Deutsch Goes Full Willy Wonka with Life-sized Gingerbread Bank for PNC

PNC Bank released its 32nd annual Christmas Price Index on Monday, Nov. 30, which mimics the Consumer Price Index by pricing out each gift from the classic Christmas carol, The 12 Days of Christmas. But this year, Deutsch & PNC wanted to bring fun and finance together for the holidays, by building the world’s first life-size bank branch made of real gingerbread! Try the 360-degree augmented reality tour here.

The PNC Gingerbread Branch was open to the public December Friday Dec. 4–Sunday, Dec. 6 at Penn’s Landing in Philadelphia. 

Inside the Gingerbread Branch, kids and their families learned about the gifts and their prices from 12 beautiful columns meticulously crafted by expert pastry chefs. They enjoyed hot cocoa and gingerbread cookies from the Cookie Counter. The Gingerbread Branch wasn’t just a showcase for the Christmas Price Index, it was a working PNC Bank branch, where you could open an account or get some cash from a cookie-encrusted ATM. The design and architecture of the branch was part Art Deco and part Willy Wonka.