[rachaelsscraps]

We usually make them so early in December, that they get all hard and dusty by the time Christmas comes around, so we never eat them. Yuck!
I want to make one totally from scratch but I am too afraid, lol. We buy the kits. So much easier! When we want to eat gingerbread, we make real gingerbread men from scratch so those are totally edible (and sooo good- and not rock hard like the houses are) Anyways, to answer your question, I always use the frosting, though I've always been tempted to use hot glue! lol


A couple weeks ago, my MIL bought a kit that had 5 small houses to make with my 6yo. They spent a couple hours making them and wanted to display them. Then we all went out to dinner, got back and realized the dog knocked the gate down (which kept her in the back room when we're gone) and she ate the entire thing, she even scraped the frosting off the cardboard base! I guess it's not funny that they wasted a couple hours to make a dog treat!