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Executive pastry chef Artis Kalsons replaces candies on his lifesize gingerbread house after hungry kids picked them off at the entrance of the Fairmount Olympic Hotel in downtown Seattle. Talk about a dream home! Well - for a person with a sweet tooth that is!The creation of this colossal Gingerbread house has been going on since August and took eight engineers, 15 culinary stars, and hundreds of helping hands. The recipe looks like this: 960 pounds of flour, 20 gallons of milk, 75 gallons of icing, 80 pounds of molasses, 80 pounds of butter, 3 pounds of cinnamon, 3 pounds of nutmeg, 170 pounds of brown sugar, 3 pounds of anise, and 3 pounds of clove! Phew. It gets better... The finished product has 4,100 Gingerbread tiles, 2,500 candy canes, 1,000 spearmints, 50 pounds of crushed candy and 144 feet of candy ropes. I think we just got a sugar contact high. If you haven't ventured down there, this gingerbread house in a must-see, folks! (Image: Sy Bean / Seattle Refined).<p></p>

Talk about a dream home! Well - for a person with a sweet tooth that is!The creation of this colossal Gingerbread house has been going on since August and took eight engineers, 15 culinary stars, and hundreds of helping hands. The recipe looks like this: 960 pounds of flour, 20 gallons of milk, 75 gallons of icing, 80 pounds of molasses, 80 pounds of butter, 3 pounds of cinnamon, 3 pounds of nutmeg, 170 pounds of brown sugar, 3 pounds of anise, and 3 pounds of clove! Phew. It gets better... The finished product has 4,100 Gingerbread tiles, 2,500 candy canes, 1,000 spearmints, 50 pounds of crushed candy and 144 feet of candy ropes. I think we just got a sugar contact high. If you haven't ventured down there, this gingerbread house in a must-see, folks! (Image: Sy Bean / Seattle Refined).{ }<p></p>

Talk about a dream home! Well - for a person with a sweet tooth that is!The creation of this colossal Gingerbread house has been going on since August and took eight engineers, 15 culinary stars, and hundreds of helping hands. The recipe looks like this: 960 pounds of flour, 20 gallons of milk, 75 gallons of icing, 80 pounds of molasses, 80 pounds of butter, 3 pounds of cinnamon, 3 pounds of nutmeg, 170 pounds of brown sugar, 3 pounds of anise, and 3 pounds of clove! Phew. It gets better... The finished product has 4,100 Gingerbread tiles, 2,500 candy canes, 1,000 spearmints, 50 pounds of crushed candy and 144 feet of candy ropes. I think we just got a sugar contact high. If you haven't ventured down there, this gingerbread house in a must-see, folks! (Image: Sy Bean / Seattle Refined).{ }{ }<p></p>

Executive pastry chef Artis Kalsons replaces candies on his lifesize gingerbread house after hungry kids picked them off at the entrance of the Fairmount Olympic Hotel in downtown Seattle. Talk about a dream home! Well - for a person with a sweet tooth that is!The creation of this colossal Gingerbread house has been going on since August and took eight engineers, 15 culinary stars, and hundreds of helping hands. The recipe looks like this: 960 pounds of flour, 20 gallons of milk, 75 gallons of icing, 80 pounds of molasses, 80 pounds of butter, 3 pounds of cinnamon, 3 pounds of nutmeg, 170 pounds of brown sugar, 3 pounds of anise, and 3 pounds of clove! Phew. It gets better... The finished product has 4,100 Gingerbread tiles, 2,500 candy canes, 1,000 spearmints, 50 pounds of crushed candy and 144 feet of candy ropes. I think we just got a sugar contact high. If you haven't ventured down there, this gingerbread house in a must-see, folks! (Image: Sy Bean / Seattle Refined).

Talk about a dream home! Well - for a person with a sweet tooth that is!The creation of this colossal Gingerbread house has been going on since August and took eight engineers, 15 culinary stars, and hundreds of helping hands. The recipe looks like this: 960 pounds of flour, 20 gallons of milk, 75 gallons of icing, 80 pounds of molasses, 80 pounds of butter, 3 pounds of cinnamon, 3 pounds of nutmeg, 170 pounds of brown sugar, 3 pounds of anise, and 3 pounds of clove! Phew. It gets better... The finished product has 4,100 Gingerbread tiles, 2,500 candy canes, 1,000 spearmints, 50 pounds of crushed candy and 144 feet of candy ropes. I think we just got a sugar contact high. If you haven't ventured down there, this gingerbread house in a must-see, folks! (Image: Sy Bean / Seattle Refined).

Talk about a dream home! Well - for a person with a sweet tooth that is!The creation of this colossal Gingerbread house has been going on since August and took eight engineers, 15 culinary stars, and hundreds of helping hands. The recipe looks like this: 960 pounds of flour, 20 gallons of milk, 75 gallons of icing, 80 pounds of molasses, 80 pounds of butter, 3 pounds of cinnamon, 3 pounds of nutmeg, 170 pounds of brown sugar, 3 pounds of anise, and 3 pounds of clove! Phew. It gets better... The finished product has 4,100 Gingerbread tiles, 2,500 candy canes, 1,000 spearmints, 50 pounds of crushed candy and 144 feet of candy ropes. I think we just got a sugar contact high. If you haven't ventured down there, this gingerbread house in a must-see, folks! (Image: Sy Bean / Seattle Refined).

Executive pastry chef Artis Kalsons replaces candies on his lifesize gingerbread house after hungry kids picked them off at the entrance of the Fairmount Olympic Hotel in downtown Seattle. Talk about a dream home! Well - for a person with a sweet tooth that is!The creation of this colossal Gingerbread house has been going on since August and took eight engineers, 15 culinary stars, and hundreds of helping hands. The recipe looks like this: 960 pounds of flour, 20 gallons of milk, 75 gallons of icing, 80 pounds of molasses, 80 pounds of butter, 3 pounds of cinnamon, 3 pounds of nutmeg, 170 pounds of brown sugar, 3 pounds of anise, and 3 pounds of clove! Phew. It gets better... The finished product has 4,100 Gingerbread tiles, 2,500 candy canes, 1,000 spearmints, 50 pounds of crushed candy and 144 feet of candy ropes. I think we just got a sugar contact high. If you haven't ventured down there, this gingerbread house in a must-see, folks! (Image: Sy Bean / Seattle Refined).

Executive pastry chef Artis Kalsons replaces candies on his lifesize gingerbread house after hungry kids picked them off at the entrance of the Fairmount Olympic Hotel in downtown Seattle. Talk about a dream home! Well - for a person with a sweet tooth that is!The creation of this colossal Gingerbread house has been going on since August and took eight engineers, 15 culinary stars, and hundreds of helping hands. The recipe looks like this: 960 pounds of flour, 20 gallons of milk, 75 gallons of icing, 80 pounds of molasses, 80 pounds of butter, 3 pounds of cinnamon, 3 pounds of nutmeg, 170 pounds of brown sugar, 3 pounds of anise, and 3 pounds of clove! Phew. It gets better... The finished product has 4,100 Gingerbread tiles, 2,500 candy canes, 1,000 spearmints, 50 pounds of crushed candy and 144 feet of candy ropes. I think we just got a sugar contact high. If you haven't ventured down there, this gingerbread house in a must-see, folks! (Image: Sy Bean / Seattle Refined).

Executive pastry chef Artis Kalsons replaces candies on his lifesize gingerbread house after hungry kids picked them off at the entrance of the Fairmount Olympic Hotel in downtown Seattle. Talk about a dream home! Well - for a person with a sweet tooth that is!The creation of this colossal Gingerbread house has been going on since August and took eight engineers, 15 culinary stars, and hundreds of helping hands. The recipe looks like this: 960 pounds of flour, 20 gallons of milk, 75 gallons of icing, 80 pounds of molasses, 80 pounds of butter, 3 pounds of cinnamon, 3 pounds of nutmeg, 170 pounds of brown sugar, 3 pounds of anise, and 3 pounds of clove! Phew. It gets better... The finished product has 4,100 Gingerbread tiles, 2,500 candy canes, 1,000 spearmints, 50 pounds of crushed candy and 144 feet of candy ropes. I think we just got a sugar contact high. If you haven't ventured down there, this gingerbread house in a must-see, folks! (Image: Sy Bean / Seattle Refined).

Talk about a dream home! Well - for a person with a sweet tooth that is!The creation of this colossal Gingerbread house has been going on since August and took eight engineers, 15 culinary stars, and hundreds of helping hands. The recipe looks like this: 960 pounds of flour, 20 gallons of milk, 75 gallons of icing, 80 pounds of molasses, 80 pounds of butter, 3 pounds of cinnamon, 3 pounds of nutmeg, 170 pounds of brown sugar, 3 pounds of anise, and 3 pounds of clove! Phew. It gets better... The finished product has 4,100 Gingerbread tiles, 2,500 candy canes, 1,000 spearmints, 50 pounds of crushed candy and 144 feet of candy ropes. I think we just got a sugar contact high. If you haven't ventured down there, this gingerbread house in a must-see, folks! (Image: Sy Bean / Seattle Refined).

Talk about a dream home! Well - for a person with a sweet tooth that is!The creation of this colossal Gingerbread house has been going on since August and took eight engineers, 15 culinary stars, and hundreds of helping hands. The recipe looks like this: 960 pounds of flour, 20 gallons of milk, 75 gallons of icing, 80 pounds of molasses, 80 pounds of butter, 3 pounds of cinnamon, 3 pounds of nutmeg, 170 pounds of brown sugar, 3 pounds of anise, and 3 pounds of clove! Phew. It gets better... The finished product has 4,100 Gingerbread tiles, 2,500 candy canes, 1,000 spearmints, 50 pounds of crushed candy and 144 feet of candy ropes. I think we just got a sugar contact high. If you haven't ventured down there, this gingerbread house in a must-see, folks! (Image: Sy Bean / Seattle Refined).

Talk about a dream home! Well - for a person with a sweet tooth that is!The creation of this colossal Gingerbread house has been going on since August and took eight engineers, 15 culinary stars, and hundreds of helping hands. The recipe looks like this: 960 pounds of flour, 20 gallons of milk, 75 gallons of icing, 80 pounds of molasses, 80 pounds of butter, 3 pounds of cinnamon, 3 pounds of nutmeg, 170 pounds of brown sugar, 3 pounds of anise, and 3 pounds of clove! Phew. It gets better... The finished product has 4,100 Gingerbread tiles, 2,500 candy canes, 1,000 spearmints, 50 pounds of crushed candy and 144 feet of candy ropes. I think we just got a sugar contact high. If you haven't ventured down there, this gingerbread house in a must-see, folks! (Image: Sy Bean / Seattle Refined).

Executive pastry chef Artis Kalsons replaces candies on his lifesize gingerbread house after hungry kids picked them off at the entrance of the Fairmount Olympic Hotel in downtown Seattle. Talk about a dream home! Well - for a person with a sweet tooth that is! The creation of this colossal Gingerbread house has been going on since August and took eight engineers, 15 culinary stars, and hundreds of helping hands. The recipe looks like this: 960 pounds of flour, 20 gallons of milk, 75 gallons of icing, 80 pounds of molasses, 80 pounds of butter, 3 pounds of cinnamon, 3 pounds of nutmeg, 170 pounds of brown sugar, 3 pounds of anise, and 3 pounds of clove! Phew. It gets better... The finished product has 4,100 Gingerbread tiles, 2,500 candy canes, 1,000 spearmints, 50 pounds of crushed candy and 144 feet of candy ropes. I think we just got a sugar contact high. If you haven't ventured down there, this gingerbread house in a must-see, folks! (Image: Sy Bean / Seattle Refined).

Talk about a dream home! Well - for a person with a sweet tooth that is!The creation of this colossal Gingerbread house has been going on since August and took eight engineers, 15 culinary stars, and hundreds of helping hands. The recipe looks like this: 960 pounds of flour, 20 gallons of milk, 75 gallons of icing, 80 pounds of molasses, 80 pounds of butter, 3 pounds of cinnamon, 3 pounds of nutmeg, 170 pounds of brown sugar, 3 pounds of anise, and 3 pounds of clove! Phew. It gets better... The finished product has 4,100 Gingerbread tiles, 2,500 candy canes, 1,000 spearmints, 50 pounds of crushed candy and 144 feet of candy ropes. I think we just got a sugar contact high. If you haven't ventured down there, this gingerbread house in a must-see, folks! (Image: Sy Bean / Seattle Refined).

Executive pastry chef Artis Kalsons replaces candies on his lifesize gingerbread house after hungry kids picked them off at the entrance of the Fairmount Olympic Hotel in downtown Seattle. Talk about a dream home! Well - for a person with a sweet tooth that is!The creation of this colossal Gingerbread house has been going on since August and took eight engineers, 15 culinary stars, and hundreds of helping hands. The recipe looks like this: 960 pounds of flour, 20 gallons of milk, 75 gallons of icing, 80 pounds of molasses, 80 pounds of butter, 3 pounds of cinnamon, 3 pounds of nutmeg, 170 pounds of brown sugar, 3 pounds of anise, and 3 pounds of clove! Phew. It gets better... The finished product has 4,100 Gingerbread tiles, 2,500 candy canes, 1,000 spearmints, 50 pounds of crushed candy and 144 feet of candy ropes. I think we just got a sugar contact high. If you haven't ventured down there, this gingerbread house in a must-see, folks! (Image: Sy Bean / Seattle Refined).

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