The Best Gingerbread Men on the Internet

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Gingerbread is perhaps the only cookie that comes with an action-packed (and ultimately tragic) backstory. The short version: an old woman made a gingerbread cookie in the shape of a man. When she opened the oven to check on him, he came alive and escaped. He ran and ran and ran, outpacing ravenous people and animals alike, bragging all along the way about what a sly guy he was. Then he arrived at a river. Knowing he could not cross on his own, he accepted a ride on the tail of a fox. Spoiler alert: things do not end well for the gingerbread man. (Guess he wasn’t such a smart cookie after all.)

Gingerbread men are revived in kitchens around the world every holiday season. The spicy, chewy cookies provide the perfect canvas for creativity. We collected over 40 naughty and nice variations on gingerbread men, inspired by the likes of The Walking Dead, martial arts, and BDSM (among many other themes), made by bakers of every experience level.

What would the gingerbread man say now if he could see his legacy? Likely “Bite me.”

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