ginger snap

Crisp molasses cookie

A ginger snap is a small, crisp cookie flavored with ginger and molasses, known for its distinctive crunch and spicy-sweet taste.

The name comes from the sharp snapping sound when broken.

She dunked a ginger snap in her tea.

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sweet · spice · biscuit · dunkable · clove · cinnamon · crunch · hobnob · sugar · biccy · holiday · holiday baking · nutmeg · chewy · brown sugar · crackle · digestive · treacle

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Opposites
cookie texture

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Cinnamon-sugar coated cookie

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flavor profile

ginger snapsugar cookie

Basic vanilla-flavored biscuit

butter cookie · vanilla wafer · shortbread · saltine · animal cracker

Family

gingersnap

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G