A massive 25-foot gingerbread version of the iconic “Home Alone” house has popped up in Los Angeles, smashing a Guinness World Record.
Disney+ and Hulu set out to celebrate the film’s 35th anniversary by building and/or baking a likeness of the McCallister home using all edible ingredients on the corner of Hollywood and Vine. The edible imagining was created over eight days in mid-December, and measured 44,838 cubic feet: 58 feet long by 42 feet wide by 25.6 feet tall.
A Guinness World Record certificate dated Dec. 18, 2025, was posted in front of the installation. A previous record was set in 2013.
“Disney+ is excited to celebrate a movie that’s become such a holiday staple for families everywhere, mine included,” says Zack Jerome, Disney+ vice president, brand and marketing strategy. “We can’t wait to bring elements from the film into the real world so people can experience them up close.”
The project was intended to draw “Home Alone” fans back to the original, family favorite film, starring Macaulay Culkin as Kevin McCallister, who thwarts a burglary by a bungling crew after he’s left home alone.
The real brick and mortar house in Chicago, where the hijinks take place, was built in 1921, measured 9,126 square feet, and sold earlier this year for $5.5 million.
To build the edible home, the creators used a kingdom’s worth of ingredients, including:
1,450 lbs brown sugar
550 lbs granulated sugar
4,263 eggs
5,700 lbs all purpose flour
300 lbs cinnamon
100 lbs cocoa
450 lbs ground ginger
4,400 light golden “brick” tiles
800 dark brown “roofing” tiles
20 gallons edible glue
12 gallons edible adhesive gel (for icing)
6 gallons food coloring
20 lbs fondant
6 lbs gum paste
In addition to the building ingredients, countless potato flakes were used as snow. Those turned out to be essential, with the Guinness World Record judge who was on hand to verify the creation going up in the air to get a bird’s eye view of the structure to make sure that it was completely covered in edible ingredients.
Once that Guinness judge confirmed that the “Home Alone” gingerbread house had set a new world record and the (nonedible) confetti settled, the house site was opened up to the public for two nights.
They could also take selfies in front of a few facsimiles of the film’s featured vehicles, including the Little Nero’s pizza delivery car that delivers Kevin’s “Lovely Cheese Pizza,” and the Oh-Kay Plumbing and Heating van the burglars used.
But the whole project was not undertaken for bragging rights only. Visitors were also encouraged to help create holiday magic by bringing a new, unwrapped toy for Toys for Tots.
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