Chicago Metallic Non-Stick Gingerbread Man Pan

I saw this pan at a Williams-Sonoma store demo. Take boxed gingerbread cake mix, bake in this pan, easy release from non-stick pan and cellophane wrap with a bow for school and office. People will love these individual sized treats and it'll bring back memories of your childhood. Highly recommend 2 pans minimum.

I love this pan; ordered two so I could make gingerbread kids faster! They are so cute and easy to handle and children love the finished product. The cakes release easily from the pan.

We like the larger size of this pan's cutouts; most molds are for mini gingerbread boys. Though it's recommended for cookies in addition to "cakelets"--small, individual-sized cakes almost as shallow as cookies--we feel it's best reserved for the latter. We tried making gingerbread men using store-bought, ready-made cookie dough. To insure the cookies would release from the pan easily without flouring it, we also coated each cavity with a nonstick cooking spray formulated for grilling. It's composed of a thicker vegetable oil, which is not as absorbant and is less apt to leave a sticky, hard-to-clean film (should you neglect to wash the pan a while due to holiday fatigue). The first batch, after filling the pan half-full, was rather thick, up to the rim, which we suppose is fine if you don't mind eating three cookies in one. Succeeding batches were better, yet still somewhat thick, lop-sided, and full of fingerprints. Pan should probably be filled only 1/4th full but, short of...Read more