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Ginger crunch
Ginger crunch Edmonds Cookery Book 1998.jpg
Alternative names Ginger slice, Ginger square
Type Biscuit
Course Dessert
Associated national cuisine New Zealand
Main ingredients Shortbread, Ginger

Ginger crunch, also known as ginger slice or ginger square, is a New Zealand biscuit confection consisting of a rectangular shortbread base topped with ginger icing.

There are many variations of this recipe. The shortbread base can contain additions such as rolled oats or coconut or is sometimes substituted with a biscuit base, with nuts or crystallised ginger often added to the icing.

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