Lions and tigers and bears may not usually live in the forest, but we were inspired to create a woodland house where all creatures are welcome. We filled it with bright colors and a variety of candies, knowing it would be donated to a family in our community with young children who are going through a challenging holiday season. Our hope was to bring a little extra joy, wonder, and sweetness their way.

Overflowing with colorful candy, this gingerbread house is designed to spark instant joy. Every bright detail was created with fun and imagination in mind, and the house was lovingly made to bring a smile to a family in our community who could use a little extra sweetness this season.

Christmas tree farm with royal icing and candy melt covered trees, Nerds walkway, DOTS fence and edible sprinkle house decorations. The light posts are mini candy caves and mini Halls cough drops. Windows are melted jolly ranchers and menthol cough drops.

After seeing dollhouse miniatures on reels, I thought it would be a fun theme for a gingerbread house. The siding is fondant. The furniture and hardwood floors are a gingerbread with corn syrup instead of molasses for a lighter color.

I named the house Peggy's Place in honor of my late Aunt Peggy who passed in November 2025. She was a bright and beautiful person and she loved and supported my gingerbread builds. I designed the template myself, creating a house that reflected her colorful personality and her love of sweets! You will notice the bricks are made from sticks of gum, necco waffers were used for the shingles, and rice crispy treats were used to make the chair, presents, and fireplace.

A yeti family went on vacation to New York City after hearing Buddy The Elf had made it there and they are terrorizing the city while exploring! Building windows inspirations are different areas of New York including Chinatown, Macy’s, Tiffany and Co, a fresh bakery, and New York style Pizzeria. Isomalt was used for the hydrant water, spilled sodas, and koi pond water. Dehydrated Sardines, minnows, and sukura shrimp used in fish containers. The building was constructed of gingerbread and gumpaste.

This years gingerbread creation was inspired by our trip to Japan. As always, my daughter Meredith was responsible for all royal icing work and art design. The windows are made of sugar cooked to the hard crack stage. The river was made in the same way. Had to sneak in some cherry tree blossoms even though its wintertime. Thanks to the Gingerbread-by-design website, I got some good tips on how to curve ginger bread (for the roof), and the addition of cellulose powder fort the railings.

I cut out and decorated the 23 gingerbread shields in advance of building the castle which is totally gingerbread and edible.

I was thinking of my friend Linda when I made my house this year she loves tea and flowers 🌹
My house was made by adding teal green food gel to the gingerbread dough. It has roses were made with fondant with added cmc powder added . the rocks are made of rice cereal treats and covered in fondant. The pond is made of poured isomalt. The swans are made of fondant. The black path is made of ground gingerbread with food gel added. The gazebo has a tea set and chairs that are made of fondant.

We created a swing bridge at the North Pole in the open position so a Christmas flotilla can pass through.

This manor is completely edible Fondant siding and stones, piped chocolate railings, gingerbread accents, and gelatin windows.

My creation is edible except for the lights! I was inspired by a box of Wicked cereal and the movie of course! I used the cereal to decorate along with marshmallows, gummy bears, smarties, m&m candies, Dracula fangs, sprinkles, coloured sugar, some licorice and any green candy I could find!

A pretty pink and white Gingerbread house in the alpines at winter in the pretty snow and a bit of Christmas mode on!

First time flooding gingerbread for structural purposes! Farm animals were a later addition, but the rooster is my favorite. Each time I tackle a (seemingly) daunting gingerbread project, I learn so many new techniques and tricks that renew my creative momentum. Thank you for considering my work.

Simple church of gingerbread, course sugar, royal Icing, coconut.

Gingerbread, royal icing, course sugar, isomalt, fondant, coconut, sprinkles.

This cozy log cabin is co-owned by Santa and Yeti — an unexpected but delightful pairing. It’s decorated with everyday candies and cookies you’d find at the grocery store, all brought together with a little holiday imagination. The special features are the shimmering lake and the larger-than-life Yeti. The lake is made from layered melted sugar (two clear, one blue) to give it frosty depth. The Yeti itself is crafted from shaved coconut, for a snowy, textured finish.

Inspired by our home I used the Waterford template as a base for a log cabin. Breadsticks were used for the logs, pretzels, fondant for roof and detailing. A singular cookie as a doormat. Candy rocks for the chimney. Unfortunately, I ran out of time and used non-edible trees to complete the look for photos.

Inspired by Winnie the Pooh, envisioned an original template. Tree is made with a cross plate base of cookie and filled with a cookie dough-like putty, covered in fondant. Christmas tree is made from an ice cream cone. Rock candy for the chimney and crispy vermicelli for the roof material. Breadsticks coated in fondant for the support logs and cotton candy for the smoke. Collapsed several times before succeeding!!

A steampunk-inspired gingerbread man factory creation made with an original template. Fondant-covered cookie construction with sugar windows. Outer details are fondant brushed with edible metallic dust. Pretzel balustrades and ice cream cone base for the Christmas tree are the only prepackaged non-candy items that were used. Melted sugar was used for the gingerbread 'corporate logo' and isomalt for the cylinder 'glass' enclosure for the Christmas tree. The tree turns using the candy cane.

Lots of color and inspired by Impressionist art, our gingerbread house celebrates texture, movement, and creativity. We used familiar, everyday candies but sliced and reimagined them to create unexpected shapes, layers, and textures. The finishing touch is a roof of Pocky sticks, giving the house finished, snow-covered look.

It is drawn by me as a house a lumberjack would build to himself in the woods. Every year adding something from the original house . As you see there is an extra on each side and in the front.

This is the Holiday Nightmare Nook created by Jack, age 14. He took a spooky theme and made is sparkle. The whole structure is custom designed gingerbread dough covered by black fondant. There are many types of candy including Jack's signature red and green gumballs. He also added Halloween candy and peppermints. The windows are colored isomalt and the character faces are made of fondant. He did all the work himself from start to finish!

I created a gingerbread barn with a Lilly Pulitzer theme.

I have fond memories of playing Candy Land with my Nephew. That was the inspiration for my entry!

This whimsical gingerbread house was made from scratch and is a tried & true recipe that Jim has perfected over the years. The stained glass are made from gummy bears & gummy worms baked right into the dough. The light shining through the windows are an added treat. All decorations are 100% edible. The house took about 25-30 hours to complete! ENJOY!!

This Beach House sits on stilts being right on the water. The stilts are cinnamon sticks covered with pastiage, the house and porch are gingerbread. The stairs are pastiage and pasta. The beach is decorated with white chocolate turtles, and shells. The beach is ground up gingerbread, Ginger snaps, and vanilla wafers. The ocean is royal icing.

The holidays are in full swing @ 645 E 17th St! The main house is based on the Trivilian pattern with an added widow's walk. All piping, railings, and trees are royal icing. Windows and stream are isomalt. The penguins & gingerbread folks are enjoying the slopes at a nearby ski chalet (on a royal icing mountain) and a spirited game at their outdoor chess set. Chess pieces are hand cast isomalt and the board is fondant on a GB base. Happy holidays and thanks for looking!

Needed a display for dog park donations . Dog made from ginger clay and covered with royal icing various flowers used to make landscaping around fence.

One of the things I love about Christmas is coming together as family and spending time together, making memories around the Christmas tree, baking and decorating cookies and gingerbread, and enjoying the outdoors in new ways despite the cold. The warm glow inside my house represents the abundance of cheer I feel from this togetherness.

I used the “Candy Cane Gingerbread Cottage” template. This year my gingerbread design was inspired by white lace with the focus on piping delicate, fine lines and detail. My gingerbread houses are a two week process filled with sweet smells and Mariah’s Christmas album ☺️🫶🏼 (Did you know each year I bake and ice an extra piece for every piece …. Just in case one tumbles I always have a spare (so yes technically I make TWO gingerbread houses 🫨)

Towered with gumdrops, candy, frosting and more!

Rainbow Smarties shingle the roof, and a rainbow pathway made of hard candy.

Tree trunk was made from Rice Krispie treats wrapped in fondant.

My display is 12”x 18” I used the Gingerbread by Design Tree House e-template. I changed the top windows into poinsettias to give a more poinsettia look. I used gingerbread, frosting, royal icing, pretzels, cereal, fondant, edible gelatin sheets for windows, assorted candy sprinkles and candy. My display is 100 % edible and my inspiration comes from my love for Poinsettias and walking through flower gardens.

This gingerbread house is “inspired” by a house here in Springfield, Illinois. I chose this one over similar houses because of the double decker porte cochere. I believe in using as many different candies as possible. By my count this one has 32 types of candies plus lots of different colors. Every year I try to come up with at least one different technique. This year it’s the combination of “bones” and licorice pieces for the railings.

Peek at a squirrel family and their friends celebrating the holidays. The tree stump has 3 levels: a bathroom, a bedroom, and a living room, complete with a fireplace, acorn presents under the tree. There is a squirrel is making a squirrel snowman, a squirrel crossing the bridge to visit, and a praying mantis on his way to visit. There are ladybugs, mushrooms, and a cardinal outside the tree stump. Everything you can see is edible. A FB video is located at: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1ACWtMdfzb/

Our inspiration came from my Niece. Her parents own a dairy farm and raise horses to do farm work. I came up with the concept and along with my husband we created the barn. The entire barn structure is made of gingerbread. The tin roofs are made from Pockey sticks. The horses are named after each of our 4 granddaughters. The straw is made from rice cereal bars and coconut. The barn beams, fences wagon, tree stand & bench’s are all hand cut from gingerbread. Trees are chocolate & shredded wheat.

Our farm house is a match to our barn. The stone is made of melting chocolate. The window panes, trim, porches, porch boards, porch beams, benches and porch swing are all hand cut gingerbread. The roof is wheat thins covered with editable spray. Windows are isomalt.

The Village at Christmastime is based on my love of tiny Christmas villages. This village is built for dogs and cats only! It is constructed of 100% edible materials and weighs 50 pounds. Each building in the village is dedicated to one of entire family's beloved pets, past and present. I hope you enjoy your stroll through the Village at Christmastime!

Gum drop border, Rolled out starbursts for game board path, Homemade gingerbread men game pieces with homemade color-coded icing, gummy decor (Santa and north pole signage), Peppermints (candy cane and starlights), Starburst presents wrapped with homemade colored icing.

Woodland creatures, window, hinges and door handles are made of fondant. Repurpose gummy rainbow ribbon to make roses. Beans, nut and cereal make the towers. Brakes are an illusion by scraping Royal icy if very thinly over the gingerbread. Stand 30” tall.

The theme is a dreamy winter cottage where everything is peaceful, soft and magical. Materials include rice cereal treats, fondant, isomalt, frosted wheat cereal, gum, yogurt covered raisins, sour belt candy, cones, chocolate pretzels, sprinkles and dill. We used the Port Gamble House template.

It is a fun and interesting house that lets people have lots of fun in. People have parties in this house and always go home happy after entering gingerbread lane!!!!

My daughter and I like to make gingerbread houses based on Christmas movies and National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation is one of our favorites! Because I know that fondant and gingerbread are strong and last long, that is what we mainly used. Royal icing attached the pieces of the house. The challenge was to create the lights. I found a tiny light bulb mold to cut out the lights. Since this will be on display for years, I used Paper Wrapped Vine Wire to connect the bulbs instead of royal icing.

Everything is 100% edible, including the pedestal.

My entry is a classic Mountain Chalet found in a snowy mountain. It is entirely edible made of gingerbread, royal icing and pastillage. It has gelatin windows and is painted with food color paste.

Our family loves Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas, so we couldn’t resist bringing a little movie magic to life with this gingerbread house. One side represents Halloween Town, while the other brings Christmas Town to life—and it’s completely edible! We built it using Rice Krispies Treats, fondant, edible paper, edible playing cards and dice, marshmallow pumpkins, a bit of imagination and a lot of sugar! The house was donated to a family we were honored to support this holiday season.

A cherished father-daughter tradition! We created this gingerbread bakery inspired by my daughter’s love of baking. We created our own template based on photos of similar designs. Built with gingerbread walls, royal icing trim, gelatin sheet windows, and fondant covered awnings. It features molded gum paste pastries in the display windows and fondant-covered ovens, a seating area with gumpaste coffee cups. All set on a snowy base with piped icing trees. We hope you enjoy our creation!

Gingerbread Tabernacle based on the original Wellsville Tabernacle with children acting out the Nativity. Old man: a beloved local gentleman who waves to EVERY school bus and car during his walks near the Tabernacle. Organist: my mother who has played for her local congregation for forever! Girl on bench: my daughter who'd love a puppy but had to settle for a parakeet. I used gingerbread, royal icing, food coloring, fondant/gum paste, sugar cones, coconut, a few toothpicks and two cake dowels.

I used a Tudor house template for the house, the treehouse is free-style. The windows are made of melted candy (Campino, a German brand, I live in Stuttgart/Germany). The shingles are made of Cinni minis, the beams are made of Fondant. I "painted“ the gingerbread house with frosting (eggwhite and sugar). Next to the house which is on a wooden board with a bulb on it (made by my husband), there is a greenhouse with windows of gelatin sheets.

We chose this adorable Swiss Chalet because it showcases Libby's artistry with colored frosting. She hand-painted all the tiny details, from the flowers on the shutters, to the scarf on the snowmen, the ornaments on the trees in the yard, the blankets on the reindeer, even Rudolph's red nose. We used Necco wafers on the roof and tinted isomalt for the windows. We used a template we found on Etsy.

We made this for a school fundraiser. It is 100% edible except for the LED lighting of course :)
The house is from a template my mom has been using since the late 1980's and the theme was a fun childhood game our family used to play.

Inspired by our recent trips to Napa and Finger Lakes, NY for wine tastings, this gingerbread house is a vineyard with terraced grape growing regions. The building is gingerbread, the terraced platform is rice krispy treats, and the candy is a mix of fondant, sugar mold, and royal icing. The fencing and retaining wall is pretzels and pirouette cookies. The grape vines are royal icing covered licorice, with spaghetti string, fondant grapes and leaves and flower metal vines.

My creation is based on a 1925 photo of the Sylvia Lake Store at Lake Sylvia State Park in Montesano WA. The gingerbread version of the store is made of construction gingerbread, fondant, royal icing. The windows and the lake are made from isomalt, sign and flag are rice paper. The trees are made with gingerbread covered pretzels and sugared rosemary for the branches. All the greenery are made from rosemary, thyme, and sage. The roof of the store is made of gingerbread and gum sticks.

This gingerbread house was created for two sisters, ages 6 and 10, who are currently living with their mom in the family car. They adore Hello Kitty, and we hoped this sweet creation would bring a little joy and magic into their holiday season. The roof is made from Starburst candies, pressed into colorful rectangles, and each cookie was carefully hand-decorated to make the house as cheerful and whimsical as possible.