Hi The 36th Avenue readers. I am Karen and I blog over at Sugar Town Sweets. Today I want to share with you my quick Mini Mug Peppermint Gingerbread House Tutorial. 
Christmas is the perfect time to drink hot chocolate and this little house will make the perfect gift for anyone that loves hot cocoa.
It is also a great family Christmas activity and decoration!
I’ve had this sweet little cookie cutter set for nearly three weeks and yay..I’ve made my tiny little “gingerbread” house! If you’ve visited me in the last month or so, you might think I’m kinda ‘stuck’ on Starlight mints!
Click HERE for Mini House Cookie Cutter
I may have to change my name to Sugartown Melted Sweets, what with all the Christmas crafts I’ve made this season.
You can perch these on a mug..or display it with your decorations, which is what I think I’m going to do!
You can perch these on a mug..or display it with your decorations, which is what I think I’m going to do!
For this project you’ll need…
Peppermint Candy
A small Gingerbread House Cookie cutters HERE
Frosting
{since I needed only a small amount of icing for construction, this is the recipe I used}
Royal Icing Recipe
Author: Karen at Sugar Town Sweets
Ingredients
- Royal Icing Recipe
- 1 cup 10 x sugar
- 1 Tablespoon meringue powder
- 1½ Tablespoons warm water
- ½ teaspoon light corn syrup
Instructions
- Cover your mixer bowl with a damp dish towel.
- Mix dry ingredients on low.
- Add water and corn syrup.
- Mix on low 7-10 minutes till you have stiff peaks.
Tutorial
Lined up your candies on Parchment paper and bake @ 325 F degrees for 10 minutes.
2
Apply non-stick spray liberally to each cutter.
3
Remove from oven.
Immediately and firmly, press cutters into melted peppermints.
Let cool 3 to 4 minutes. Gently lift up candy piece and press cutters completely through.
Continue gently pressing the candy until free from cutter. Lay finished pieces flat on pan to cool.
You will need two candy pieces from each of the three cutters for each house.
Now pipe royal icing onto edges of candy pieces.
As this was my first time constructing a house..it was little tricky, until I laid it on its side like so.
When the icing set, I added the final back piece. There, easy peasy. (I’ve been waiting to say that!)
For the chimney, I used a piece of candy cane. Royal icing piped on top makes for some sweet “smoke”. I attached snowflake sprinkles to the top of the roof. Holly sprinkles and silver dragees were also added for a festive touch along with sugar sprinkled on for ‘snow’. I also made a tiny little peppermint heart using the same method as I did with the house.
That’s it! Cute as can be, don’t cha think?
That’s it! Cute as can be, don’t cha think?
Wishing You All a Blessed Christmas
From Our House to Yours!
Karen
Karen
Oh my cuteness I love this cute little house so much!
I can never have enough hot chocolate so this is perfect for me!
Thank you so much Karen for sharing the tutorial with all of us here.
Make sure to visit Sugar Town Sweets and check out there these other yummy ideas!
Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a beautiful day!
Besos
Karen and Desiree
Super cute!! Thanks for sharing 🙂
Thank you Crystal!
Those are SO cute!!
Thank you Kristyn! 🙂
I’m liking all of those-Ive been wanting to make my own marshmallows and those look good.
Thank you Tess..I adore making marshmallows! 🙂
This is so fun! Thanks for sharing Karen!
Thank you so much Mique! It was fun to make. 🙂
The peppermint houses are so cute. These would be adorable for everyone’s plate as they sat down to Christmas dinner.
Thank you Chloe. 🙂
What a fun and creative idea!
Thanks Amy. I just love these little cutters! 🙂
So adorable!! Today is my kids’ last day of school before the break. I can’t wait to have them home so we can make some cute things like this!!
xoxo
Thank you Jen. Sounds like me..only these days it’s with my grandbabies. Have fun! 🙂
Christmas has come early for me..how fun is this to be a guest at The 36th Avenue? Thank you Desiree for featuring Sugartown Sweets on your beautiful website! And thank you to your readers for the sweet comments! Merry Christmas. 🙂
You are so sweet Karen! Merry Christmas my love!
Karen – this is FABULOUS! Fantastic idea!! Pinning! Thanks for sharing, Desiree!
Jill- thank you so much..and how sweet are you to pin it!? 🙂
Well if I were a mug…I would want this adorable little house hanging around with me!!!! This is so precious and so fabulous…I am going to be melting a bit of wintergreen goodness this weekend These are just toooooo adorable not to make : ) hug and thanks for sharing!
Thank you Andrea- these would be so cool in green! 🙂