3 tips for building a gingerbread house!

[@MySkippyJones]

It's really simple to fix the icing in the box. Just add a little bit of water and it works just as good.

[@melindaseseludo]

Yes ! Or a little bit of lemon juice

[@Shikohon]

Or put it in a bowl of hot water. Pretty sure the instructions tell us to do that

[@BarbieBabeEve]

Perfect thank you! I was going to ask, but can't we do something with or add to the icing that comes in the kit if we don't have any ingredients to make our own icing. Thanks for this ❤

[@Jamilyn-if9db]

Or heat it up

[@Anita-k]

​@@Jamilyn-if9db Fully AGREE!

[@metallickandy]

To add to the first tip, making additional icing is good. If you want a snowcaked rooftop of different colors of icing, having extra is good.

[@lusciouzzgemiinii698]

I had a question and you answered it lol... I was curious if the colored liquid paste was the same icing she made initially and just colored it. Thanks!

[@CarlaBuggs1]

I never thought of decorating the sides before putting them together!! Mind blown! ❤

[@Sweetambs]

☺️

[@Larems879]

Right?!

[@motherofnerdlings]

Omg that one on the end is so gorgeous 😍

[@megan2176]

LOVE the idea of each person decorating a piece of the house, and then putting it together!! Brilliant!! 🎅🎄🎅🎄🎅🎄

[@beths609]

Another tip if making one from scratch. For the last min or last few seconds add crushed up starlight mints to the window openings. They will melt and when the gingerbread walls cool down they will harden and make a stained glass affect. Just make sure on your baking sheet you have a heat resistant silicone baking mat so the candy part doesn't stick to the baking sheet. Learned this tip/trick in my baking class in college working in my culinary class. When I had to make a huge intricate gingerbread house for my final exam.

[@stephaniel8164]

Going to work on our "castle" gingerbread house tomorrow! I have your royal icing recipe and it's never failed. Merry Christmas!!!

[@Sweetambs]

🥰

[@kittenpawsbb]

I love that simple tip, decorate the sides, before you build it. I decorate with my children and they are so excited to build. Thank you 🤔👍🏽👏🏽

[@marusilda1]

Какая красота! Вы - большая молодец! Реально - глаз не оторвать- много деталей, очень аккуратно выполнена работа. Красота одним словом.

[@Sweetambs]

Thank you so much! ❤️

[@purpleheart3000]

My family uses white chocolate baking chocolate as the glue for holding pieces together. We've transported many constructions to and from contests with not one causality!

[@Sweetambs]

Great idea! ❤️

[@Anita-k]

Tbh this gingerbread house looks WAY too good to eat it! OMG, HOW CUTE! & I'm not even into celebrating Xmas, but this house just looks fantastic.

[@Sweetambs]

🥰

[@Mothman_The_Moth]

PUT HIM BACK TOGETHER HE DIDN'T HAVE TO DIE LIKE THIS!!! On a more serious note, this is so beautiful and I never would've thought of this. My ma has been getting more and more into cooking because she watches cooking shows and she loves when I send her these kinds of shorts!

[@Rayis4444]

Thank you so much ❤

[@EbCeRe]

In Sweden it's common to use melted sugar as glue. One just has to be careful since it burns if you get it on your skin. And don't burn it😉

[@erindixon2222]

My houses are going to be so much better this year. Thanks for the basic tips that will make a huge difference!

[@Sweetambs]

I’m so glad they’re helpful!

[@Anikoxx]

You can make vegan aquafaba Royal icing and works just the same, for those who have allergies.

[@anzeexotwod3322]

We have group Gingerbread contests every year and I've NEVER thought of each of us getting one side of the house and decorating it omg that sounds so much easier!!! Cabt wait for this year!!

[@justjo7282]

That is the most beautiful gingerbread house that I've ever seen!! It would make s beautiful holiday centerpiece!

[@Sweetambs]

Thank you so much! ❤️❤️

[@isilwen55]

Thank you as always for the decorating tips, they're very helpful. At the end of this video, it shows a gray plaid roof. I would love to know how you created it. Do you have a video showing how you did this?

[@smile1120Luisa]

Yo hago galletas, por lo que veo creo e imagino que al poner el color gris aún fresca el royal icing hace líneas delgadas,como muestra al inicio en el color azul claro

[@Sweetambs]

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[@recoveringsoul755]

The ideal consistency she shows is obviously different from the runnier, thinner consistency used elsewhere in the video. The thicker stuff is great for gluing the pieces of the house together. But decorating the flat pieces is another thing entirely. And that plaid thing? I have no idea how she did that

[@texasgigi3684]

Wow! I saw this after finishing two different days of gingerbread house making-first with my two grandkids (5 and 8) and today with my two special needs bonus kids. I super glue our gingerbread houses together. Let them set for a few hours and then everyone makes their own design. lol. Yours is far more exquisite than ours! Funny side story--after hot gluing four gingerbread houses, I went to move them so my sneaky little mini-Aussie couldn’t get at them. But, I could only find 3 houses!! After looking high and low, I found , my dog had drug one off into a chair. That little stinker. Thank God it didn’t hit the floor and shatter!!

[@tracybeehner5305]

Love the tips. Thank you!

[@HazelSmith-y4l]

OMG its absolutely beautiful. I hope you have more videos. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@Sweetambs]

Thank you! I do ☺️

[@moringsdaughter]

The icing that comes with the kits requires you to knead it or warm it in water first. If you don't follow the directions, you're going to have a bad time.

[@Creatureeee]

For the pre-made icing, if you can’t make your own, or just generally want to use it so you don’t have to make more, then I recommend kneading the bag with your hands until it becomes softer, or putting it near a heater to make it become warmer and softer more quickly.

[@carolynturk-hu7je]

Your gingerbread house is absolutely amazing! 😊❤

[@Sweetambs]

Thank you so much! ☺️

[@drakkina]

You should make the gingerbread too! I used to make houses every year. The recipe is easy and you can architect your own designs.

[@Sweetambs]

I typically do but I had a kit laying around ☺️

[@janetgypsy]

❤your gingerbread house is stunning!! Love it!

[@Sweetambs]

Thank you so much! ☺️

[@claireschweizer4765]

I have no experience with making or using royal icing but the last gingerbread house I made was rock hard and really pretty... when I tell you that thing could've survived a hurricane and we had to demolish it with a surge hammer... this is gorgeous though I'm having fun just watching your work ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@alisonviscosi5518]

Beautiful design,i love it.😮😊🎉

[@Sweetambs]

Thank you! ☺️

[@EmpressSolstice]

I just came to say how pretty the colors on the house look

[@Sweetambs]

Thank you! ☺️

[@stacysalinas22]

You are incredibly talented! ❤ 👏

[@Sweetambs]

Thank you so much! ☺️

[@JupiterSun-888]

Wow the colours!!

[@Sweetambs]

🥰

[@lauren6889]

Great tips, thanks.

[@rroseeeiiee]

The last one is actually rlly helpful for both ur icing and the og one 😭

[@Sweetambs]

🥰

[@FernFluff]

Beautiful houses in the video!

[@Sweetambs]

Thank you so much! 😊

[@janesmith1398]

I like to prop the gingerbread house with supports, as the icing dries and stabilizes.

[@karenshort3880]

Thank you.

[@lwebster7100]

That plaid icing is gorgeous!!!

[@Sweetambs]

Thank you! ☺️

[@terredee]

Wow! So beautiful!

[@Sweetambs]

Thanks so much! ☺️

[@christinacutlass1694]

Thank you!

[@Sweetambs]

You're welcome! 😊

[@kiwiisa_rblx]

Amen I needed this thank you!! God works! God bless you❤

[@Sweetambs]

❤️❤️

[@lovestolaugh]

Great tips!!

[@TheChampy2012]

Beautiful and souch talent. 🤩🎄❄️☃️

[@Sweetambs]

Thank you! ☺️

[@beckathawrecka]

My papa always made us fresh icing too! Good times!

[@Sweetambs]

🥰

[@lfox_777]

It's so beautiful

[@Sweetambs]

Thank you! ☺️

[@Elartedesanti]

Woooooow, i love this house😊

[@Sweetambs]

Thanks so much! ☺️

[@Lori-zh2hv]

I place Hershey old fashioned cocoa and we do eat it. It's o delicious!

[@Edyecozort]

Great job girl! Merry Christmas 🎁🎄

[@Sweetambs]

Thanks you too! ☺️

[@helenshack2838]

The whole point for buying the gingerbread house is not to start prepping a separate icing mix. Instead keep a glass of hot water beside you and put the bagged icing they provide in the hot water. This will soften the icing and make it more malleable to apply on your gingerbread house

[@prissylovejoy702]

Actually helpful. Wow.

[@magalymartinez2785]

Nice is so beautiful and good 😊😊😊cute mmmm 🎉🎉🎉yummy 😊😊

[@Georgian2go]

this is incredible! Amazing work! LIKED and merry christmas...

[@Sweetambs]

Thanks! You too! ☺️

[@julienrockingham-ip4co]

That's awesome

[@sharondasykes2101]

Looks good love it

[@Sweetambs]

Thank you! ☺️

[@donnabacon4681]

Great ideas!!! Thanks!

[@Sweetambs]

You’re welcome! ☺️

[@jrmckim]

I couldn't draw that good with paper and pencil 😮

[@LoriJBayne]

GREAT ideas!!! Thank you!

[@Sweetambs]

You’re welcome! ☺️

[@heatherhelms74]

Good ideas ! My granddaughter and I are decorating gingerbread house tomorrow! ❤

[@Sweetambs]

Have fun! ☺️

[@saumyayadav3012]

You are amazing

[@Sweetambs]

Thank you! ❤️

[@amandaburris4605]

cutest g-bread house ever!!

[@kandykane2160]

Those are great tips.

[@Sweetambs]

☺️

[@crazynanaailese]

😮holy cow🎉how did I never think of that. Thank you

[@Sweetambs]

☺️

[@christinestrohmeyer1701]

Love this! ❤ And thanks for the idea decoratinh before building 😂 never would have gotten that idea myself 🙈🫶

[@Sweetambs]

❤️❤️

[@jik3905]

God bless❤

[@user-27_yemi]

what kind of icing did u use for decorating? recipe?

[@Sweetambs]

It’s royal icing.You can find all my recipes and video tutorials when you sign up to be a member on my KZbin channel! ☺️ kzbin.info/door/3I0VtPUgUkhLpggtt7iIpwjoin

[@albadellaverde7967]

Hi you show us how to make the perfect icing for gingerbread house pleasssseee

[@Sweetambs]

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[@albadellaverde7967]

@@Sweetambs thank you so much for your response I really appreciate it merry Christmas 🎄

[@amyg4549]

This was the video I needed! I don’t know which gingerbread houses I love more, your Christmas ones or your Halloween ones ❤️❤️❤️😁

[@Sweetambs]

🥰🥰🥰

[@marybethknapp9734]

I am so glad I stumbled into this video. I felt like such a failure when my granddaughter and I were building a kit house (Barbie van). It kept falling apart. It was a Barbie van instead of a house. I would get three pieces standing and wouldn't you know it, they would fall. I will use your advice next year.

[@Sweetambs]

Don’t feel like a failure! It happens to a lot of people! ❤️❤️

[@yoni-in-BHAM]

Heck with making a gingerbread house, I wanna eat one! I wanna Godzilla my way through a gingerbread village gobbling my way thru...crunch-crunch-gulp-yummmm! 😋

[@CJ-zp8cp]

If sadness was the one who voiced joy, in 'inside out" she would sound like this 🫂🩵

[@mariapatriciachavez214]

❤❤

[@karissaprice2970]

I would love to know your recipe for flood icing ps. The houses looked stunning 😍

[@Sweetambs]

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[@ramcharge2704]

Wish i was this a few days ago

[@jdjenny]

Recipe for the icing 🙏🏼 PLEASE

[@Sweetambs]

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[@ohdrey89]

I love looking at gingerbread houses but it’s just one more thing to my list and I can’t. It’s too much. I’d have to do it like two or three weeks before Christmas.

[@shdylane16]

What about using candy melts to assemble the house?

[@Sweetambs]

I’ve never tried! ☺️

[@GreyFireClover]

Wish I had seen this before I built my gingerbread house on sunday Well good info for next time

[@robloxfidgetgirl]

Moriah Elizabeth needs to see this

[@devonbadenhorst8316]

What else can be used instead of meringue powder/egg whites?

[@Sweetambs]

The liquid from a can of chickpeas works really well for making egg-free royal icing. My friend Haniela’s has a recipe on her blog: www.hanielas.com/vegan-eggless-royal-icing/

[@Ruthplacehaunt]

How did you make the wood grain for one of the houses?

[@Sweetambs]

Royal icing and a scribe tool ☺️

[@DylansPen]

Love these videos, very creative. Do you ever make like a chocolate house? Where the wafer part is chocolate wafer etc...?

[@Sweetambs]

I haven’t but maybe I’ll try that soon! ☺️

[@jjordan3263]

Most important tip: Do NOT use the icing that comes with a kit!!! From experience (not a professional, only a mom out to please her kids), the icing that comes in that handy little packet that creator showed......yeah, that doesn't work!! AT ALL!! Make your own!! It will save you sooo much time and more importantly frustration!! A ginger bread house should be fun, not frustrating!!!❤

[@lindafaucz9120]

This house is gorgeous!!!! I would buy this house, but ive tangled with royal icing and ill buy one instead of trying to do it

[@Oonagh72]

I’ve found a great sub for royal icing is hot glue.

[@TheNormExperience]

Do you recommend adding decorative candy (and if so, when do you add it to get it to adhere best), or decorating it ALL with icing?

[@Sweetambs]

decorating with candy is a personal preference and if it’s going on the sides of the house I would add it before assembling but if it’s going on the roof line add it at the end ☺️

[@AnnaBrown-h4e]

Couldn't you either hear or mix the premade icing with some milk or water?

[@laurens3857]

My family hates these except my mom who wants to watch Rudolph and frosty but I prefer a year without Santa and Santa clause is coming to town. My dvd isn’t working this year for the latter so glad I can get it here this year while I search for another dvd.

[@MrsSmith-fx6qd]

Or just frosting from the store it's by the cake mix

[@recoveringsoul755]

No, that frosting doesn't dry hard. It'll fall apart You need Royal icing made with meringue, egg whites

[@MrsSmith-fx6qd]

@@recoveringsoul755 gingerbread houses? In a pinch for a school event for frosting gingerbread cookies, yes, I have done this with a can of store-bought white frosting. The end result does stiffen and set within about 20 to 30 minutes, but the frosting was piped onto the cookie in a thin line or fat dots.

[@MrsSmith-fx6qd]

@@recoveringsoul755it's not like people are really going to eat it lol

[@J_Fishing4life]

God bless

[@1Junjun1]

I wouldn’t even build the gingerbread house. I’ll just eat it straight out the box.

[@ItsJustHairstyles]

What ratio or recipe would you recommend for the icing?

[@Sweetambs]

Are you slightly thinned stiff consistency, royal icing. The recipe is in the Cookie Art Club or my book ☺️ Http://sweetambs.mn.co

[@rani.andretti]

In my country we don't do this so I'm very curious. Do yall eat it eventually or just toss it? Is it really just for decoration??

[@Sweetambs]

People do eat them! Mostly they are just for decoration though☺️

[@katherine4283]

Can you use store bought icing like pillsbury

[@Sweetambs]

No it has to be royal icing ☺️

[@poppunkprincessx00]

when my friend group and i tried building a gingerbread house from a kit it looked like 5 different natural disasters swept through it 💀

[@prissylovejoy702]

That’s hysterical accurate lol.

[@Sweetambs]

😬

[@lindab.1625]

How did you make the plaid pattern on the roof?

[@Sweetambs]

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[@megpoidgumi1748]

Can you eat them after their constructed?

[@Sweetambs]

Yes! ☺️

[@susiagui7177]

What is flood icing?

[@saeukiii]

runnier icing basically

[@righteousness_calls4Jesus]

What is your Royal Icing recipie?

[@Sweetambs]

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[@siiapauu]

Is there any icing i can use instead of royal icing? Something without raw eggs preferably, I tried finding meringue powder, but it wasn't available and I don't think I'll be able to find either that or corn syrup before Christmas

[@Sweetambs]

You can use the liquid from a can of chickpeas to make egg free royal icing. Look up Haniela’s recipe! ☺️

[@siiapauu]

@@Sweetambs thank you so so much!! I'll definitely try this out ❤️❤️

[@kermitfroggyyyy]

I love this channel and I’m not trying to be rude but personally I wouldn’t make icing from scratch for something that goes hard and stale overnight