4 gingerbread house frosting Recipes

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

royal icing or 1 (16-oz) container vanilla frosting, undecorated gingerbread house, black licorice laces, gummy spiders, candy corn in assorted flavors, green apple sour belts, mellocreme pumpkins, sugar candy bats (also called dextrose candy bats), marshmallow ghosts

flour, ginger, baking soda, vegetable shortening, granulated sugar, dark molasses, eggs, lightly beaten, frosting, either store-bought or homemade, brightly colored candies such as gumdrops , licorice, peppermint sticks, etc.