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Recent Examples of gingersnap
Pie offerings include pumpkin ($36), cranberry gingersnap ($36), salted caramel apple ($44) and bourbon chocolate pecan ($48).
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Elaine Rewolinski, jsonline.com, 3 Nov. 2025
Accompany with graham crackers, gingersnaps, maple cookies, and Rice Krispie treats made with snappy pecan butter and cinnamon.
—Catharine Kaufman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Oct. 2025
Use Your Eyes This riff on a Rusty Nail, originally featured on a previous fall menu at The Patterson House in Nashville, Tenn., swaps the traditional scotch for Laird’s 100 proof apple brandy along with gingersnap and allspice bitters.
—Jillian Dara, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
With notes of apple, gingersnaps and lemon meringue flavor of J Vineyards Cuvée 20 ($40) sparkling wine from Russian River Valley blends deliciously with this spicy dish.
—Carole Kotkin, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2025
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Elaine Rewolinski, jsonline.com, 3 Nov. 2025
Accompany with graham crackers, gingersnaps, maple cookies, and Rice Krispie treats made with snappy pecan butter and cinnamon.
—Catharine Kaufman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Oct. 2025
Use Your Eyes This riff on a Rusty Nail, originally featured on a previous fall menu at The Patterson House in Nashville, Tenn., swaps the traditional scotch for Laird’s 100 proof apple brandy along with gingersnap and allspice bitters.
—Jillian Dara, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
With notes of apple, gingersnaps and lemon meringue flavor of J Vineyards Cuvée 20 ($40) sparkling wine from Russian River Valley blends deliciously with this spicy dish.
—Carole Kotkin, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2025
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At the same time, she becomes threatened by a minor scandal involving her dopey husband (Jack Lowden), all while dealing with her dysfunctional family, including the serial-cheater father (Woody Harrelson) who reenters her life and a brother (Spike Fearn) who has become something of a hermit.—
Esther Zuckerman,
Time,
12 Dec. 2025
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On Monday morning, well-wishers, many wearing rain-coats, lined the roads behind a metal railing under drizzly skies as his convoy made its way through the winding roads near Beirut to the mountain-top tomb of a 19th century hermit now recognized as Saint Charbel Makhlouf.—
NPR,
NPR,
1 Dec. 2025
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But Vreeland’s cookbook also contains some creative recipes to blend traditional holiday beverage flavors with cookies — like eggnog snickerdoodles or gingerbread latte cookies.—
Kate Bradshaw,
Mercury News,
17 Dec. 2025
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Christmas desserts: 7 Christmas dessert recipes to try this year, from apple pie to cheesecake Nord's Bakery WHAT: Nord's Bakery sells a gooey delicious chocolate chip cookie, snickerdoodles, sugar, thumbprint, macaroons, oatmeal raisin, double chocolate chip, sugar cookies and more.—
Gege Reed,
Louisville Courier Journal,
4 Dec. 2025
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The slices of cookie cake are sold in the bakery in a two-count near the other single slices of cake the bakery offers.—
Jenna Sims,
Southern Living,
26 Jan. 2026
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We, and our 225 partners use cookies and similar methods to recognize visitors and remember their preferences.—
Kiana Mickles,
Pitchfork,
26 Jan. 2026
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Scotland’s Cabot Highlands, for example, welcomes golfers with a buttery Scottish shortbread from The Three Little Bakers, a nearby bake shop.—
Katie Sweeney,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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The shortbread cookies featured a series of Girl Scout messages embossed on top and had a rich fudge coating on the bottom.—
Kaycee Sloan,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
16 Jan. 2026
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But the brownie base itself is still richly chocolatey and tender.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
31 Jan. 2026
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Dive into feta and honey cheesecake atop crisp kadaif—or graze on peanut butter and raspberry jam brownies that strike every nostalgic chord (from $134 per person with wine pairing).—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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Christmas desserts: 7 Christmas dessert recipes to try this year, from apple pie to cheesecake Nord's Bakery WHAT: Nord's Bakery sells a gooey delicious chocolate chip cookie, snickerdoodles, sugar, thumbprint, macaroons, oatmeal raisin, double chocolate chip, sugar cookies and more.—
Gege Reed,
Louisville Courier Journal,
4 Dec. 2025
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Costco also has a Kirkland Signature variety pack of dessert bars, which include brookies, pecan caramel brownies, wildberry macaroons, and macaroon madness bars.—
Rey Covarrubias Jr,
AZCentral.com,
22 Oct. 2025
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Vang said the s'mores, strawberry shortcake and raspberry lemon cheese cake are the most popular flavors.—
Cathy Kozlowicz,
jsonline.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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Dolly wrote the book with her sister, Rachel Parton George, and in addition to the recipes spanning strawberry shortcake and rustic chicken and dumplings, the two share heart-warming anecdotes about their relationship and family, plus useful tips on how to be the host with the most.—
Alicia Geigel,
Southern Living,
19 Jan. 2026
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For dessert, customers can dine on treats like an orange blossom saffron olive oil cake for $11 (complete with black walnut tuile and strawberry coulis).—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
24 Oct. 2025
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Expect squid ink tuile, risotto infused with langoustine bisque, pulled veal cheek, and a show-stopping dessert of sous-vide rhubarb and chocolate cremeux—finished with a warm Aperol.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Gingersnap.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gingersnap. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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