The World’s Largest Gingerbread House

TheDailyMeal: Outrageous Gingerbread Houses

Guinness World Records dubbed this 67-foot monster, located at the Mall of America, The World’s Largest Gingerbread House in June 2012. The house is made of 14,250 pounds of gingerbread, 4,750 pounds of icing, and more than 1 ton of candy confections.

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Hansel and Grete...

The Langham Hotel in London presented their Hansel and Gretel-themed gingerbread house in 2011. At 4 feet 3 inches, it took 200 man hours to complete.

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Life-Size and Lu...

In 2010, Neiman Marcus sold this Dylan's Candy Bar life- size gingerbread house for a whopping $15,000. For this pretty penny, your child could have had 381 pounds of gourmet gingerbread and 517 pounds of royal icing to play with.

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Not Your Usual C...

Inspired by legendary photography Bruce Weber's “Not Your Usual Christmas” campaign, London department store Selfridges placed this mega gingerbread mansion in their fairy tale-themed holiday windows this year.

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Gherkin

Made from London's renowned "jellymongers", Bompass and Parr, this giant replica of the Gherkin building in 2008, just one of their culinary masterpieces.

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Organic

Built by Jonathan Gellman of Skyward Builders in 2009, this organic gingerbread house was made at the Ritz-Carlton in Charlotte, N.C., a LEED-certified hotel. In keeping with the tune of the hotel, every detail was environmentally friendly, from the recycled nails to the organic eggs.

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Annual Grand Flo...

In keeping with its annual tradition, Walt Disney World's Grand Floridian opened up its life- sized cookie doors for guests to buy gingerbread treats and holiday décor in the lobby of the Victorian-themed hotel.

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Annual Fairmont ...

The Fairmont San Francisco created its largest-ever gingerbread house in 2011, and replicated the design this year. The two- story creation, which stands more than 22 feet tall, features thousands of gingerbread bricks and about 2,000 pounds of icing and candy.

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Hogwarts Castle

Artist Britta Blvd, who works with edible materials, created this masterpiece for a "Year Seven at Hogwarts" party. See how she brought the classic Harry Potter castle to life, piece by piece, here.

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