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A Classic Tradition
Building a gingerbread house with your kids can be a fun winter tradition. The easiest thing to do is pick up a kit from the grocery store, break open the package, and put the house together in no time. For many families reading ingredients and avoiding certain foods due to food allergies, celiac disease, or on other restricted diets finding an easy-to-make gingerbread house is a bit trickier.
There are plenty of alternatives to the easy-to-grab grocery store brands. We found a few allergy-friendly gingerbread house kits available and a bunch of ideas for using some very clever alternatives to the classic kits. There are even FOOD FREE kits available. If you know of more kits or great ideas please get in touch with us so we can add them to the list. *This post contains affiliate links
*seasonal availability means you may not see items in stock until closer to the holidays
Allergy-Friendly Gingerbread House Kits
- A & J Bakery Online Shop – vegan, do not contain any of the top 8 major allergens: peanut, tree nut, gluten, egg, wheat, dairy, shellfish, soy, or sesame
- Bakery Bling – nut-free
- Create A Treat – peanut-free and tree nut-free
- Karma Baker – vegan, gluten-free, nut-free
- Little GF Chefs – gluten-free, vegan, and also free of dairy, eggs, peanuts, soy, tree nuts, sesame, fish, shellfish, and artificial dyes
Baking Your Own: Ginger Bread Recipes
- Art of Dessert – egg-free recipe with dairy-free options
- Gluten-Free Baking – gluten-free
A “Non-Gingerbread” House
- Cake House by She Who Eats – any recipe that is safe for your allergies and allergy-friendly candy
- Pretzel Log Cabins By Fork and Beans – traditional pretzels or gluten-free pretzels and some top 8 free candy
- Graham Cracker Gingerbread House By Happiness Is Homemade – use graham crackers or gluten-free graham crackers
- Sugar Cube House by Edible Crafts – white frosting to hold the cubes together
- Ice Cream Cone Christmas Trees by the Hungry Housewife – choose either gluten-free or traditional ice cream cones
- Sparkling Christmas Trees by The Cake Blog – white frosting and sugar sprinkles
- Rice Crispy Treat Snowman by The Bear Foot Baker. Rice Crispy treats can be made with dairy-free, soy-free margarine. Or find a vegan recipe using sunflower seed butter instead of marshmallows.
Allergy-Friendly Gingerbread Decorations
- Americolor Food Coloring – gluten-free, peanut-free, tree-nut free in a large number of color options
- Cherrybrook Kitchen Frosting – gluten-free, dairy-free, egg-free, peanut-free, tree-nut free frosting mix
- Color Kitchen Sprinkles – dye-free, gluten-free, plant-based
- Happy Bites – dairy-free, gluten-free candy corn, and licorice
- King Arthur Gluten Free Cake Mix – gluten-free cake mixes
- Pink Panda – gluten-free, plant-based gummy candies
- Project 7 – vegan, organic, dye-free, low sugar lollipops and gummy candies
- Red Bird – gluten-free and fat-free peppermints
- Smart Sweets – plant-based, no artificial dyes, peanut-free, tree nut-free, gluten-free, low sugar sweet and sour candies
- Smarties – free of milk, egg, fish, crustacean shellfish, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat, and soy, vegan and gluten-free
- Spangler Candy – candies do not contain peanuts, tree nuts, milk, eggs, fish, shellfish, or wheat gluten
- Supernatural Sprinkles – soy-free, vegan, gluten-free
- Surf Sweets – candies free from dairy/casein, eggs, peanuts, tree nuts, wheat, soy, fish, shellfish, sesame, and sulfites
- Tootsie – All Tootsie Roll Industry products are peanut-free and gluten-free, many are also egg-free
- Torie and Howard – Dairy-free, gluten-free, soy-free, nut-free, egg-free, vegan, and kosher hard and chewie candies.
- Unreal – Vegan candies and vegan and gluten-free candy bars and chocolates
- Value Talks Food Coloring – vegan, gluten-free, nut-free colors
- Vermont Nut-Free Chocolates – Peanut and tree nut-free chocolates, some are egg-free as well
- Yummy Earth – free of peanuts, tree nuts, gluten, dairy, wheat, soy, sesame, shellfish, eggs and dye
Helpful Baking Supplies
- Cake Pan – Castle
- Cake Pan – Cozy Village Homes
- Cake Pan – House Shaped Bunt
- Cake Pan – Mini Houses Cakelette Pan
- Cake Pan – Silicone Gingerbread Molds
- Cookie Cutters – 5 Piece Gingerbread Family
- Cookie Cutters – Gingerbread House Set
- Cookie Cutters – Gingerbread House Flat Shape
- Cookie Cutters – Ninja Breadmen
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