Category:Gingerbread men

Articles relating to gingerbread men and their depictions. Biscuits or cookies made from gingerbread, usually in the shape of a stylized human being, although other shapes, especially seasonal themes (Christmas, Halloween, Easter, etc.) and characters are common too. The first documented instance of figure-shaped gingerbread biscuits was at the court of Elizabeth I of England. Elizabeth had the gingerbread figures made and presented in the likeness of some of her important guests which brought the human shape of the gingerbread cookies.