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World's Largest Gingerbread House.

By Alex in Food & Drinks, Pictures, Travel & Places on Dec 16, 2006 at 1:06 pm


Gingerbread artist Roger Pelcher built the world’s largest gingerbread house at Mall of America. How large? Here’s some relevant statistics:

  • The gingerbread house has 1,496 square feet (larger than my house!)
  • Built from 14,250 pounds of gingerbread and 4,750 pounds of icing
  • It took approximately 1,700 work-hours in nine days to build.
  • Embellishments include: 1,800 Hershey’s chocolate bars; 2,800 pearsons nut rolls; 1,200 feet of Twizzlers; 100 pounds of Tootsie Rolls; 300 pounds of DOTS; 100 12" Whirly Pops; and thousands of other candies.

Links: Gingerbread cam | Official webpage @ MOA – Thanks Tiffany!


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  1. bob
    Dec 18th, 2006 at 12:02 am

    So disapointed..
    I'm expecting now the biggest STRUCTURAL gingerbread house. Anybody can slap a couple of slices on a wall, but building a real house with gingerbread is left to be seen. That woudl be a structural challenge...

  2. intelnm
    Apr 11th, 2007 at 10:57 am

    i wonder if they let anybody have a piece of it when they were done

  3. agrees with bob
    Dec 1st, 2007 at 12:20 pm

    i agree with bob i want to see a structual gingerbread house

  4. seman
    Dec 6th, 2008 at 2:00 am

    ya i also agree with bob you did not even get to see the hole thing wast of internet time

  5. Flo
    Nov 19th, 2009 at 10:07 pm

    I sure would like a piece of that house... but it probably is all moldy and rotten now since it's 2009 and almost 2010.

  6. Booby Jones
    Jan 11th, 2010 at 12:07 am

    Whats wrong with you guys. Yeah it would be awesome to see a STRUCTURAL gingerbread house. But this is just as hard to build. Your disappointed, your one of those critics that don't know anything, a writer, not an acual builder. I'l like to see you do this. You won't even last a second, won't even know what to make the door out of. So keep your comments to yourself....psh disappointed, I should smack you across the face for saying that.

  7. Kevin Johnson
    Jan 11th, 2010 at 12:08 am

    ^^^^^^^^
    ||||||||
    Thats who booby jones is. What are you gonna do?

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