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Williams Sonoma sent over a gingerbread house from Sweet E's Bake Shop, and the gingerbread house had an absolutely incredible smell right out of the packaging. As soon as we opened the cellophane, the scent of gingerbread filled the room, indicating it had been freshly baked. In the end, there were some gingerbread houses that we absolutely wanted to love but didn't quite pan out the way we hoped, and others that pleasantly surprised us.

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These cutters remove the guesswork of making the house pieces, and they’re also reusable so that making a gingerbread house can be a yearly tradition. Decorate a gingerbread house, including preportioned dry ingredients, so there’s no need to dirty measuring cups. Shoppers searching for a modern-looking gingerbread house (but without the Barbie colors) will find the Crafty Cooking Kits Mid Century Modern House Kit to be an excellent option. This gingerbread house kit throws tradition out the window, going for a modern bungalow design instead.

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We would have liked more, but given that you don't have to assemble the house yourself, it makes sense that there would be less frosting needed in the box. Families who love camping, or who dream of tiny house life, will also love this precious gingerbread camper kit. Maybe this one can be for the parents — then you can park your camper right outside the kids' Barbie Dreamhouse.

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Its packaging was our favorite, resembling a beautiful gingerbread house on the outside. We wanted to love this one, but we were lucky enough to capture a picture of what we were able to create, which, if we're being honest, was unfortunately not very much. With such high hopes for this gingerbread house, we were deeply disappointed because it just didn't work. We even went in with hot glue as a backup, and even that didn't work with the softness of the cookie.

For $13.99, you get pre-made gingerbread cutouts and icing, sprinkles, candy jewels and stars, peppermint swirls, and more. Whether you recreate the gingerbread house from the Candyland game board or come up with your own original design is totally up to you. Is building a gingerbread house each winter part of your family's holiday traditions? Maybe it's one you'd like to start, and if your kids love all things Barbie, this Barbie Dreamhouse cookie kit is the one for you. It's the perfect way to get your littles into cookie construction for their favorite fashionista.

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The mini houses are charming when put together in a village setup, and the combination of green fondant with red and white icing creates a fun holiday feel. On the plus side, we found the frosting on these prebuilt houses behaved very well, adhering perfectly to the house. Surprisingly, we even sensed some gingerbread-house smell with this one, despite it being preassembled. One downside was the lesser amount of frosting provided and the pretty basic candy inclusions.

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We love this option for families with small kids, or even holiday decorating parties, because it skips the waiting process between opening the box and decorating. However, for decorators who enjoy the entire process, a prebuilt gingerbread house might not be as appealing. However, the ultra-loose and very runny frosting made it difficult to assemble, even with the interlocking pieces, ultimately leading to a pretty big mess on our counter. But, once the frosting hardened, it created a fun snow-like texture that we found very endearing. This gingerbread house also came with a great deal of candies, a feature we liked. The beautifully packaged Williams Sonoma gingerbread house was a definite improvement over the Sweet E's version, mainly because we actually got it standing and thoroughly decorated.

We also chose to decorate the front of the house while it was flat, allowing it to dry before assembling any other parts. Without this step, achieving the detailed window look would have been nearly impossible. However, the frosting was finicky to work with, and we ultimately wished we had decorated the front of the gingerbread house before fully assembling it. The structure seemed a little too breakable, given that it started in so many pieces.

Among them, the Favorite Day Illuminated Manor is one of the most unique we've made, with more pieces and rather intensive instructions than we are accustomed to. We found the quantity to be quite limited, which didn't match our expectations for such a themed gingerbread house. More candy would have enhanced the decorating experience, especially considering the playful Elf on the Shelf theme. We enjoyed that this gingerbread house came with an easy-start plastic structure for the base, aiding in the assembly process, even for those who might not want to use hot glue. The Elf on the Shelf gingerbread house, available from Michaels, is a must-have if your family participates in the Elf on the Shelf holiday tradition. We particularly liked that the company provided a few different colors of icing, aiding in the decoration process.

Assemble the house and let it dry for a while before decorating; this makes it less likely to fall apart when adding the candies. Shoppers who can’t resist the smell of fresh gingerbread can go the gingerbread house kit DIY route and make their own gingerbread house from scratch. Both gingerbread recipes and gingerbread house templates can be found online for free.

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Another plus was that the included sprinkles successfully adhered to the frosting, which isn't always true with gingerbread house kits. That said, the gingerbread pieces themselves were constructed quite similarly and had plenty of shingles for us to add using our icing. The kit included little Candy Land people that you could cut out of the box and arrange beside the house, or even on it, for a little extra flair.

First, make the gingerbread dough and then use the template and a pizza wheel to cut each panel to shape. Finally, trim the panels when they’re fresh out of the oven and soft enough to even out the sides. The kit includes the gingerbread panels and an icing bag; however, it’s just a small bag on which the user cuts off the corner, not a proper piping bag with a decorating tip. Still, it should be sufficient for this mini gingerbread house and works just fine for kids, who are the target audience of this kit.