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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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gingersnap
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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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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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Over at Universal Studios Florida, try the snickerdoodle crepe from Central Park Crepes, which is filled with cinnamon mascarpone and snickerdoodle crumbs.—
Megan duBois,
Southern Living,
28 Nov. 2025
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Soft, spreadable butter that can be used instantly on toast and biscuits, or in baking recipes for cookies, cakes, and more.—
Alicia Geigel,
Southern Living,
7 Jan. 2026
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For the ultimate dessert, add them to a bowl of ice cream or mix them into cookie dough.—
Michele Laufik,
Martha Stewart,
6 Jan. 2026
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Traditionally made with lard, anise, and cinnamon, bizcochitos are a crisp, crumbly shortbread often served during holidays and celebrations.—
Elizabeth Fogarty,
Better Homes & Gardens,
23 Dec. 2025
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But in Georgia, more people searched for spritz cookies, a buttery, shortbread-like cookie with German roots.—
Irene Wright,
USA Today,
23 Dec. 2025
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Top it off with a bag of Route 11 chips and a brownie.—
Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Jan. 2026
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Spotted at Costco recently is the all-new Brownie Walnut Pie, a whopping 60 ounces of brownie, ganache, and walnuts.—
Melinda Salchert,
Southern Living,
10 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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Beyond standard coffee drinks and light bites, the café goes hard on seasonal specials like its pretty-as-can-be strawberry shortcake.—
Iona Brannon,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Jan. 2026
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Enjoy eating them fresh, frozen, or dehydrated in recipes like strawberry shortcake for a yummy treat.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 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 12 Jan. 2026.
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