Candy Bar Wrapper - Mice with candy bar & heart design

They're actually phasing out the old paper covered foil wrappers on candy bars and going to an all plastic material so you don't have the two wrappers. Guessing it's cheaper for them to produce this way, but for those that rewrap bars like this, it could be a problem. I was able to find one of the few in the store that still had foil, but had to go up to the 4.4 oz bar instead of the 1.55 oz. - like that's a problem! Even the 4.4 oz bars are going to the one-wrapper system though. Oddly, some are going with a retro design on the new wrappers! The paper is actually shiny like the paper candy bar wrappers - got lucky to already have it in my stash.

Gingerbread House

These are actually from November 2008. We did these during a press tour for the anniversary of the hotel's Country Christmas. Thankfully, their pastry chefs made the cookies for us beforehand and had the icing bags already prepped. It was a lot of fun!

We had to leave them there overnight so they could set up well enough before carrying home. I made it without any casualties. Just yesterday I noticed that I've lost a gumdrop from the roof and one shingle. And trouble with the licorice around the door. Just a few minor things to fix later. Need to coat it for keep. Still smells of ginger!