Chocolate Duck Hosts Gingerbread House Contest

The Chocolate Duck Candy Headquarters, which is located at 310 Main St. in Farmingdale, is hosting a Gingerbread house contest on Nov. 16.

The deadline to register is Nov. 1. Applicants don't need to make a house, but other structures are welcomed as well. Trains, bridges and ships are welcomed as well, as are other creative ideas.

From Newsday: The entries will be judged by Christina Bisbee, co-owner of The Chocolate Duck and a contestant on Food Network’s "Challenge" and "Last Cake Standing"; Micheline Cummings, owner of Madame Butterfly Cakes in Babylon and Ralph Ekstrand, mayor of Farmingdale.

Prizes will be awarded in four divisions: adult professional, adult amateur, children 11 to 17 and children under 10. For more information, visit their website at chocolateduck.com or call 516-249-0887.