How Many Calories ... in Gingerbread?

Christmas is known as being the season of indulgence. And thought I'm pretty good about ignoring my cravings the rest of the year, the Christmas cookies always seem to get me. I should really implement a ban on people baking me cookies for the season, but to be honest, I like the occasional indulgence.

And one of my favourite holiday cookies are freshly baked gingerbread cookies, especially when they have little buttons made of icing. They're delicious without being too sweet -- perfecto!

So, I'm curious ...

The answer is 90 calories -- not bad! But keep in mind that this is for one cookie, according to this website. If you're the type who tends to shovel away 5 of them, you're looking at 450 calories -- yikes! Stay away.

The number if also higher if you opt for another popular ginger cookie -- gingersnaps. Gingersnaps can have around 120 calories in each cookie. They're higher in sugar and fat, which isn't surprising, considering how sweet and chewy they tend to be. Like I said, they won't ruin your diet -- unless you eat a dozen of them.