IKEA has relaunched their popular $5 Vintersaga gingerbread house
IKEA has relaunched their highly anticipated $5 mini gingerbread house kit after it proved to be a major success last Christmas.
The limited edition miniature ‘Vintersaga’ Gingerbread House builds six mini houses, allowing you to make your own gingerbread town.
The gingerbread kit comes in two sizes, the mini gingerbread house costs only $5, and the bigger size costs $6.
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The highly anticipated IKEA Vintersaga mini gingerbread house has been relaunched in Australia after it’s major success last Christmas
The limited edition miniature ‘Vintersaga’ Gingerbread House builds six mini houses, allowing you to make your own gingerbread town
The mini kit can be used to make a gingerbread town, or string can be threaded through the houses and they can be used as festive window decorations.
IKEA also sells a gingerbread people kit for $5.50 to fill your house with a family.
The Swedish store also sells frozen Vintersaga gingerbread dough for $4, which is perfect for making decorations or furniture for your house.
How to make gingerbread house icing:
To begin assembling the festive family favourite join the gingerbread pieces together with icing, according to package instructions
Ingredients:
- 250g icing sugar
- 1 egg white
- 5ml lemon juice/ vinegar
Method:
Aussies are excited to welcome back the product, but some believe the construction is not worth the results.
‘I am not in any way exaggerating when I say I did this last year and ended up sobbing on my kitchen floor covered in egg white,’ one traumatised customer said.
Other customers disagreed.
‘Get it every year, it’s bomb,’ one fan said.
‘I need to buy this,’ another wrote.
Friends and families have begun having ‘gingerbread house’ contests to see who can make and decorate the best creation
European fans of the product explained that making gingerbread houses is an annual tradition in their families.
‘So you guys don’t have tradition where you make these with your family *every* year? Just Finland? Alright,’ one woman said.
The tradition might be making it’s way to Australia too, as having a gingerbread decorating contest has become a popular Christmas activity.
‘Doing this with a group as a Christmas activity would be perfect,’ one woman commented.
‘You’re all coming over for a ginger bread house decorating contest,’ another said, tagging her friends.
Top 5 tips to make the perfect gingerbread house
1. Decorate the house before you put it together
2. Buy or make very strong icing glue
3. Choose large lollies to decorate with for an eye-catching design
4. cover your icing with a damp cloth to keep it workable
5. Use store bought fondant for easy decorating
(source: fun loving family)
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