Hey, thanks to you all for the awesome comments on my mommy freak out "I have no time to craft" post. It made feel feel so much better and so not alone. Which is wonderful. So, thank you. A whole lot.
We made these up at Grandma's this week. She went out and got the candy with the girls while the houses were drying and what a perfect selection she brought back! Red hots are the best. We made them using the holiday cinnamon graham crackers and this fabulously disgusting product. (Mine was a bigger size than shown, BTW) There was no way I was going to make royal icing, shove it in a bag, and get it all over myself and someone else's kitchen. Not with one hand. So, this glue (I mean frosting) worked great. Because these are not going to get eaten, I can't recommend it enough. I got my supplies at Target.
Here's the village. Of course it was inspired by this great spread last year in Martha's holiday issue. Ours is a bit more . . . casual. It's more like a shanty town that's been hit by a storm, but I guarantee our parties are way more fun. Oh, and two words here. Serrated knife. I glazed over this detail when I started ours and after swearing and wasting about 4 crackers remembered this important tool for cutting the gable ends. It works like a charm. It takes about an hour for these to set before little hands can press the candies on.
While working on this project I was chasing M&Ms with stick pretzels and was struck by the crazy/delicious combination it made in my mouth. And yet it was familiar . . . and then realized it tasted like this heavenly treat I posted about last year over on Kiddley. Ugh. These are so good but take you on a one way train to Sickville. I'm not sure I can go there again this year. But they sure are fun to make.
