating.

These make the best Christmas cookie recipes list for sure! They're soft in the middle, crisp on the edges and, of course, they have a kiss you just have to love.

This is a super-easy gingerbread latte cookie recipe made from cake mix. 

A classic cookie during the holidays, these sourdough gingerbread cookies are the perfect cookie for cookie cutters. It's also a great use for the sourdough starter you have left in the refrigerator.

German Christmas cookies, also called Lebkuchen or German gingerbread cookies, are an authentic German cookie that is spicy, soft and incredibly flavorful.

Gingerbread biscotti cookies are wonderfully crispy and are the perfect treat to dunk into your coffee, milk, or tea. They’re fantastic for gift giving.

Gingerbread biscuits are quick and easy to make, decoration ideas are endless and even young children can get involved by adding sprinkles.

A unique twist on the classic holiday gingerbread cookies, these soft and chewy gingerbread chocolate chip cookies are sure to be a new Christmas favorite!

There's just nothing like a soft, spicy gingerbread cookie at Christmas time. Here at last is an easy recipe that's both gluten free and dairy free, while still holding onto the texture and flavor of the cookies we grew up with.

Fill your home with the warm and comforting scents of the holiday season with this gingerbread cookie recipe. Not only is this the perfect tasty treat with a hot drink, these cookies can also be used as Christmas decorations.

These are not quick and easy cookies, they require some extra effort and time, but the results are SO worth the wait.

Bake a batch of these soft gingerbread kiss cookies that are flavored with molasses and warm spices, rolled in sparkly white sugar, and topped with a Hershey’s kiss chocolate. This is one of the easiest holiday cookies that everyone loves!

This gingerbread sandwich cookie recipe is ideal for the holidays. The cookies are hard to resist with their vanilla and spice flavor and creamy ganache filling.

These gingerbread pizzelle are fragrant with spices and molasses, making them perfect for Christmas gift giving. While Pizzelle are often flavored with anise, lemon, or vanilla in their home of Abruzzo, the easy batter can be adapted to whatever you fancy.

Gingerbread snowflakes are a Christmas classic, but these cookies have an extra festive flair thanks to fresh nutmeg. With a warm, rich gingerbread spice, crispy edges, you’ll want to make these cookies all through the holiday season.

Do you want sugar cookies with a wonderful gingerbread flavor? Then these gingerbread sugar cookies are for you. While they are delicious on their own they are also the perfect canvas to decorate with royal icing or fondant.

Gingerbread whoopie pies are soft cake-like cookies spiced with ginger, cloves, cinnamon, and molasses sandwiched around cream cheese frosting.

These gluten-free gingerbread cookies are dairy-free, too! They're made with gluten-free flour, coconut oil, and lots of ginger and cinnamon spices. These cookies are so easy to make and are perfect for Christmas baking.

Chocolate dipped honey gingerbread cookies are chewy cookies with lots of honey flavor warmed with cinnamon and ginger. These cookies are made with an easy-to-work-with dough that makes using a cookie stamp or mold a breeze.

Whether you don’t usually keep it or you’ve run out of molasses, this is an excellent recipe that has all the traditional flavors of gingerbread. Make them soft and chewy or crispy and snappy – you choose.

Spicy and subtly sweet, these traditional Norwegian gingerbread cookies known as pepperkaker are sure to bring joy to your kitchen this holiday season.

Looking for the perfect holiday cookie that is super easy to make? These gingerbread cookies pack a spicy gingerbread flavor with a delicious sweetness from the brown sugar and molasses. You won’t be able to stop eating them.