One look and you won't be able to wait to decorate this chocolate cookie house, bright with visions of peppermint colors and candy. Sharing the activity of decorating this house together makes the entire family merry!
Make front door. Use white icing to outline and fill in door. Pat smooth. Use white icing to outline door; use red tube icing to pipe stripes on outline. Attach candy for window and doorknob.
Make all windows. Use white icing to fill in two windows on each side. Pat smooth. Use white icing to outline windows and windowpanes. Attach candy.
Decorate house front. Attach candy under eaves.
Decorate roof. Attach candy in alternating rows on roof. Use white icing to pipe zigzags on roof peak. Attach candy.
Decorate base. Use spatula and icing to ice base fluffy. Attach candy for pathway and around house.
Decorate candy cane cookies. Cookie #1—use spatula and white icing to ice cookie. Attach candy. Cookie #2—Use white icing to cover cookie with zigzags. Attach candy.