Gingerbread Fun

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!

We are loving that cupcakes are so popular and are having a blast visiting bakeries that bake these treats and are really enjoying the super yummy cupcakes (I think my dentist is enjoying the visits I have been making lately too). So, in all true form that we love Everything Gingerbread….here is a tasty Martha Stewart recipe we found for you all for a spicy Gingerbread Cupcake and it looks so cute decorated with tiny Gingerbread men and Gingerbread boy sugared candies. Enjoy!

I don’t know what part of the country you are in but we are in the South and boy is summer time in full swing here with temperatures in the tripple digits! When most folks think of Gingerbread they tend to picture a snowy winter day near Christmas time and baking the Gingerbread treats and houses but not us here at Gingerbreadfun, why not have a frozen Gingerbead Man of Gingerbread Woman on a stick for a summer time treat! Check out the neat frozen Gingerbread recipe we found: Details here at Family Fun.

FROSTY FRED AND FRIEDA

1 quart chocolate or vanilla ice cream
Gingerbread men cookie cutters
Assorted candies, such as red hots, shoestring licorice, Dots, M&M’s and chocolate sprinkles

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:

Get ready for Valentines day with this adorable “Lovestruck” Gingerbread Man Shirt. If you Love Gingerbread and Valentines Day, then this Valentines Day Gingerbread Man and Girl Shirt is perfect! Visit here for details.

OK – this is different! Someone blinged out USB memory stick with pink crystals and some Gingerbread men! You really can have Gingerbread and technology rolled into one!!

This is a darling vintage 1940s-1950s era tablecloth with retro holiday images of Christmas trees fully decorated with ornaments, candy canes, Santa’s, snowmen, and Gingerbread men with a cute Raggedy Ann doll at the top! So very cute this one is!

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.

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.

I love these! Aren’t they neat? These are so cool and different, Gingerbread boy and Gingerbread man in a “pop art” theme. You can read and see more here. These would make great gifts or stocking stuffers for the Gingerbread lover you know.