Holiday Gingerbread House Fun

At Dutch Country General Store, we love the holiday season and all the fun activities that come with it. One of our favorites is making holiday gingerbread houses. It’s a fun activity that’s perfect for all ages! Whether your gingerbread house is simple or complex, we encourage you to try making one with your family this holiday season!

Join us as we hear from one of our lovely customers, Abbie, as she builds a beautiful gingerbread house from scratch with her grandma. She shares her grandma’s recipe and process with us and tells us which Dutch Country General Store candies she chooses to decorate her masterpiece. Follow along with us for some holiday gingerbread house fun!

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My family has a lot of fun holiday traditions! One of my favorites is making a gingerbread house with my grandma. We build one together every year along with numerous other family members.

This year I wanted to get a lot of my decorating candy at Dutch Country General Store. They always have a lot of fun, unique candy, especially for Christmas! Some of the things I chose were:

• Reindeer Food (peanuts and Christmas-colored candy corns) – I was able to use the peanuts for my walkway and the candy corns for the roof of my shed. 
• Frosty’s Favorite Mix (kind of like Puppy Chow) – I used this for the roof of the gingerbread house and as an ornate window on the front. I love how it looks like snow!
• Christmas Fruit Snacks – I used the little white snowmen and red and green trees by the front door to make it look welcoming.
• Mini M&Ms – These were perfect for creating a wreath for the front door.
• Gum Drops – I knew I had to use this traditional decorating candy! I chose to only use the Christmas-colored ones all around the gingerbread house and roof.
• Cinnamon Hard Candy – I used these to create a fence and wrapped it around my whole gingerbread yard.
• Old-fashioned Hershey Bar – I used this for the shutters on my windows.
• Shredded Coconut – I used it to add a soft snowy texture all over my little gingerbread scene.

Family Traditions with Grandma

My grandma bakes the gingerbread from scratch and uses patterns to create the correct shapes – we love to eat the scrap pieces! Then together, we frost the edges of each piece and place them together. To support each side of our house while the frosting dries, we use soup cans. Once our gingerbread house is built, the fun part begins!

Decorating my house is my favorite part because I get to be creative. Mixing and matching all the candies I chose is fun! As I decorate, my family helps me think of ways I can use the various candies. I love how my house looked when it was finished!

Products found at Dutch Country General Store used in Gingerbread House

Products found at Dutch Country General Store used in Gingerbread House

Start Your Own Holiday Fun Today!

From all of us here at Dutch Country General Store, we hope you have a fantastic holiday season. We encourage you to participate in your own holiday gingerbread house fun this Christmas and create new memories with your family.

Stop by and see us and pick up your gingerbread house supplies today or order from our website!