Easy, Adorable Gingerbread Treats

We’re serving up our best gingerbread recipes to celebrate the holiday season’s most-iconic cookie of all!

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Photo By: Matt Armendariz

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Photo By: Matt Armendariz ©2015

Photo By: Armando Rafael ©© 2016, Television Food Network, G.P. All Rights Reserved

Photo By: Armando Rafael ©© 2016, Television Food Network, G.P. All Rights Reserved

Gingerbread Trees

This dough makes an entire gingerbread forest, with a yield of up to 24 tree cookies. Have fun decorating them with the whole family by adding colorful candies to create strings of lights and sanding sugar to give the appearance of snow.

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Gingerbread Reindeer

This is our favorite cookie hack of the season! After baking gingerbread men cookies, flip them upside down to reveal reindeer. Customize their faces with icing and red cinnamon candies.

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Gingerbread Spice Mix

Add some gingerbread magic to classic treats like pancakes and coffee cake.

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Gingerbread Hot Chocolate

When the weather outside is frightful, there’s nothing better than warming up with a cup of hot chocolate! This recipe includes ginger, cinnamon and allspice, which bring an irresistible gingerbread flavor.

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Gingerbread Biscotti

If you’re looking for a festive treat to pack in a cookie tin and gift to your loved ones, look no further! These white chocolate-dipped biscotti are infused with the same spicy flavors found in classic gingerbread, but require less time and effort in the kitchen.

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Gingerbread for a Gingerbread House

Gone are the days of crumbling and collapsing gingerbread houses. This dough is sturdy enough to support the gingerbread abode of your dreams, loaded with all the "snow" (aka frosting!) and candy your heart desires.

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Gingerbread Cutouts

Host a holiday cookie-decorating party with adorable and delicious gingerbread people treats! A batch of this dough can yield up to 30 cookies which can be personalized with icing and candy of your choice.

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Gingerbread Cake

"This cake comes together very easily, and bakes up to be a moist, spicy treat. We tried it with both whipping cream and vanilla ice cream, and it is a tie as to which compliments it best. We loved it, and will make it one of our holiday staples," raved gingerbread lover Kathryn L.

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Gingerbread People in Gingerbread Hot Chocolate Tubs

Gingerbread cookie swimmers go for a little dunk in a bath of bubbly gingerbread-flavored hot chocolate with fluffy marshmallows. This is the cutest gingerbread dessert of all time!

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Peppermint Gingerbread House

Peppermint gummy candies, mini marshmallows and sugar snow make this gingerbread home taste even better than it looks.

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Chocolate Gingerbread House

Complete with chocolate-coated roof panels and a chocolate heart wreath, this gingerbread house is guaranteed to satisfy all your cocoa cravings!

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