You’ll love these Chocolate Gingerbread Cookies. Soft and chewy, with crisp edges, these cut-out Gingerbread Cookies are perfect for decorating and giving away as Christmas gifts.
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas 🎄If you love gingerbread AND chocolate, you’ll adore these soft chewy Chocolate Gingerbread Cookies.
Perfectly spiced, with a hint of cocoa and a kick of ginger, they’re the ultimate Christmas cookie treat.
These cut-out cookies can be made into ANY shape you like. They’re perfect for Christmas or cookie swaps.
Why you will love this recipe
- Simple ingredients: You only need a handful of easy-to-find ingredients.
- No spreading: These Chocolate Gingerbread Cookies don’t spread too much in the oven, but hold their shape.
- Cut-out shapes: You can make these cookies into any shape you like!
- Perfect for Christmas: These chocolate cookies are ideal for cookie boxes, exchanges or swap for the holiday season.
These are really yummy, thank you! I’ve made them 3 times now in the last week to eat and to gift!
– Nancy
I know it’s a bit early to start rolling out the Christmas goodies but I just can’t help myself when it comes to gingerbread. I’m obsessed!
I’ll take it in every form, whether it’s cute-as-a-button Gingerbread Men, a soft and tender Gingerbread Cake or a thick New York-style Gingerbread Cookie. But for the moment, let’s enjoy it in cookie form!
When I think of Christmas, I can’t help but think of cut-out cookies. Whether it’s Sugar Cookies, Honey Cookies or Gingerbread, they’re just so much fun, especially as a group activity.
Last year, I invited some girl friends over and we had a Christmas night, where we decorated gingerbread men and made chocolate bark that we could then give to our friends and family.
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These gorgeous Chocolate Gingerbread Cookies are perfect for decorating. The soft dough comes together in a flash and can sit in the fridge until you’re ready to roll – get it, roll? 😂
You can cut these cookies into any shapes and size. I did a whole bunch of stars, as well as some hearts, gingerbread men and flowers.
Just 10 minutes in the oven and they will be crisp to perfection. Once they have cooled, you can decorate however you wish.
I drizzled mine with a little dark chocolate, but you can decorate with your favourite frostings or candy. SO. MUCH. FUN.
So if you’re feeling in a festive mood this week, why not try these gorgeous Chocolate Gingerbread Cookies. Deliciously chewy, with crisp edges, they’re so much fun to make AND eat.
Let’s get the silly season started!
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Chocolate Gingerbread Cut-Out Cookies
Soft and chewy Chocolate Gingerbread Cookies drizzled with chocolate.
Ingredients
- 115 grams (1/2 cup or 1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
- 135 grams (3/4 cup) brown sugar
- 60 ml (1/4 cup) molasses or golden syrup
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 egg yolk
- 245 grams (1 and 3/4 cup) plain flour or all purpose flour, plus extra for dusting
- 40 grams (1/2 cup) cocoa powder, sifted
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- Melted chocolate, to drizzle
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl, beat butter and sugar using an electric mixer on medium speed until combined. Add vanilla, molasses and egg yolk. Beat again to form a creamy mixture.
- Sift in flour, cocoa, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt and beat briefly until dough starts to come together. Use your hands to bring dough together to form smooth round disc. Wrap the dough in plastic and pop in the fridge for at least 30 minutes to rest.
- Preheat the oven to 180 C (350 F) standard / 160 C (320 F) fan-forced. Line two cookie sheets or oven trays with baking paper or parchment paper. Lightly flour your bench and roll out the dough using a rolling pin to 1/8 inch thickness. Dust your rolling pin as you go to prevent the dough from sticking.
- Cut out shapes and place the cookies onto the prepared trays. Bake for 8-10 minutes. Remove from the oven and transfer cookies to a wire rack to cool. Drizzle with melted chocolate.
Nutrition Information
Serving Size: 1 cookie Calories: 148
Hi, I’m Jess, the creator of Sweetest Menu and the author of Something Sweet. A self-taught baker and published recipe writer who can’t stop making easy and delicious baking recipes.
𝕸𝖞𝖑𝖊𝖘 says
Oh my gosh, they worked great for Halloween because I made it into kind of a skeleton with frosting
Jessica Holmes says
So glad you enjoyed them!