what kind of candy do you use for gingerbread houses???

Question

i kno gum drops and candy canes......but what else

Answer 1

Here are some of my favorites.
Favorite Candies:Red and black licorice bites, ropes and twists, Pretzel sticks, large and small (good for fences, log piles), Candy Pebbles (great for chimneys or accent on house front or back), Lifesavers, melt them, pour out on wax paper, let harden and put behind your open windows for accent), Hershey's chocolate bars, bread them into sections for shutters, walkways, etc, Chocolate chips (use for accent anywhere), Round swirled red and white peppermint candies, use as accent around the house border, stack for a fence post, Ice Cream cones, cover in frosting for trees, use as turrets on the house, Crackers, use as walkways or shutters, Round cookies, use as whimsical accent, or as wheels if you have a cart, or as a round window accent, Flat almonds or other nuts, good roof material, Gum, cut into pieces for shingles or roofing material Shredded Wheat, good for hay in a barnyard scene or roof material,Wafer cookies, build a porch, steps or walkway, shutters, Silver dragees (these are in the cake decorating aisle of your store)they are little silver balls, use for accent anywhere, Gum drops
M & Ms, Red Hots, Chiclets, Wafers Candies (flat, round, old fashioned candies, wrapped in a wax paper wrapper)
Marshmallows (for snow piles, snowmen, etc.),Little candy fruits

Answer 2

Thats the beauty of making gingerbread houses....there are no rules for what candies you use to decorate it. Hard candies and gummy candies can be melted to make stain glass looking windows. Shredded coconut is useful for snow and can be dyed other colors for leaves or grass. Licorice sticks and rope are useful for trim. Jawbreakers can make a nice snowman. Go to a candy store and start looking at the candies with an eye for what you want to create. Its all about creativity.

Answer 3

Red hots look good. Also, the red and white round mints, licorice, lifesavers, or whatever you want. Just go to the store and pick the ones you think would add to the way you want your gingerbread house to look. Usually, any small candy will work. Have fun and Good Luck! Merry Christmas!

Answer 4

I did a homemade gingerbread house and sent my hubby to the store for candies. He brought me tree and star shaped marshmallows, hard candies, such as round mints, butterscotch discs, gum drops candy corn. You can use anything that catches your eye

Answer 5

"Rockets" from Hallowe'en, Christmas Smarties or M&M's, licorice that you can pull apart, different coloured frosting (obviously), gummy candies, sour candies, sprinkles, marshmallows, strips of Kit Kat bars, chocolate chips... the sky's the limit, really! My friend crushed up candy canes to make a 'gravel' walk way for her little one's house!!

Answer 6

Hard candies, like your Grandmother kept in her candy bowl on the coffee table. You can get them at the grocery store in a bag. Not too expensive

Answer 7

Gumdrops, mini candy canes, peppermints, m&m, twizillers, hershey kisses, chocolate chip, mini marshmellows, hershey choclate bars, lollipops, gummy bars, and skittles.

Answer 8

I use gumballs, gumdrops, pretzel sticks for fencing, little round balls for Christmas lights, skittles, flat chocolate wafers in any colour for shingles, round flat swirly red and white mints.

Answer 9

I used a kit that had Sweettarts, Runts, and Nerds. I think it was a Willy Wonka model.