The view has always been a big part of the draw at Doc’s Marina Grill in downtown Winslow. Boats on the water, trees, seabirds, sunsets, Mario and Luigi battling Bowser.

Admittedly, that last one’s kind of a recent addition.

Longtime Doc’s server Kolyne “Koko” Forro chose “Super Mario Bros. 3” as the theme for her annual gingerbread creation this year. The two titanic tableaus were delivered earlier this month and are on display now in the main dining area, alongside a donation box, the latest of Forro’s philanthropic seasonal culinary construction projects.

One-hundred percent of the money donated by impressed spectators will go to Helpline House this year. Every one of Forro’s annual creations boasts a new theme and new charity. Past recipients have included Seattle Children’s Hospital, American Heart Association and Crohn’s Disease research, among others, and depicted “The Wizard of Oz,” Whoville (from “How the Grinch Stole Christmas!”), and fairy tale scenes.

Doc’s Marina Grill intends to match donations up to the first $1,000 raised by Forro’s sugary attractions, which have become hotly anticipated signs of the season round her workplace.

“I’ve done seven here, and this is my 17th one [total],” Forro said. “My very first one was in 2001, and it was just a standard house. I had a friend show me how to make the gingerbread, how to make the frosting — it takes a half hour per batch because you’ve got to do it perfect to make it work like glue.”

Though her skills have improved, and her techniques have been refined since then, the “Super Mario Bros. 3” scenes still took a combined 175 hours to make. They include, by Forro’s count, 79 hanging items, 49 pieces of gingerbread cookie covered in fondant (28 pounds of fondant was used) — seven whole batches of frosting and six batches of gingerbread (about 10 hours of baking).

The list of candy used is enough to make a diabetic shudder: six bags of coconut, two boxes of Nilla Wafers, two pounds of Red Hots, five bags of marshmallows, six boxes of Nerds, and a whole galaxy of assorted Smarties, Fruit By The Foot, Raspberry Chews, Chicklets, M&Ms, chocolate-covered sunflower seeds, pretzels, Jelly Bellies, Unicorn Sticks and Sugar Swirls.

The crafty self-described “confectionista” started putting it all together back in early September.

“It’s the largest scale one that I’ve made so far,” she said. “This year there aren’t any lights in it. I usually have lighting, but because of all the hanging things it would have looked like a big spiderweb, and then if they were coming down from the top it would have shown in peoples’ faces.”

This year’s creation is also, Forro said, her favorite of her confectionary crafts thus far. The idea was offered up by her best friend’s son, a 13-year-old video game enthusiast.

“As soon as he said ‘Super Mario Bros.’ I knew exactly,” she laughed. “I didn’t have to play the game because I played it so much as a kid. I did every single world in the entire game.”

Forro’s work will remain on display at Doc’s (403 Madison Ave. South) through early January. The restaurant is open daily from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.