2023 Halloween Gingerbread-Smackdown
We are delighted to announce that Lori Maas is the winner of Gingerbread-By-Design's 2023 Halloween Gingerbread-Smackdown!
Lori's ghostly gingerbread house stole the hearts of many voters and was the clear favorite this year with 286 votes, out of the record number of 604 total votes! Congrats, Lori, on your magnificent creation and we hope you continue to amaze us with your gingerbread skills!
Thank you to everyone who participated and helped make this contest a success. We loved seeing all of your creative gingerbread houses. Stay tuned for future contests and events!
Haunted Ghost House by Lori Maas
Award: Overall People's Choice - Favorite Halloween Gingerbread Scene
The theme is a Haunted Ghost House. I wanted to build a scary gingerbread house with a cool graveyard environment to compliment the haunted house. Each tombstone has different funny names like Robin Graves, Ben Ill, and Barry M Dead. This house was baked from scratch using a construction gingerbread recipe. The tree is ginger clay and hand sculpted. The roof/ghosts are fondant, shutters are gum paste and crushed candy for the walkway. Used royal icing and isomalt windows.
Happy Trick-or-Treating by Jennifer Hellstern
Made with prefab kit, royal icing, and candies.
Haunted tree house by Kandace Zobell
This haunted tree house is 100% edible. The base, the tree trunk, is made out of gingerbread and ginger clay. I think the ladder made of bones is my favorite detail :)
Haunted Mansion by Mike Huntington
Jack and zero visit the haunted mansion.
Biting ox-wagon by Robbie Cheadle
Historical display of a burning ox wagon with a Boer (farmer) and a hyena.