Graham crackers, simple icing, leftover halloween candy.

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Anonymous wrote:Houses or shaped cookies, either are fine. Are there any edible versions that don’t cost $$$?

Or any foolproof recipes? I don’t love baking but I’ll do it if there’s no edible version.

Does anyone eat these? We never do and I can’t imagine any of them taste good.

We prefer to focus on the decorating aspect so prefer a “prefab” house kit to assembling our own.

This is OP. I wouldn't eat them, but I want to invite some kids over to decorate and I'm sure they'll want to. Id rather get some that actually taste edible.

Kids aren’t going to eat the actual gingerbread. None of them taste good since they are made to be harder and sturdier than a gingerbread cookie. They kids will only be eating the candy. But just know assembling them isn’t a quick process. You have to do it in stages, carefully, letting it harden a bit between steps, then ideally sit overnight before decorating. Having a bunch of young kids over to assemble and decorate at the same time will be a disaster. Older kids could do it, but under 8, you either need to assemble ahead of time or buy pre assembled.

Anonymous wrote:Use a glue gun to assemble the house- no one is eating it and you can get to the fun part faster!

This, plus do it ahead of time. Supply other cut out cookies, fresh icing and candy decorations for kids to decorate and eat.

Use a glue gun to assemble the house- no one is eating it and you can get to the fun part faster!

Just bought a kit at CVS that ROCKS. you know how the kits always fall apart? This one has “tabs” that give it so much more strength during the frosting-as-glue phase. Best $14.99 ever!

Also if it is a party, make the structure ahead of time and give it time (overnight) to set. The guest should decorate the premade structure, otherwise if not set it will shift and collapse as the candies are applied.