• Gluten-Free Chocolate Bar Haunted Halloween House Activity
• No Egg - Royal Icing

Gluten-Free Chocolate Bar Haunted Halloween House Activity

I was shopping at Safeway the other day and saw the Kit Kat Haunted House Kit. Now this kit is NOT gluten-free. I thought it must be possible to make a gluten-free one.

Here is my attempt at making a Gluten-Free Version of the Kit Kat Haunted House. My family and I had great fun making and eating this yummy house. I will let you know what worked and what I would do differently next time.

Gluten-Free Haunted Chocolate Bar Halloween House Activity

Ingredients I Used

• Schar Twin Bars
• Chocolate bars of your choice for the roof (Aero and Dairy Milk)
• Candy Corn (Jelly Belly)
• Sugar Sprinkles
• Kit Kat Gluten-Free Holiday Shaped Chocolates
• Welch's Gluten-Free Halloween Shaped Fruit Snacks
• Icing sugar and powdered eggs along with water to make the icing.
• Orange food colouring (mix yellow and red together)
• Plate or tray to make the house on.
• Any gluten-free candy and cookies you like. I used gluten-free Oreos

We had a lot of fun putting this together. My icing was a little soft, so it took time to fasten the sides and roof of the house. Next time I will try using melted chocolate chips as the glue for the sides and roof and I would make my icing thicker for the decorations.

I used ziplock bags for the icing. They worked well, just don't over fill them.

I found the Jelly Belly Candy Corn at Save-on-Foods. Any black and orange gluten-free candies work great.

I loved using the Schar Twin Bars as they looked similar to kit kat's. Only problem was the sides were not flat and therefore hard to stick together for walls. They are quite expensive so that is why I used different chocolate for the roof. I think you could use any gluten-free chocolate bar you like.

The Holiday Kit Kat Chocolates are gluten-free in Canada. They are fun Halloween shapes, great for decoration. Also Peep's Ghosts would be fun to use too.

It is not a perfect Haunted House, and that is ok. The point is to have fun doing it and then enjoy eating it! Don't give yourself pressure to make it perfect. I think the imperfections add to the haunted look! ^-^

No Egg - Royal Icing

I don't like using raw egg whites in my Royal Icing. Usually I use one that has corn syrup in it. This works out great and I do love using it. Here is a link to my usual Royal Icing Recipe. But this time I thought I would try something different.

I had some Red Mill's Egg Replacer in my pantry. So, I thought I would try making a Royal Icing using it instead of my usual. Below is the recipe I tried and it worked out pretty good. I found it a little soft so next time I would use less water.

Gluten-Free Egg Free Royal Icing

Ingredients

• 2 teaspoons egg replacer (I used Red Mills)
• 2 cups confectioner's sugar (also called powdered or icing sugar).
• 2 - 3 Tablespoons water. (NOTE: start with 1 and increase as needed)
• food colouring

Directions

1. In a large bowl mix the egg replacer and confectioner's sugar.
2. Add 1 tablespoon of water at a time, mix until you get the consistency you like. To use as a glue make it on the thicker side.
3. Add your food colouring. For orange mix equal amounts of yellow and red.

If you don't have egg replacer or corn syrup you can make a simple Royal Icing with just confectioner's sugar and water. This is fine for sticking the parts of a Gingerbread or Chocolate House together, but not very tasty.

What fun activities do you have planned for Halloween?

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