My 15 year old Daughter and I made this gingerbread house together we had a vision of candy land fun. We decided on a pink roof made out of fondant to make it stand out! We used a variety of candy to give it that fun sweet look. Jelly bean chimney and rock wall candy cane pillars and a sweat tart path With hand made wreaths and star and snowflake accents and 3 days of hard work we are both happy with the end result.

We took a trip to the mid-west this summer and were delighted by all the Ranch style homes we passed on the road.

This house was made with lots of piped frosting, marshmallow hay bales and fondant animals.

Inspired by the lighthouses of New England, this lighthouse has royal icing stone walls, chocolate rocks, gumdrop trees, and butterscotch candy windows.

My theme is that landlubbers get Captain Whitebeard mixed up with Santa Claus. He is an alternate reality of Santa. He returns loot and booty to his not so nice islanders once a year and this rowdy crew gets attacked by an underwater beast. They do end up defeating it and celebrate by busting out the rum! My gingerbread components include the kraken head, ship and retention pieces “underwater”. Outside the ship, the tentacles and pirates are fondant and gum paste. The water and gems are isomalt.

This is our 20th year using GingerBread By Design (and its original website) patterns. We decided on the Gable design, increasing pattern size by 2x. We used the 3rd layout choosing to caddie corner the two houses. We used fondant for the stone lined windows, a candy chocolate rock path, and lots of gingerbread men details. The glass as always is poured boiled sugar/corn syrup which we feel makes the warmest glow with the 100 fairy lights. The roof is made with Bordeaux cookies and jimmies.

Our snowman wanted to be like Santa but he got caught in the silo!!
We set out to create a colorful display that would delight children. The Barn was donated to a family that we "adopted" from our local Department of Social Services.

Wanted to do something whimsical this year. I used kisses, gum drops, chocolate candy drops, candy canes and fondant. Smoke stacks made of rock candy. Windows are gel sheets. The weather vanes on top of turret and front roof are make from rice paper, color printed on edible food color printer, then cut with Cricut machine. The court yard has gingerbread children ice skating and others watching from the balconies.

My three grandsons love to see my gingerbread creation each year so no matter the design it always gets called Grandma's House! Everything is edible except the smoke coming out of the chimney and the snowman's fishing pole.

This is our home in Baldwin City Kansas. EVERYTHING except the lights is edible. Stonework was carved using a Dremel and enhanced with food coloring and tinted royal icing mortar. The windows are isomalt and the shrubs, edible moss. The deck railing is thin gingerbread and squid ink pasta. The siding, roof, snow and figures are fondant. The 2 figures are my girls enjoying their favorite winter activities. The cardinals are in memory of my father and mother-in-law who passed recently.

My entry is a scaled down replica of the Nutcracker stage I made last year for a televised competition. I didn't get to finish all the planned details, so this is my completed vision. Clara is sleeping and dreaming of dancing with the Nutcracker prince and the snowflake ballerinas. The stage, trees, furniture, walkway, fireplace and nutcrackers are made from various colors of gingerbread. Figures and drapes are fondant, while the puzzle reindeer are gingerclay. Royal icing holds it all together!

House is made entirely of gingerbread with the edition of wafer paper windows . The gingerbread was baked at longer lengths of times to vary colors along with varying amounts of food gel . The wafer paper windows were painted with food gel, glycerin and powdered food color.

I'll be Home for Christmas
themed similar to my home
Using gingerbread, chocolate, cast sugar, gum paste, royal icing

Completely edible and decorated all 4 sides.
Gingerbread, Fondant, Royal Icing, and Chocolate.
All handmade no forms.

Inspired by Ron and Harry degnoming the Weasley's garden here is a wintery scene of the two outside of their house. Sour patch kids make the gnomes hiding around the garden and being thrown over the hedges decorated for Christmas. The Burrow stands at around 2 feet tall (complete with jelly bean chimney and cereal shingles) and is dusted in a recent snowfall.

This was definitely a family affair. We've been creating gingerbread houses since our 2 daughters were very small. (They are now in their 20's.)

We love dogs and we know how much they like to play. So, our fondant dogs are loving the slide we built that empties into a pool with their favorite balls waiting for them.
Ice Hockey has been a big part of our lives even though we live in California. So, we built an ice rink for everyone to enjoy!

Inspired by music and grand pianos. All edible. Gingerbread and Royal icing, edible marker

I’m inspired by the peaceful beauty of a country church. I used crushed hard candies for the stained glass windows, peppermint sticks for the pillars, chocolate candy rocks for the front steps and ice cream cones for the steeple and trees.

My husband and I spent the past four years building a greenhouse in our backyard. This gingerbread is a replica model for long, hard work.

Gingerbread, isomalt, fondant, wafer paper, icing sheets, edible lace, bucateli padta, titanium dioxide, food coloring

Santa's Workshop is dedicated to my three grandchildren, believers in Santa. It is a 360° display of Santa going over his naughty and nice list, Mrs. Claus making her gingerbread cookies, and the elves making the toys, all while the reindeer are having fun outside before the big day. It is made of gingerbread, fondant, isomalt, and royal icing. Everything on the display is 100% edible.

Carousel in the park. Candy Canes, fondant, coconut, royal icing.

Inspiration A beautiful church in CT . Coconut, royal icing, nonpareils, hard candies, gelatin windows to see the trees inside.

Gingerbread Cottage decorated with royal icing, fondant, coconut.

Love trains. Made with snickers, marshmallows, M&Ms, gum drops, chocolate bars.

We love candy and color and that inspired our house. We used everything ...Trix cereal, Good and Plenty, Spree, Candy Hearts, Gummies, Lollipops, Nerds, Gum Balls, Fruity Pebbles and edible paper flowers and butterflies to create this whimsical Gingerbread House.

The animals and figures are fondant and the trees are sugar/meringue powder with water.

We were inspired by an English cottage. We used chex cereal for a thatched roof. We used pretzels and jellybeans for logs and stones on the exteriors. We have a jelly bean chimney and we have gumdrops for Christmas lights.

This is the Moxon/Lapp 7th Annual Gingerbread House. Drew, age 8, decided that this year’s house should be Santa’s Workshop and Elf Village. Design, Engineering and construction was completed over several weekends. Windows are isomalt (much easier than jolly ranchers). Both family’s then get together for dinner and the kids decorate and eat candy until they loose their ability to focus because of a candy coma. The house is then taken to school and shared with all the classes.

We had a group of people who worked on this house. They ranged in age from 9 to 60 years. Everyone seemed to agree that lots of different candies was the best option. The unifying factor was color and white frosting for snow.

One of the most unusual choices was to use strips of gum attached to the window to mimic curtains being blown by the wind.

Inspired by Sonny Lee Robinson, this is my third attempt and second successful gingerbread house construction. Used Sugar Geek gingerbread recipe and candy canes, ribbon candy, starlights, royal icing, gumballs, gumdrops, candy sticks, lollipops, melted candy, fondant, skittles, it is 3 stories and 31” high.

When I saw the Cal Young Gingerbread template on this site, I knew I had to use it because there is a house EXACTLY like this in my neighborhood.

But the one we created has a lot more candy, calories and color than the one down the street!

The Gingerbread House.
The gingerbread was made from scratch and is a tried and true recipe that Chef Jim has perfected over the years.
The stained glass windows are made from gummy bears and gummy worms baked into the dough.

The light shining through the windows is an added treat!
All of the decorations are 100% edible. The house took 25-30 hours to complete.

Constructed by;
Chef Jim Tinkham
CEC.,ACE.,CCA.,AAC
EXECUTIVE CHEF
FRESH IDEAS @
WILLIAM JEWELL COLLEGE

Santa and Mrs. claus thought it be nice to have some downtime before Christmas Eve and invited the natives to have a little fun. The reindeer are resting up for the big night so the polar bears were exited to pull the elves sleighs in a race while the penguins race on the ice. Polar express brings spectators to observe this magical moment.

Inspired by Tower bridge in London, this piece is made of gingerbread. The river is food coloring, corn syrup and isomalt. The boat is pastillage and a tall gelatin sail.

Mr. GRINCH, the sack, and "wood" floor are made with Gingerbread. Basically I used mixing bowls to bake hemispheres and glued them together with royal icing. The details of the grinch (everything green) is made with ginger clay. The eyes are isomalt. Everything red, the food, and the outside of the sack is fondant. 100% edible.

This gingerbread scene imagines Santa enjoying California's mountains amidst native flora and fauna. Rice Krispie Treats & nut brittle sandwiched by contoured gingerbread slabs create the mountain slope; draped Slaps tamarind candy forms a waterfall. Chocolate-coated pretzel rods & Rice Krispie Treats with rosemary branches dipped in royal icing make a majestic tree. Animals are shaped from molding chocolate and fondant. Santa's cabin boasts Big Red gum, Rainbow Rips and Milky Matcha Pocky sticks

This is the home of Santa and Mrs. Claus at the North Pole. Santa is relaxing and preparing to make his deliveries. For this display we attempted to use up our supply of candy, including items such as candy canes, licorice, edible snowflakes, hard candies, spice drops, fondant for making reindeers and sleigh. Hoping we made good use of our candy!

Candy factory that grows candy on the tree then the factory makes the big candy into smaller candies. For the design I found a pretty mandala dots design that reminded me of little candies and then kept finding more for each side of the buildings. I also turned my original design of a clock tower into and stained glass tower.
I just love how colorful and bright this turned out and the intricacies of the designs.

The penguins and gingerbread folks have come together to enjoy all their favorite holiday activities! A dip in the hot tub, exploring the Northern light geode cavern, climbing the rock candy wall, ice sculpting w/ a tiny chainsaw and peeping out the windows to take in all the holiday fun. Windows, hot tub and ice sculpture are isomalt, the geode cavern/rock wall are dyed rock candy. Shingles are fondant. All characters are Wilton sugar decorations. Happy Holidays!

My theme was log house
Christmas tree cake decoration
Frosting
Pretzels
Pineapple jolly ranchers
Necco wafers
Peppermint wafers
Oreos
Warheads sour strips
Gum drops

All aboard the Gingerbread Express, where dreams come to life in the sweetest way and be transported to an enchanting era of grandeur and delight. A whimsical interpretation of the historic Queen Anne-style train station nestled in the charming town of Oakland, MD. The display features a G gauge locomotive, chugging along the tracks, emitting tantalizing puffs of gingerbread-scented smoke. Hope you enjoy as your senses are charmed by the enchanting aroma and the joyous spirit of the holidays!

This year I created a Forest display with animals. I live in the Boreal Forest and adore everything about it. I created a scene that I thought would be magical.
The house has fondant and royal icing covering it. The spruce trees are ice cream cones with icing piped on them. The birch trees are big pretzel sticks covered in royal icing and noodles for the branches.
The Woodland animals are made out of fondant and then painted.
This was a fun piece to create. Happy to share with you all.

This castle is a reimagining of Cinderella’s Castle done in blue, white, silver and lavender. It has about 250 pieces of gingerbread and lots of candy pearls. We baked the round towers on wooden dowels and used mini ice cream cones for the turrets. The moat is edible gel lined with candy rocks. The courtyard pavers and the “bricks” on the walls are gum.

Used sliced almonds for the walkway and fondant for the mugs of hot cocoa

I was trying to create an old fashion family bakery. The house is made completely from gingerbread with isomalt windows. The roof is mad out of candy. Trees are covered ice cream cones! Lights were wired inside of the house to illuminate the windows, bakery and Christmas tree. Bakery items were made out of fondant and gingerbread. It was a fun build!! Merry Christmas to all!

Santa’s reindeer have been arrested for speeding in the tiny town of Grumpy Town. Sant is worried he doesn’t have the money to pay their fines and get the out in time to deliver all the gifts . The reindeer have worn themselves out trying to figure out how to escape

Inspired by a Norman Rockwell painting, Santa is checking his book of good girls and boys and using the globe for his route on Christmas Eve while outside some of his elves play in the snow and with the animals. Used gingerbread, mini M&M's, fondant, royal icing, gum paste, and gummy bears.

This gingerbread house is loosely based on my favorite home in my neighborhood. It is made with construction grade gingerbread with gingerclay bricks and roof shingles. All the shingles and bricks were applied individually. It was constructed using royal icing, and the windows are isomalt on the main structure and gelatin in the white sunroom. The landscaping is shaped rice treats rolled in royal icing and dried parsley. It is 100% edible with the exception of the lighting.

Encanto Disney movie.

The inspiration for my house comes from the traditional Christmas Eve when Santa has arrived to deliver his gift's. My house is 2’ x 2’ and is 2 1/2 feet tall made of gingerbread. The roof is made from wheat thin crackers. I used Milano cookies for the benches, as well as Rolo’s for their legs. The porch is made of graham crackers and pretzels.
Windows are made of isomalt and trimmed with an assortment of candies. Trees are made from sugar cones. The wood pow is made from pretzel rods.

Candy factory in Gingerbread with royal icing roofs. White chocolate gears.

Holidays Hawaiian Style! My display was inspired by my love and appreciation of the island of Kauai and the spirit of Aloha. I hope this transports you on a mini vacation with the holiday spirit, Christmas magic, sand and surf. Everything is edible except for the base, which is wood. Gingerbread was used for all the structures, house and palm tree trunks, decorations and other features were made using rice paper, fondant, royal icing, coconut, sprinkles, gum, isomalt and graham crackers. Mahalo!

Santa’s sleigh awaits him after tending to his beloved reindeer stocking stuffers, and after welcoming the Odenton, Md. Black Bears hockey team to the North Pole! Structures are gingerbread, roofs are shredded wheat & pecans. Other accents: pretzels, licorice, peppermints. Mrs. Kringle loves her poinsettias and greenery touches!

The Elf Village consists of three houses and an outdoor fireplace for the Elve's stockings arranged around the village Christmas tree. The houses and fireplace are entirely edible with piped royal icing, poured sugar windows, peppermints, gumdrops, cookies and assorted candies. Coffee sugar lines the walkways. The center tree and figurines are ceramic. Each structure is lit from the inside with white Christmas lights.

Of Mice and Mistletoe is a charming display of a snowy white owl performing with mice marionettes. He’s telling the story of Mr. Mouse, looking for a kiss from Mrs. Mouse under the mistletoe. And all the baby mice are enthralled and enchanted by the spectacle. Mr. Owl, the puppeteer, is made with a base of gum paste, covered in hundreds and hundreds of hand cut wafer paper feathers. The marionette cabinet was all hand sculpted in gingerbread with a vine and leaf pattern.

The Bunny actually is on a motor and goes in and out of the top hat.
To see a moving video of the project and how we built it go to:
https://www.filmforfood.tv/gb23

Included in this project:
Fruit Roll Ups
Laffy Taffy
Twizzlers various types
Hard candies
Gum Paste
Candy Buttons
1 ½ dozen eggs
5 pounds of powdered sugar
Hours and hours of work (and learning)

Bought template on Etsy. Used a textured rolling pin to make design and dress up the pieces. Painted with food coloring. There is a Christmas party on the second floor, see Santa looking out the window.

Virginia Colonial being restored by a relative. Built in 1938

Draw, draw, as fast as you can! You can't out-sketch me! I'm the gingerbread man!

The gingerbread man is tired of just running away so he's taken up drawing and his work literally leaps off the page! Everything is edible, gingerbread decorated with fondant.

Backgrounds are all gingerbread. The star, trough water and well water are isomalt. Olive tree is made of modeling chocolate and wafer paper leaves. The Palm is gum paste and wafer paper. All characters and animals are gingerbread. Little people are gumpaste. Garden Wall and Arch is fondant. Fondant covers the end and upper room. The sand dunes are different sugars and cocoa powder. The shepherd's field is alfalfa and sage.

Mostly gingerbread barn, hill, sleigh & gifts, outline of pond - also incorporating marshmallow fondant for penguins with royal icing to finish

Deep in the woods, the forest gnomes hide. Their secret world of mushrooms houses, and fairy tales. Sneak in and you just may catch one!
The structure is made of Gingerbread, covered in pastillage. The forest floor is a mix of teas, seeds and nuts. The gnomes are gum paste and modeling chocolate. The ropes for the swing are corn husk, and the blonde gnome's hair is the corn silk. Other materials include gelatin for the half open window, a cereal/Gelatin/royal icing mix to fill the mushroom cap.

Fairy Hotel created by Sophia 10yo. This circular gingerbread tree stump is the home of fairy’s and tiny creatures, most made out of fondant/rice crispies, pretzels, candy rocks, chocolate and much more.

My daughter Shannon, and I have always wanted to do a Dollhouse-themed gingerbread house. This is our 1/16th scale, magical, edible creation, crafted with love. It is loosely modeled on our home. The walls are coated inside and out with sugary fondant details. Coloring is airbrush applied food coloring. The furniture and people are meticulously crafted from homemade modeling chocolate, adding a sweet touch to each room. The crystal windows are isomalt to let the magic shine through.

Gingerbread Carousel 2023. All is made of Gingerbread except the mirrors and the gold frames. I bought a 7" turn table (used for small item displays). The colors were an inspiration off the Hallmark Channel. (giggles) I used Fairy light underneath the top.

I always wanted a doll house when I was growing up and decided it's never too late. So, here is the Gingerbread rendition of the one I longed for when I was a kid.

Most of the furniture is fondant covered gingerbread and graham crackers. I used food color markers for paint and detail. The risky part was the design of the structure because despite having made a cardboard mock-up of it, when you are dealing with gingerbread, you just never really know!!

Mrs Ginger is completely made of gingerbread. The peacock is rice krispies and gingerbread with spaghetti noodles and fondant for his plume. All the Fairies are made of fondant with pretzel fence. I wanted it to feel like a fairy garden in a garden box. So many different things to see all the way around

Inspired by the Barbie film of last summer, we decided to create a house that Barbie would love to live in ...and if she got hungry could nibble on as well!

First we made 3 layers of red gingerbread and used white color flow on one side to help keep moisture from seeping into the layers. The supports are gingerbread for the bottom layer, rice rolls for the middle layer and fondant covered pretzels for the top layer. The chimney, and furniture were created with gingerbread, fondant and candy.

Because who doesn't enjoy nutcrackers around the holidays?
This creation is "all edible," with the exception of the gum paste wire for the wall garland.
Walls, floor, nutcrackers, and nutcracker cookies are gingerbread. Copper trim detail is fondant. Trees were piped with royal icing. Garland is wafer paper. Chefs hat, aprons, bows, stars, were cut out of sugar sheets. Tree ornaments are fondant and dragees. Back bakery walls are Rice Krispies and royal icing.
Glad to share with you all! :)

I was inspired by the lovely pink facade of Wes Anderson’s Grand Budapest Hotel! It’s made of gingerbread with a sugar pastillage facade, royal icing decorations & roof and white chocolate railings.