From Pam Brandon, Disney Parks Food Writer, from the parks blog column.
Check out the sketch of this year’s gingerbread creation for Haunted Mansion Holiday, the masterful work of a year-long collaboration between Disneyland Resort chefs, the Entertainment team and Walt Disney Imagineering. The masterpiece debuts when Haunted Mansion Holiday opens at Disneyland park on September 12.
![HGH558534](/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/HGH558534-e1409250767181.jpg)
“The Ghost Host of Haunted Mansion Holiday always says, ‘even a gingerbread house can be scary,’ and we’ve definitely taken the design towards scary this year,” says Tim Wollweber, Graphic Designer/Sculptor.
This year’s creation is based on an iron maiden torture device from the Middle Ages, says Wollweber. “It was basically a large, coffin-like box with spikes on the inside, and any person forced to stand inside would get uncomfortable very fast.”
Of course, the Haunted Mansion Holiday gingerbread house adds a little whimsy with a hapless gingerbread zombie trapped inside – and those frightening spikes are very sharp, red-and-white candy canes. The gingerbread house also will feature opening and closing doors and lights.
The wood foundation is wired, then sent to the Disneyland Resort Central Bakery for a 3-week layover to apply 200 pounds of gingerbread, 200 pounds of royal icing, 150 pounds of fondant, and all sorts of other sticky treats. The gingerbread house stands at almost 7 feet tall.
There’s plenty of time to take it all in – Haunted Mansion Holiday goes through January 6, 2015.
- Disney Hotel wins Marriott Hotel of the Year Award - July 26, 2024
- All-Female Classic Universal Monsters Headline HHN House - July 25, 2024
- Howl-O-Sprint – Run for Your Life: Friday, Sept. 13 - July 24, 2024