We made our annual pepparkaka hus (gingerbread house) using a set from IKEA and leftover candy from Halloween! A few days after Halloween I went through the candy bucket and pulled out anything I thought would be good for our ginger bread house. I wanted to buy some peppermint sticks to use also, but we didn't get around to it. Oh well!
Adam doesn't like to waste frosting. So he made it snow at our house! Hahaha!!
Then I wanted to make my "clean" pumpkin bread into gingerbread. This was not super successful. Oh it's totally yummy, just not very gingerbread tasting. More like really rich spice cake. I swapped the pumpkin for applesauce, the honey for molasses and the spices for ginger and a little pumpkin pie spice. And I still put in chocolate chips! Any ideas for making it taste more like gingerbread???
Next month we're rocking chic winter fashion by styling our yoga pants or basic black leggings. Join us!!
So smart to save candy from Halloween for this occasion! We always make gingerbread houses but always end up buying more candy then we need :)
ReplyDeleteIt kind of happened by accident last year when my husband and daughter wanted to make the house but all we had was old Halloween candy! This year I was intentional about saving stuff that would work well :)
Deletemy nephew really wants to make a gingerbread house. i am kind of hoping they haven't done it when i get there. i think it would be fun to do it with him and the other kids and probably a little frustrating too.
ReplyDeleteBetween Adam and the two kids I don't get much action. In fact I didn't do anything but make the frosting! We just let Axel eat a lot of graham crackers to keep him occupied.
DeleteI would NEVER think to save my Halloween candy for gingerbread houses. Your are so smart@
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