Fred Ninjabread Men Cookie Cutters

Gingerbread men have stood around politely for long enough. Fred’s Ninjabread Men cookie cutters give your dough three different ninja poses, so the cookie plate can look a little less like a gathering and a little more like a confrontation. The set contains three cutters made from sturdy ABS plastic. That’s the whole premise: familiar cookie-making, with more implied combat. We like these for the baker who enjoys a visual joke but still wants the joke to end in something edible.

The ninja shapes do the work here, rather than leaving you to explain why a regular gingerbread man is supposedly a trained fighter. There’s also a cookie recipe included on the recyclable packaging, which gives you somewhere to start if the cutters are a gift. Give them to someone who already finds excuses to bake, or bring them out when another batch of round cookies feels a bit too well behaved.