Peoples Choice Award
First Place - Spooky 'Lil Shack by Tammy St. Angelo
Inspiration was the Ultimate Gingerbread "Haunted House using Candy". My “Spooky Shack” features:
- gingerbread walls covered in green royal icing
- graham cracker roof covered with black licorice shingles
- banana moon pie moon adorned with a sugary bat
- cocoa crispy tree sprinkled with fall leaves sprinkles
- candy corn for porch lights
- chocolate rocks line the garden
- crumbled Oreo cookies for dirt
- shredded wheat covered in black royal icing for weeds in garden
- front sidewalk consist of broken Necco wafers
- front steps are graham crackers covered in gray fondant
- gates are spaghetti covered in black royal icing
- Hershey squares for tombstones with bones sprinkles
- pumpkin candy corn in graveyard and at front corner
Second Place - Haunted Mansion 2011 by Tonia Howe
We used a variety of candy including suckers with plastic skeleton arms for sticks, pez for the walk way, peep ghosts, etc.
Third Place - 7th Annual family haunted House by MaryKay Carlson
My daughters (now 12 and 14) and I have been making a gingerbread house
at Halloween for seven years now. This was the first year we used a
"construction grade" gingerbread recipe (the one from your website), and
it worked great. Much sturdier than the past. We used the pattern
from the Haunted Dimensions website but we elongated the roof, and then
embellished it with a front portico from one of the Ultimate Gingerbread
haunted house patterns. The other towers and rooms were done free hand
and added to the basic framework. We decorated each rooftop
differently this year. The main roof is scored fondant; the waffle cone
tower used one type of sprinkles, and we used another type of sprinkles
for the left tower. Then we used black pearls for the right front top;
licorice nibs for center top; and a combination of licorice nibs and
orange tic-tacs for the right front lower. We used melted butterscotch
for windows. The slime pond is melted butterscotch tinted with green
food coloring. Tree base is made from pretzel rods covered in black
candy melts with twizler branches. Graham cracker sides and roof to a
left-over piece of ginger for the tree house itself. The swing is a
mini oreo with green licorice rope. Chocolate pretz ladder. Wilton
chocolate mold for the tomb stones. We always use corn flakes for the
dried leafs in the yard. Licorice and candy corn fence. Friends always
ask, "How much time did it take?" My response: "The better question
is, 'How much fun did we have?'" Lots! We enjoyed reviewing all the
amazing houses on your site for inspiration. Thank you.
Best Use of Halloween Candy Award
First Place - 7th Annual family haunted House by MaryKay Carlson
My daughters (now 12 and 14) and I have been making a gingerbread house
at Halloween for seven years now. This was the first year we used a
"construction grade" gingerbread recipe (the one from your website), and
it worked great. Much sturdier than the past. We used the pattern
from the Haunted Dimensions website but we elongated the roof, and then
embellished it with a front portico from one of the Ultimate Gingerbread
haunted house patterns. The other towers and rooms were done free hand
and added to the basic framework. We decorated each rooftop
differently this year. The main roof is scored fondant; the waffle cone
tower used one type of sprinkles, and we used another type of sprinkles
for the left tower. Then we used black pearls for the right front top;
licorice nibs for center top; and a combination of licorice nibs and
orange tic-tacs for the right front lower. We used melted butterscotch
for windows. The slime pond is melted butterscotch tinted with green
food coloring. Tree base is made from pretzel rods covered in black
candy melts with twizler branches. Graham cracker sides and roof to a
left-over piece of ginger for the tree house itself. The swing is a
mini oreo with green licorice rope. Chocolate pretz ladder. Wilton
chocolate mold for the tomb stones. We always use corn flakes for the
dried leafs in the yard. Licorice and candy corn fence. Friends always
ask, "How much time did it take?" My response: "The better question
is, 'How much fun did we have?'" Lots! We enjoyed reviewing all the
amazing houses on your site for inspiration. Thank you.
Second Place - The Somerville Haunted House by Stacey Somerville
For several years I've been making gingerbread houses at Christmastime,
but my sons insisted I make a Haunted House this year for Halloween.
This house has Peep ghosts, candy pumpkin jack-o-lanterns, and a potted
plant made from gummy worms. The evergreen tree is made from an ice
cream cone, frosting and purple candy corn. The walkway is made from
jelly beans and edged in candy rocks. The windows are made from English
tea cookies. The cemetary is made from Peperidge Farm Milano Cookies
and brown sugar for the recently dug grave. The house is accented with
bats and spiders from a cake decorating set. The tradition in our
family is to have Demolition Day after the holiday. My sons - 11, 9 and
6 - will don safety eyewear and hammers and demolish it in within
seconds. It's as much part of the tradition, as tasting the candy while
decorating. I hope you enjoy it as much as we enjoyed making it!
Third Place - Halloween Gingerbread house by Amy Johnson
Pumpkin seeds were used for roof shingles, the candy corn was used for
window box and roof fencing. Fruity pebbles are the fall trees. Some
brown shredded coconut for dead grass. Coffee for dirt. Dots were used
to make the bat and spider. Marshmallow ghosts. Gummy skeletons as
zombies. gingerbread trees, headstones, and shutters.
Best Halloween / Haunted House Theme Award
First Place - Halloween Gingerbread house by Amy Johnson
Pumpkin seeds were used for roof shingles, the candy corn was used for
window box and roof fencing. Fruity pebbles are the fall trees. Some
brown shredded coconut for dead grass. Coffee for dirt. Dots were used
to make the bat and spider. Marshmallow ghosts. Gummy skeletons as
zombies. gingerbread trees, headstones, and shutters.
Second Place - Haunted Mansion by Wendy Verbruggen
Everything edible. I used candy for the windows, pumpkins and topiary are
sugar paste. Decorative piping and fence are Royal Icing.
Third Place - The Somerville Haunted House by Stacey Somerville
For several years I've been making gingerbread houses at Christmastime,
but my sons insisted I make a Haunted House this year for Halloween.
This house has Peep ghosts, candy pumpkin jack-o-lanterns, and a potted
plant made from gummy worms. The evergreen tree is made from an ice
cream cone, frosting and purple candy corn. The walkway is made from
jelly beans and edged in candy rocks. The windows are made from English
tea cookies. The cemetary is made from Peperidge Farm Milano Cookies
and brown sugar for the recently dug grave. The house is accented with
bats and spiders from a cake decorating set. The tradition in our
family is to have Demolition Day after the holiday. My sons - 11, 9 and
6 - will don safety eyewear and hammers and demolish it in within
seconds. It's as much part of the tradition, as tasting the candy while
decorating. I hope you enjoy it as much as we enjoyed making it!
Other Honorable Entries
Annette Bonfiglio
I used molded chocolate bats for the roof, orange fondant for the window
frames, green fondant for shutters. Skull candies for around the porch
roof. The skull lights are battery powered and the house is lit by a
string of clear lights. Fence is made with gum paste. Lime green
chocolate is poured onto the top of the porch roofs. Life savers
surrond a light bulb to make the outside entrance lights. Orange hard
candy melted to make windows.
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