Haunted Gingerbread Houses?

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richard-in-cincy

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I was shopping this past weekend (started my Christmas shopping at the big end of summer sales) and I saw this truly sorry looking "Haunted Gingerbread House Kit." You know the type: tiny stale cardboard "gingerbread" house parts, a couple tubes of icing, a couple bags of cheap candy, etc. Anyway, I'd never thought about doing a gingerbread house for Halloween and thought "well why not (but not that icky 'kit')"!

So now I'm searching for ideas from anyone who may have already been doing this. Any neat tips? (like landscaping with upside down sugar cones covered with green frosting for "fir trees" at Christmas time)

I haven't even seen any Halloween themed candy in years (but granted, I haven't really looked). All I see are the bags of mini candybars for trick or treaters at the grocery.

Have the wax lips, skeletons, skulls, etc. gone the way of the 60's?

So far I was thinking of spun sugar "cobwebs," candy corn, orange and brown M&Ms, iced gingerbread cutout ghosts, goblins, bats, pumpkins, etc.

Any ideas would be much appreciated.

TIA

 
Wax lips and other nostalgic candies can be found here >>

I am periodically on the lookout for stuff like this for decorating cookies and novelty birthday cakes. Usually to my dismay I find that they don't ship to Canada but I'm familiar with a few sources.

http://www.oldtimecandy.com/wax-lips.htm

 
A few more ideas...

I have a great book for novelty cakes. One of them is a haunted house. I've never made it, but I pulled it out to look at it and here are some of the clever ideas used...

The roof of a tower is an upside-down sugar cone (ice cream cone).

An old, dead tree is a black licorice stick shredded at the top so that the branches point in different directions.

Shingles on the roof are Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal.

Tombstones are oval-shaped sandwich cookies cut in half with the cut side stuck into the frosting, so that the rounded side sticks up.

Ghosts are flattened marshmallows with eyes dotted on with food coloring or FooDoodlers.

 
that sounds like a lot of fun! if you are going to spin sugar for the cobwebs...

keep in mind that they will disolve in humidity, like a rainy day.

can't wait to see pics of what you create f smileys/smile.gif

 
Wow--Thanks!

You're certainly on top of this one. I've been puzzling all weekend about how to come up with an edible tree that had dropped its leaves--and there it is--shredded licorice stick. Too cool.

Thanks again for some great ideas!

 
Click on the link for Sugar Skulls, a tradition in Mexico for the Dia de los...

...Muertos.

You could make your own, or, if Cincy has reached the point where the mexican population warrants their own food stores, you may be able to find them decorated already.

Dia de los Muertos is November 1st, so you should be able to find them before Halloween.

Michael

 
Richard-I have the Betty Crocker Gingerbread Book. It has all kinds of Gingerbread

constructions for all seasons and some very creative ideas. (A train, haunted house, decorative boxes) All very beautiful. If you can find a copy it's really a fun book. I've had mine for years so don't know if it is still in print.

 
Nutter Butter cookies covered in white icing make perfect ghosts. Use mini M&Ms for eyes/mouth.

Offset eyes/mouth for spookier look.

 
I made a house years ago and the coolest part was the Shredded Wheat>>>

cereal roof. It wouldn't fit a haunted house probably but it was just beautiful.

 
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