What Is Ginger’s Breadboys? A Gingerbread Brand, Not Just a Gingerbread Cookie Kit

Ginger’s Breadboys is a Gingerbread Brand . . . not just a Gingerbread Cookie Kit.

If you search for Ginger’s Breadboys, you will probably find gingerbread cookie kits, gingerbread house kits, and now our baked gingerbread house panels. This is as it should be. The original Ginger’s Breadboys product was a gingerbread cookie kit. However, we quickly followed up with our branded flour sack towel. And after nearly a decade in business, it has become evident that the cookie kit is only one part of the Ginger’s Breadboys story.

We’ve become a brand.

What exactly is Ginger’s Breadboys?

Ginger’s Breadboys is a specialty gingerbread brand built around gingerbread cookies, gingerbread baking, gingerbread houses, holiday traditions, and the knowledge that comes from more than four decades of making gingerbread for cookies and houses.

The company began with baked and decorated gingerbread man cookies. It became known for its do-it-yourself baking kits that made it easy to have gingerbread cookies for the holidays. And now Ginger's Breadboys is expanding into baked gingerbread goods through a licensed Baked Goods Division.

From a Home Baker to a Gingerbread Business

My personal gingerbread journey began long before Ginger’s Breadboys existed. And not because I was enthusiastic about baking or gingerbread. It began because my name was Ginger and giving gingerbread cookies to friends and family for the holidays felt like a no-brainer gift. And so, I've been baking and decorating gingerbread man cookies since about 1984. For years, I made gingerbread man cookies as holiday gifts.

Eventually I realized that what I had developed wasn't simply a gingerbread cookie recipe. I had developed an entire process for making gingerbread cookies consistently — from mixing the dough through baking and decorating.

In 2015, I searched online for a gingerbread cookie kit that would let someone recreate that process and couldn't find one. Since I had honed my process – and my gingerbread cookie was delicious - I decided that this was how I was going to turn all those years of experience into a business. Thus, Ginger’s Breadboys was born with a Gingerbread Cookie Kit.

The first prototypes were assembled in 2017 and sent to friends for testing. And then in February 2018 Ginger’s Breadboys officially launched and the business began.

What Ginger’s Breadboys Became Known For

Today, Ginger's Breadboys offers a range of gingerbread products for different baking experiences. From scratch-bake gingerbread cookie kits and gingerbread house kits to standalone gingerbread cookie mix, cookie cutters, and baked gingerbread cookies and other finished baked gingerbread goods, our products are designed around the enjoyment of making, decorating, and sharing gingerbread.

The original Ginger’s Breadboys gingerbread cookie kit was designed around scratch baking. The customer mixed the dough, rolled it, cut the gingerbread men, baked them, and decorated them. That philosophy became central to the brand. We weren't selling a box of cookies. We were selling an experience. An activity based on a tried-and-true process that ensured baking success.

The gingerbread cookie kit became the foundation for a larger collection of gingerbread products, including multiple cookie kits, a gingerbread house kit, gingerbread cookie mix, and a large (5-inch) gingerbread man cookie cutter.

Over time, Ginger’s Breadboys also became an online resource for gingerbread baking and decorating. We even shared our process and helped manage a large gingerbread installation at the Willard InterContinental Washington, DC.

We've written about gingerbread recipes, molasses, cookie decorating, decorating gingerbread houses, baking techniques, holiday traditions, and the business of making and selling gingerbread products.

That content helped establish Ginger’s Breadboys online as a very specific kind of business built on decades of actual experience with one very specific product category, gingerbread.

Ginger's Breadboys isn't a general baking company that happens to sell a gingerbread product. Gingerbread is the only thing we do. Our products, recipes, baking instructions, decorating guidance, and the knowledge we share are all centered around gingerbread cookies and gingerbread houses.

But Ginger's Breadboys Is Not Only a Kit Company

This distinction matters as the company enters its next chapter. The future of Ginger’s Breadboys isn't limited to DIY gingerbread cookie kits.

Beginning with Holiday 2026, Ginger’s Breadboys is also offering baked gingerbread goods through a licensed Baked Goods Division operated by Striped Apron Foods LLC in North Carolina. Striped Apron Foods is an officially licensed producer of Ginger’s Breadboys baked goods.

The new Baked Goods Collection includes six products ranging from ready-to-eat decorated gingerbread cookies to ready-to-decorate gingerbread cookies and other baked gingerbread products, including pre-baked gingerbread house panels.

The baked goods will initially be available for pickup and delivery in the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina area, while the pre-baked gingerbread house panels will also be available for shipping nationwide.

What Are Ginger’s Breadboys Baked Goods?

A Ginger’s Breadboys baked good is a finished gingerbread product produced under the Ginger’s Breadboys brand through our licensed Baked Goods Division.

The baked gingerbread cookie is the same cookie that started this entire journey. It uses the same gingerbread recipe and baking process that have been at the heart of Ginger's Breadboys since the beginning. In other words, the cookie being sold today is the cookie that inspired the original gingerbread cookie kit.

That means the customer doesn't have to make the dough. No rolling out the dough. No cutting out the dough, and no baking. No making of royal icing and no decorating. Gingerbread cookies ready-to-eat. Customers can simply enjoy the cookie.

Or, if they want the creative experience without starting completely from scratch, they can purchase ready-to-decorate gingerbread cookies. "Naked" gingerbread cookies ready-to-decorate.

And for gingerbread house enthusiasts, pre-baked house panels provide another option: the baking is done, but the building and decorating are still yours. A jump-start to your gingerbread house project.

Three gingerbread baked goods options:

• Ready-to-eat cookies: no baking or decorating required.
• Ready-to-decorate cookies: the baking is done, but the creative part is yours.
• Pre-baked house panels: no mixing, rolling, cutting, or baking structural pieces.

One Brand. Different Gingerbread Experiences.

Ginger's Breadboys now operates through two complementary product categories. Our Consumer Products include gingerbread cookie kits, gingerbread house kits, gingerbread cookie mix, cookie cutters, and kitchen accessories.

Our Baked Goods Division offers finished gingerbread products produced by our licensed baking partner, Striped Apron Foods LLC.

This is something I love about where Ginger’s Breadboys is headed.

It gives our customers yet another way to enjoy gingerbread. Some people love the entire process. They want to make gingerbread dough from scratch, roll it, cut it, bake it, and decorate it. That's what the Ginger’s Breadboys gingerbread cookie kits are for.

Other people love decorating but don't necessarily want to spend the afternoon baking. That's where ready-to-decorate baked gingerbread cookies come in.

Some people simply want a delicious, beautifully decorated gingerbread cookie. Now there's an option for that too.

And some families want to build a gingerbread house but don't want to bake the structural panels. Pre-baked gingerbread house panels are perfect for them.

The common denominator is gingerbread. More specifically, Ginger's Breadboys gingerbread.

The Next Chapter

This is an important moment for Ginger’s Breadboys. The business began with one woman baking gingerbread cookies in her kitchen. It became a small business. That small business grew into a seasonal ecommerce brand. The brand developed a substantial online presence around gingerbread baking, gingerbread cookie kits, gingerbread house kits, gingerbread mix, and holiday traditions.

And now the brand is expanding again. Not simply by adding another product. But by adding another way for people to experience Ginger’s Breadboys.

Ginger's Breadboys is not defined by a single product, a particular way of baking, or even a particular way of enjoying gingerbread. It is a brand built around gingerbread expertise, products, and the traditions that bring people together.

The future could bring new interpretations of our gingerbread cookie kit and gingerbread house kit, additional decorating options, or even new ways to enjoy gingerbread, including frozen products. We're not done exploring what's possible.

The original idea was always about the cookie. The kit was simply the way I figured out how to share it.

Now, more than 40 years after I first started baking gingerbread cookies, the cookie is back at the center of the story. And I think that's exactly where it belongs.