16 Gingerbread Houses to Feed Your Inner Nerd

For the sucrose craftsmen among us, there is no greater Christmas challenge than the nerdy gingerbread house. To make a structure that is simultaneously delicious and true to your beloved culture is a hefty task.
Once you've found that rare Tardis-blue frosting that doesn't taste like chalk, or the right kind of almonds to pave your chocolate creme footpaths, nothing is so satisfying as seeing the Internet praise your work.
From a lifelike Hobbit hole to the mansion of Jack Skellington the Pumpkin King, these are the kinds of houses that would belong in a museum — if only they didn't attract so many ants.

• 1. Grumpy Cat

  

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• 2. The Bumble Snow Monster of the North from Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer

  

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• 3. Moe's Bar from The Simpsons

  

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• 4. Hobbit Hole from Lord of the Rings

  

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• 5. Gru's House from Despicable Me

  

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• 6. The Burrow from Harry Potter

  

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• 7. The Tardis from Doctor Who

  

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• 8. Jack Skellington's House from Nightmare Before Christmas

  

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• 9. The Death Star from Star Wars

  

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• 10. Serenity from Firefly

  

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• 11. AT-AT from Star Wars

  

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• 12. Battle Cruiser from Starcraft

  

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• 13. Hogwarts from Harry Potter

  

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• 14. Schrodinger's Cat

  

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• 15. The RV from Breaking Bad

  

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• 16. Dr. Gregory House from House M.D.