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I'm dreading mixing up the royal icing I usually use and putting into the baggies for kids to use. I read somewhere that the canned frosting you can find at stores works just as well. Has anyone tried this before and if so-did it work without the candies falling off?

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Flacka I always use the canned frosting for sticking the candy to the house and never had a problem. I used to use the royal icing to form the houses but last year I decided to use the canned frosting and stick the graham crackers to a clean, dry, milk carton from the lunchroom. It was so much easier and the houses held up better than when I just made a f...See More
Dec 3, 2011
mary i have used it in my classroom and at home with my own kids for gingerbread houses- works just great! Give each group their own tub or each student a smear of it on a paper plate. Works great! Soft and creamy if they eat their house right away and then a little crunchy if they wait until they get home or the next day (which doesn't seem to bother t...See More
Dec 11, 2011


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