I was so exicited to make this chocolate bar house for Christmas this year. I was browsing on the internet and saw that in the United Kingdom they have a Cadbury Dairy Milk Christmas Chocolate House kit! I couldn't find one in my area of Canada, so I decided to make my own. Not sure if this will work, but here is a link to the kit in the UK Amazon site.

I highly recommend giving this a go! It is much easier than making gluten-free gingerbread. Now I did find the Winter Wonderland bar they use for the roof at Save On Foods, but it had a may contain statement for wheat. Since the bar is not marked gluten-free, than celiacs should avoid the may contain statement. So I had to improvise and used two of the 100 gram milk chocolate bars for the roof!

I used Cadbury Dairy Milk bars. I bought all the candy at Save On Foods. According to the kit I saw on the internet the Cadbury Dairy bars are a slightly different size in the UK, so I had to adjust the cutting a little. Also, you need a Flake bar. Sorry I didn't include it in the photo above. You can see the Flake bar on the top of the roof in the finished photo.

For outlining the doors and windows, I used melted Hersheys White Chocolate Chipits, but you could use icing if you like. You can see I wasn't very good and making straight lines, but I think it gives the house character! LOL. For decorating I used Cadbury mini Snow Balls, M&M mini chocolates and M&M chocolate covered peanuts and a chocolate snowman.

Below is a list of things you will need and directions on how to cut the chocolate bars and put them together.

What you need to make a Christmas Chocolate House

• 2 large 200 gram Cadbury chocolate bars
• 4 small 100 gram Cadbury chocolate bars
• 1 Flake bar (not in photo)
• cutting board
• knife for cutting the chocolate and a small knife for spreading the melted chocolate
• tray to put your finished house on
• candy decorations you like

Directions

1. Unwrap the bars of chocolate.
2. For the long walls take the two large bars and cut the last short row off. Save one as you will use it for the chimmney, and the rest put in a microwave safe bowl for melting later.
3. Take two of the small bars, these will be the ends of the house. You will need to cut the top into a triangle for the peak of the house. Use a slight sawing motion to score a line before cutting, this helps limit breakage. Add the leftover small cut pieces to the microwaveable bowl.
4. Melt the small pieces of chocolate in the microwave 30 seconds at a time, stirring after each 30 seconds until melted and smooth.
5. Using a small knife spread the melted chocolate on the edges of the chocolate pieces and fit the house together. The smaller side pieces go inside the longer pieces. This is so the roof will fit on nicely. Let the walls dry before putting on the roof.
6. Put on the roof pieces, using the melted chocolate on the edges. Then add your Flake bar to the top of the house and your chimmney.
7. Let dry overnight.
8. You are ready to decorate with the gluten-free candy of your choice. I used melted white chocolate in a ziplock bag as a piping bag to outline the door and windows.

Above is the drawing I made to help me measure the chocolate bars for the Christmas Chocolate House. Important to note that I'm in Canada and I am using the size of bar we have in my area. I think it would be simple to adjust to any size of bar available in your area.

Above is the undecorated chocolate house, so that you can see it's structure. My family is looking forward to eating it!

Are you making a gluten-free gingerbread or gingerbread alternative house this year? I think you could cut the bars to make two small houses if you like. Also, this would work with any gluten-free chocolate bar you enjoy. Love to know if you gave it a go!

If you want to make a actual gingerbread house here is a link to the gluten-free gingerbread recipe I use.

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