Gingerbread Men and Women and Houses too
Who would have known… The Popcorn Factory offers more than just popcorn. In this case, it’s a dozen Gingerbread Men in a gift tin. Neat!! People will get a tin from ‘The Popcorn Factory’, open it and find 12 new little friends. They are the ‘simple’ type of Gingerbread Man without all of the Mr. Hollywood precision detail.
December 4th this year is National Cookie Day. While most people will be eating little round cookies, some of us stick with our old favorites, the Gingerbread Man.
A question Dunkin Donuts asked this year of our fellow Gingerbread Man cookie eaters, “What do you start eating your cookie?” This question wouldn’t matter to them round cookie eaters but to us, we have that decision to make every time… Head? Arm? Leg? I’m not sure how I would answer if just asked, maybe a better test would be to just watch people. This is the second time they did a survey, with the question going out to 500 people.
From the survey, Dunkin Donuts found that 64% of the respondents start at the head!
Does this matter? According to Dr. Alan Hirsch, Neurological Director of the Smell and Taste Treatment and Research Foundation in Chicago:
“If one chooses to bite the head first, it indicates an achievement-oriented individual, a natural leader, who won’t take no for an answer. If the initial bite is the right hand, it reflects an individual who tends to be skeptical and pessimistic, while those who initially bite the left arm have a flare for creativity and are more extroverted. Those who first choose the legs tend to be more sensitive, reveling in the company of others”
Jump on over to the Dunkin Donuts site for the full story. Towards the bottom of the article is a couple nice recipes too!
For the many of you that suffer from peanut, tree nut, wheat, gluten, soy, egg, dairy, and sesame allergies you can certainly still enjoy your Christmas and make a yummy Gingerbread House to be proud of! We found The Allergen Friendly Gingerbread House kits from A & J Bakery in Rhode Island. The kits come with a pre-baked Gingerbread House, 5 types of Allergen friendly free candy and a variety of non-edible decorations for your decorating pleasure. A & J Bakery will also include instructions for the construction of the house. The Allergen Friendly Gingerbread House kits are available online or in the bakery store. Cheers!
A fun find! Looking around for Gingerbread Men to put in the yard, we happened upon this bit of uniqueness. Gingerbread Men made of birdseed.
We can’t forget out little flying friends so why not have our Gingerbread Men decorating our trees and bird cages?! Of course it will be sad to see our little Gingerbread Men go, but the birds will be happy and for a while you had Gingerbread Men everywhere you look. The description says they are weather resistant so they can be used outside too. Might be fun to have these outside even if we don’t have birds looking for lunch.
Crunching on my favorite Gingerbread Man cookies is only half of the fun. To really round off the fun, I like to have hot chocolate to go with it. Particularly with the temperatures dropping these days. Searching around for hot chocolate online options, I came across a little bundle called “Cocoa On The Go” for sharing out the fun with others. It’s a kit of a variety of hot chocolate drinks and a travel mug… all in a gift container. Sure sure… we ordered for ourselves too… it’s for testing before we buy others ones for gifts. OK, maybe it’s actually just an excuse to get more hot chocolate to go with the latest batch of Gingerbread Men coming out of the oven!
From Boca Java: This is a great option for you. Try our extire assortment of delicious hot Cocoas, included in the gift is 7oz of our Trio chocolate cocoa, 7oz of our Caramel praline cocoa, 7oz of our chocolate hazelnut mocha, and 7oz of double chocolate cocoa. Take it with you in our fabulous stainless steel Timbolino travel mug.
This one is a Pre-Assembled Hanukkah Gingerbread House so it saves you the time and mess of making your own! These are ready to ship to your nearest and dearest and are sent shrink wrapped and are Kosher certified! Deatils include Stars of David and gold coins and a dradle. Details here!!
Just in time for the holiday season, Premium Churned Light Gingerbread Man features a gingerbread flavored light ice cream with a touch of vanilla deliciously entwined with a cinnamon caramel ribbon. The flavor will be available at Baskin-Robbins during the month of November, while supplies last. Details Here!!
Here at Gingerbreadfun.com we encourage taking Gingerbread to “other levels” and not all creations should be “traditional” as non-traditional can also be fun! We posted a while back a unique Gingerbread House creation from the folks at Gingerbread Ghetto and today we are sharing their creation of a Gingerbread House Check Cashing shop. The Gingerbread House Check Cashing sop is decorated with red licorace rope to spell out the word “LOANS” and even has signs stuck on that say “Check$ Ca$hed” and “Money Orders”. Check out other nontraditional Gingerbread Ghetto themes here.
2010 Peddler’s Village Gingerbread House Competition & Display
November 19, 2010 through January 1, 2011
Gingerbread House Competition Categories: Traditional, Authentic Reproduction of a Significant Building, Amateur, Unusual 3-Dimensional Creation Student (ages 13 to 18) and KidsOnly! (ages 12 and under). Pics are of previous winners and include a Gingerbread Electric Car, Tavern On The Green Gingerbread House, Radio City Music Hall Gingerbread House and some Pretty Pink Gingerbread Houses.
