One common tradition among our families (and yours too, we’re sure!) is to make a gingerbread house during the winter months. This chocolate gingerbread house is made of chocolate pieces using our special mold, but you’ll appreciate it just the same…especially since you can decorate it with lots and lots of glitter plus it’s naturally gluten free!
What’s better than a normal Christmas gingerbread house?
A chocolate “gingerbread” house—made entirely with chocolate, of course, and very easily, too, using our special mold.
And what’s better than that?
Using edible glitter to decorate the house!
With this recipe, you’ll create a whole Christmas-themed house out of melted chocolate, complete with little “gingerbread” men. Then you’ll use sprinkles and our Glamour Luxe Dust to decorate your house, and more melted chocolate to hold the pieces together.
Don’t worry if that all sounds complicated, by the way! Like building a store-bought gingerbread house, this chocolate gingerbread house is simple to put together. It’s also fun, a great holiday project to assemble with your favorite loved ones and the result? Absolutely gorgeous.
It’s time to make a show-stopping chocolate gingerbread house!
Chocolate Gingerbread House: Ingredients & Utensils
We’re going to get a little special with some of the tools you’ll need, but we promise the outcome is so, so worth it.
Ingredients
Chocolate house:
- Melting chocolate or chocolate almond bark: Here’s the ‘chocolate’ part of your chocolate gingerbread house!
Decorations:
- Our Gingerbread Man sprinkles mix: You can, of course, use whatever sprinkles you’d like…but we made this mix specifically with gingerbread houses in mind, and they’re cute as all get-out.
- Our Glamour Luxe Dust: Edible glitter bright gold food paint right here! We’re going to make a fabulous gingerbread house, after all.
Utensils
Chocolate house:
- Our Gingerbread House Mold: No need to mess around with chocolate pieces trying to get the shapes of the house just right…we have a simple all-inclusive gingerbread house mold that you’ll love.
Decorations:
- Piping bags: You’ll use this to “glue” the chocolate pieces of your house together with melted chocolate.
- Round cake board, 12” or larger: This is where you’ll assemble your house so you can easily move it around.
- Our Glitter Brush set: For “painting” on your glitter dust (in style!).
- Our Luster Dust Paint Tray: An easy way to keep all the edible glitter colors separate, organized, and mess-free.
Chocolate Gingerbread House: FAQs
Here are a few answers to common questions about making a Christmas gingerbread house (or more specifically, our Christmas gingerbread house).
How long does it take the chocolate pieces to dry after you’ve added the glitter?
Give it about 30 minutes.
My lemon extract keeps evaporating out of the glitter mixture! What should I do?
Just keep adding lemon extract to the tray as time goes on…it won’t hurt your gingerbread house or anything, although it might make you sneeze once or twice, so turn your head away if you don’t want a germy mess. 😉
How long would you say this recipe takes to prep?
It took us about 90 minutes. It may take you more time if you’re going slow out of caution, of course! (Not that there’s anything wrong with that.)
Do you need to use a piping bag to “glue” the chocolate pieces together?
Not at all. Instead of using a piping bag, you can use a bakers’ blow torch or hot plate to speed up the assembly process by carefully melting the edges of each piece and connecting them once melted. Up to you, of course! (And if you
Ready to make a chocolate gingerbread house?
This is the best time of the year to make one, right? And following this recipe, yours will be the talk of the town. Please leave us a comment down below with your thoughts—we’d love to hear from you!
More chocolate recipes here on the blog!
Whether it’s a holiday or just a pleasant day in general, any moment is a good moment for chocolate! We know this well at Sweets and Treats, we’ve written about a whole slew of chocolate recipes in the past. Here are a few:
- Chocolate Covered Bananas
- Brownie Bites
- Chocolate Funfetti Cupcakes
- Chocolate Drip Cake Tutorial
- Hot Chocolate Cupcakes with Cocoa Frosting
Chocolate Gingerbread House
Ingredients
- Chocolate House:
- - 82oz melting chocolate or chocolate almond bark
- - Gingerbread House Mold
- Decorations:
- - Sprinkles
- - Glamour Luxe Dust
- - Glitter Brush set
- - Luster Dust Paint Tray
- - Lemon Extract
- - Piping bags
- - 12inch or larger round cake board
Instructions
Gingerbread house:
Follow instructions from package for melting chocolate/ almond bark
- Transfer to disposable bag
- Fill mold with chocolate to rim
- Tap mold to settle chocolate
- Place in refrigerator about 20-30 minutes or until hard
- Remove from mold
Decorating With Luxe Dust:
- Combine tiny bit of Glamour Luxe Dust to Luster Dust Paint Tray
- Add a few drops of lemon extract
- Stir mixture until no longer lumpy and looks smooth and has a consistency of thin paint.
- Note: the lemon extract will slowly evaporate, so continue adding a little bit of gold dust and lemon extract as time goes by.
- Using a small glitter brush, carefully paint chocolate pieces with long strokes and set aside to dry (about 30 Minutes.)
Assembly:
- Follow instructions from package for melting chocolate/ almond bark
- Transfer to disposable bag
- Use the melted chocolate to “glue” edges of the house to the cake board.
- Use the melted chocolate to “glue” the house corners together.
- After the house base sets, connect the roof by adding melted chocolate to the top of the front and back of the house.
- Add the tree and gingerbread men to the cake board by applying a small amount of melted chocolate to the bottom of each piece.
- Note: Instead of using a piping bag, use a bakers blow torch or hot plate to speed up the assembly process by carefully melting the edges of each piece and connecting them once melted.
Final Touches
- Follow instructions from package for melting chocolate/ almond bark
- Transfer to disposable bag
- Pipe melted chocolate around bottom of house and top with sprinkles