Candy Dish Blog

I know you want the new occupants of your gingerbread house to move in quickly, and I am sure they will feel comfortable enough to have you install some snowmen for decoration. Okay, maybe I take candy’s feelings too seriously, but as soon as you build a house for a candy creature, you have already given it a personality, right? At any rate, let’s make some decorations and we can talk about our various neuroses later.

Supplies:
Marshmallow Snowmen

• large marshmallows
• small drink stirrers/straws or toothpicks
• icing
• small candy pieces

Icing Recipe
Ingredients:

• 3 egg whites
• 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 1 (16 oz.) box of confectioners sugar

Directions:

• In a large bowl combine all ingredients. Beat several minutes with an electric mixer until smooth. The icing should be thick. Use food coloring to achieve the desired color effects.
• The icing will harden quickly. Store in a tightly sealed container if you are not using it right away. While you work with the icing, keep a damp cloth over the unused portion.

Instructions:

• Trim the toothpick or drink stirrer to the exact height of two marshmallows stacked one on the other.
• Insert the trimmed toothpick or drink stirrer into the two marshmallows.
• Use icing to adhere candy pieces to marshmallow to create fun faces, scarves, hats and buttons.