Tips to make this year’s Gingerbread House your best ever

December 3, 2019

Do you have a competition every year between your friends, or within your household to see who can build and decorate the most Hansel and Gretel-looking gingerbread house? Well if you do (whether or not anyone else knows it), we have some tips that are sure to make yours stand out from the rest this holiday season!

Gingerbread House Decorating Tips

Make a penguin skating pond by melting Western Family grab & go doughnut holes in the microwave
Use Western Family marshmallows & pretzel sticks to make a snowman on a Rice Krispie and candy cane toboggan
Add candy floss for the smoke coming out of a Western Family chocolate wafer cookie chimney
Use green food colouring to make Rice Krispie Christmas trees and a wreath
Make a log fence with Western Family pretzel sticks
Make a snowman with Marshmallows and pretzel sticks
Make skis for your penguin from candy canes
Cut jelly beans in half to make a cobbled walkway
Cut down candy strips to make “wood” doors and frames
Use Mini Wheats or Shreddies for your roof’s shingles