Cristmass Gingerbread and Pretzel Houses Ideas
Candy Decorations
Play architect with easy-to-find candies, cereals, spices, and decorations.
FOR THE GINGERBREAD CABIN
SNOW: melted white chocolate sprinkled with sparkling sugar and lined with silver dragees.
WREATHS AND WINDOW BOXES: licorice whips (snipped) and green peppercorns.
SHUTTERS AND LINTELS: sticks of chewing gum.
RED CHIMNEY AND DOOR: dough tinted with food coloring (outline them and house joints with royal icing).
PATHWAY: sunflower seeds, puffed millet, and dragees.
FOR THE STONE COTTAGE
THATCHED ROOF: All-Bran cereal lined with sticks of red gum.
EAVES AND MASONRY: jelly beans.
WINDOW FRAMES: sticks of gum.
DOORKNOBS: dragees.
WINDOWS: To create a warm glow, place hard candies on a lightly oiled nonstick sheet pan at 350°F until melted, 5 or 6 minutes. Do not let the candy bubble; remove it from the oven as soon as it has melted.
MORTAR: Royal icing is the “glue” that holds the gingerbread house pieces together and the embellishments in place.