AURORA, Colo. — It's a sweet sight to see, and it smells good too. The life-sized gingerbread mountain cabin is now on display at Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center , thanks to a dedicated team of 25 pastry cooks who used more than 2,000 pounds of ingredients.

The executive pastry chef, Brielle Fratellone, explained they used close to 500 pounds of gingerbread, 1,00 gumballs, along with 50 pounds of coconut for the snow.

"We're so excited to debut Gaylord Rockies first gingerbread mountain cabin here in the lobby. It's been six months of work and planning, and we finally finished it just last night at 5:00 p.m. We placed the final sour gumballs onto the tree, so very excited to debut it this morning," Fratellone said.

The pastry team has created gingerbread displays in years p

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