26 capped chocolate Recipes

vegetable-oil cooking spray, sugar, water, light corn syrup, orange - or lemon-flavored oil if desired, mixed jellied candies such as jelly beans or jujyfruits, or chocolates such as sno-caps for decorating

unsalted butter (16 tbsp or 2 sticks), softened, light brown sugar, eggs, dark molasses (not blackstrap), pure vanilla extract, cake flour, ground ginger, ground cinnamon, baking soda, salt, gingerbread house templates , recipe follows, sugar , plus more as needed, egg whites, heavy cardboard base for the house, pastry bag with a medium plain tip and a small plain tip, frosted shredded mini-wheats for the roof, as needed, tootsie rolls for a fence, as needed, white hershey kisses for roof top spikes, as needed, candy canes for a lamp post outside the door, as needed, granulated sugar for snow drifts, as needed, necco wafers for a cobblestone path, as needed, marshmallows , for snow man, pretzel sticks, for snowman arms, as needed, whole cloves, for snowman eyes, graham crackers to build a shed, as needed, assorted candy such as gum drops , peppermint drops, m & m s, white chocolate chips, red hots, non-pareils or snow caps, silver dragees, green mint jelly leaves, life savers, and animal crackers

softened butter, heaping tbsp.unsweetened cocoa, heaping tbsp.powdered sugar, capfuls imitation vanilla

egg whites, granulated sugar, sliced almonds, crushed, vanilla extract, salt, sweetened shredded coconut, semisweet chocolate, finely chopped, light corn syrup, unsalted butter, coarse sugar crystals , for decorating