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Pop Tart Gingerbread House Recipe

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Create a festive and fun Pop Tart Gingerbread House using simple ingredients like Strawberry Pop Tarts, decorating icing, and Halloween candy. This no-bake, quick assembly treat is perfect for a creative holiday activity that kids and adults will enjoy alike, resulting in an edible decorative centerpiece.

Ingredients

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Base Ingredients

  • 6 Strawberry Pop Tarts
  • 1 tube Decorating Icing
  • Halloween Candy (assorted, for decoration)

Instructions

  1. Prepare surface: Lay out a piece of parchment paper on your work surface to keep your assembly area clean and to make it easier to move your gingerbread house once completed.
  2. Arrange base walls: Place one Pop Tart vertically to form the center wall of the house. Then lay one Pop Tart horizontally to the left and one to the right of the vertical Pop Tart, aligning all the bottoms evenly to form the three walls.
  3. Cut center pop tart: Using a sharp knife, find the center of the top edge of the vertically placed Pop Tart. Cut downward until your cut edge aligns with the tops of the Pop Tarts to the left and right, creating angled edges where the side walls will join.
  4. Create roof pieces: Take the cut piece of the vertical Pop Tart and place it on top of the remaining uncut Pop Tart. Trim the pieces along the pointed tops so that these roof panels will fit neatly when placed on top of the walls.
  5. Assemble house structure: Reposition all the Pop Tart pieces to form the shape of a house, placing the pointed trimmed Pop Tarts on the ends as roof panels.
  6. Glue walls and roof: Use the decorating icing as ‘glue’ to carefully attach all the walls together, holding them until set. Once the walls are stable, ‘glue’ the roof pieces onto the top, ensuring everything is secure.
  7. Decorate the house: Allow the icing to dry fully along all edges. Then use additional decorating icing to affix Halloween candy as desired to decorate and add festive touches to your gingerbread house.

Notes

  • Let the icing dry fully at each attachment step for best stability.
  • Use a serrated knife for cleaner cuts on the Pop Tarts.
  • Choose candies that won’t melt or become sticky to preserve the look.
  • This is a no-bake, assembly-only recipe perfect for quick holiday treats.
  • Substitute strawberry Pop Tarts with any favorite flavor for variation.

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