"GingerBread Lane" Achieves 2014 Guinness World Record for Largest Gingerbread Village

NEW YORK, Dec. 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- GingerBread Lane – a 1.5 ton, 300-square-foot village made entirely of edible gingerbread, royal icing, and candy – has been acknowledged as the largest gingerbread village in the world by the 2014 Guinness World Records http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/8000/largest-gingerbread-village.  The creation of Jon Lovitch, the 160-house village is on display in New York City at the New York Hall of Science in Queens through January 12, 2014. GingerBread Lane took one year to develop and complete, requiring approximately 1,500 hours of labor.  As a grand finale, Lovitch will give away all houses on January 12; he will also ship houses to children unable to visit due to illness or other personal situations.  To view the exhibit, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yyJia4QrH0, www.gingerbread-lane.org, Facebook: GingerBread Lane.

This year, GingerBread Lane celebrates its 20^th season with its 29^th village. The 1.5 ton village includes an estimated 2350 lbs. of icing, 400 lbs. of candy, and 500 lbs. of gingerbread dough.  It comprises 160 gingerbread houses, 65 trees, 4 gingerbread cable cars, 5 gingerbread train cars, an underground candy subway station, a skating rink, candy trees, sugar signage and more. While layout and composition change yearly, GingerBread Lane always includes Eggnog Bay, Gum Drop Row, Peppermint Central Park, Candy Cane Place, and Toffee Boulevard.  New this year are Ribbon Candy Ridge and "behind-the-scenes" windows, giving a peek into the makings of GingerBread Lane with ovens, models, and ingredients, made entirely from royal icing.  Five two-foot-high nutcrackers, also of royal icing, stand guard over the back of the exhibit.

A continuing part of the GingerBread program, Lovitch will lead a gingerbread house workshop on December 28, and will conduct the highly anticipated GingerBread Lane house giveaway on January 12, where fans can take home gingerbread houses.  He will also ship houses to children unable to attend the exhibit or giveaway due to health or other situations.

GingerBread Lane is a project conceived and funded entirely by Jon Lovitch.

Contact: Meryl Pearlstein, [email protected], 917-359-3512

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