Heat the syrup, sugar and fat. Pour into a mixing bowl and allow to cool slightly. Mix gingerbread spice, cocoa, flour and baking powder and knead with the egg yolk into the fat-sugar mass. Roll out the dough 5 mm thin on a floured work surface. Make a template for one boot (approx. 26 cm high), place it on the dough and cut out two boots. Bake in the preheated oven (electric: 175 °C/ gas: level 2) for 10 minutes.
Remove and let cool completely on a cake rack. Stir icing sugar, egg white and 1 tablespoon water until smooth. Fill 2 tablespoons into a plastic bag and cut off a small corner. Colour the rest of the icing red according to the desired shade and spread it thickly on the boots. Decorate with white icing and the candy. Results in 2 boots
Per boot approx. 6880 kJ/ 1640 kcal