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As we begin to approach Fall and soon Halloween, its time to shift our thoughts to “spooky, creepy, and even scary” stuff so why not a neat and Goth style Gingerbread Man! Found this interesting creation on an Etsy shop – The Poisoned Apple. Etsy is a great place to shop online for unique handmade items as well as vintage collectibles and antiques. Another Etsy shop we like is Crazy4Me and they tend to have a nice selection of vintage items for the home and neat collectibles and of course Gingread items from time to time. Hope you are all enjoying the end your summers!

Cupcakes seem to be all the rage latley so it makes perfect sense that we would find a Gingerbread cupcake to share with you all! On the Duncan Hines website you can find a really yummy recipe for Gingerbread chocolate cupcakes.  Details Here.

Back in 2007, Gingy (our little Shrek Gingerbread Man friend) appeared for kids in their happy meals. You could move his arm and push hit buttons for him to talk.

This year, for the latest Shrek, McDonalds has brought back Gingy as a clip on watch in their Happy Meals.

The front face (Happy) can be flipped to get to the clock/watch:

Setting the date/time is done via the eye buttons on the clock/watch side:

While creating a Gingerbread cookie that has zero calories might sound tasteless, I found a tasty way to send Gingerbread Fun for iPhone users. Gather the family around to roll out the dough, cut with a cookie cutter (many shapes), bake, frost and add sprinkles. Then, important for me… share your creations out via email! While I will still be giving out the oven baked versions, everyone I know will get a fun cookie email. Colorful creations from my iPhone (I bet it works on the iPod Touch too)!

Cookie dough: Dark Chocolate, Sugar Dough Supreme and of course - Gingerbread Delight

Frosting flavors: Lemon Yellow, Raspberry Red, Blueberry Blue, Sour Apple Green, White French Vanilla and Dark Chocolate

Cookie Cutters: 2010 New Year, Balloon, Party Hat, Car, Flower, Dog Bone, Cupcake, Musical Note, Ice Cream, Ball, Snowman, Christmas Tree, Candy Cane, Angel, Santa Claus and Stocking

Toppings: Red Hots, Candy Hearts, Candy Flowers, Silver balls, Red Hots, Sprinkles

Apple’s new iPhone commercial, a holiday theme’d applications version, starts off with our beloved Gingerbread Men! You can take a look here at the video… it starts off “My true love gave to me, 12 cookies cooking” – there Gingerbread Men make their appearance! More of a quick walk through… fun!

These lovely sugar cubes would certainly make a pretty statement on your holiday buffet or as part of your desert bar or cookie swap! Festive Sugar Cubes designs decorated on brown and white sugar cubes.  Each sugar cube has either a Gingerbread man, Rudolf the red nosed reindeer, a candy cane or a snowman. Details here.

Each hand made Gingerbread cookie is removable and numbered from 1 to 24. On Christmas you eat the WHOLE base Gingerbread cookie (sized 15″ x 11″). Details here.

Love this one! No need for a recipe for this cute Gingerbread character colorful image with red candy buttons & tiny hearts. This would make a great great! Details here.

Inspired by Christmas tradition, this durable earthenware collection depicts colorful Gingerbread chefs equipped with tools from the holiday kitchen. Marc Lacaze, a French artist known for his renderings of evocative scenes, created the original artwork for the collection. Displaying four industrious gingerbread chefs beaming with pride, the mugs and plates feature beaded detail and red borders that give them a classic yuletide look. A Williams-Sonoma exclusive.

This recipe is rooted in the old deep south to make traditional, old-fashioned southern Gingerbread. You will find this a good recipe for making Gingerbread cookies, Gingerbread men, and even Gingerbread houses. Old fashioned family recipes are always the best! Visit here for recipe and details.