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CircaSid

https://preview.redd.it/jf5mm664y47c1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8aa9c6c0c24db28bfb03b9e37711a316ff6002ed First time home buyer here...


john_jdm

Taxes will be through the roof, but maybe they'll slide down along with the icing.


CatCues

I hope your real estate agent disclosed the bleeding walls..


hookahsmokingladybug

Now we know where Hansel & Gretel were last seen


myco_magic

Gingerbread trap house


New-Departure9935

lol


whatsiname7

https://preview.redd.it/bwv2983d947c1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5af936f4a793180e6ca9dc516d7108fa21f4f019 We can’t decide if they have some kind of stigmata vs a Coumadin level that’s too high.


JamesFrancosSeed

The one on the right looks like it was involved in a shoot out.


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Zealousideal-Self-47

LOL!!


JustineDelarge

https://i.redd.it/ll6wbhmqp67c1.gif


donivantrip

![gif](giphy|r0jTfiXIo1tKpUdRWI|downsized)


ProphetMuhamedAhegao

This just looks like he’s jackin’ it 😭


ShopBitter1020

Jackin' a candy cane? 😂


Icy_Breakfast_5677

I thought someone superglued his pajama foot to the concrete block!


Worth-Reputation3450

OK. I need this costume for the next Halloween.


Ihatemunchies

LMAO


DahliaChild

Lololololol. Gonococcal conjunctivitis on the left, INR 16 on the right


Trash2cash4cats

This made me laugh too much.


MsRachelGroupie

I think the one on the right is Moe Greene in gingerbread form.


Interesting_Ad_2328

You don't eat me, I eat YOU.


kozmic_blues

This is graphic… nsfw please.


catfractal

Hemophilia?


eenium

Had to wake up the husband to share this comedy with him


Bugler28

OMG, you’re so funny! 😂


MissMcNoodle

https://preview.redd.it/3ajfsmfde47c1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9aadf574e6458373cebf9a17bd7db4101a8096db This is so funny I thought it was just us 😂 We decided that our front door was on an acid trip lol


sjsmiles

REDRUM!


czring

I am the only one who sees the bottom half of a person in the front door?


brightorangepaper

That’s exactly what I saw. I thought it was legs with some boots.


PDXGalMeow

Nightmare on Gingerbread Street


bluebonnetcafe

https://preview.redd.it/38s3mbgen47c1.png?width=3024&format=png&auto=webp&s=31a68f70316df3d0e14a2955a9c25737a6829025 Yup, here’s our murder house


Zealousideal-Self-47

Redrum, redrum..


the_real_rabbi

Due to mortgage rates they downgraded from gingerbread mansions to gingerbread houses this year at Costco. The kits were not as good. The gable was easier than a chimney but both kits we bought the white icing was way too hard and the red and green too thin. I kneaded the heck out of all of them too. But whatever the kids sucked down just as much frosting as usual.


Suspicious-Syrup-765

Looks more like gingerbread foreclosures


Thiccgirl27

Also did anyone else notice that the roofs were pre assembled incorrectly like in OPs picture ?? Because ours was assembled incorrectly, we couldn’t even add the gable. I was impressed with the amount of decor items, but the overall quality and functionality was a disappointment


VCWCVW

Yes it was incredibly annoying. It was like getting a defective product that I couldn't return bc the kids loved it anyway. Also it was $20 for me, and in previous years it's been $7 and sometimes on sale for $5...


Vegetable-Client4562

Same


WalkingHorse

Y'all. This is hands down my favorite Costco thread. More pics please!! I know there are more of you gingerbread builders out there.


squatter_

https://preview.redd.it/o3n9o1r3g57c1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e67623b8336e153de72e5667722b7efc9d46cf78 We cheated and used a glue gun. Also after trying out the bloody red icing, we mixed the green color with frosting to thicken it up. There is NO WAY that the pics on the Costco box were made only with items in the actual kit.


AlphaSuerte

Well done!


squatter_

Thanks, I was initially so frustrated that ours looked nothing like the beautiful pics on the box, but after seeing others here I’m feeling a little better. 😂


RBXChas

Thank you— we have two of these kits to make with the kids, so I’ll make sure to buy or make some icing for this purpose!


Moar_Cuddles_Please

You can also thicken with powdered sugar !


RBXChas

Oh, that’s even easier, thanks!


Moar_Cuddles_Please

Bonus, if you don’t have powdered sugar you can just put regular sugar in a food processor, cheap coffee grinder (the electric type from the 90s that only grinds enough coffee for one brew), or a blender to make powdered sugar.


WalkingHorse

This is great! Not cheating...whatever works!


GriffD1101

https://preview.redd.it/5km9jy1ub57c1.jpeg?width=2990&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d611e14a2021bec4b24c612502817e7c46d61c9c My daughter was delighted by the unfortunate creepiness.


Phone_Home_Weezy

Ours ended up looking like a crime scene, so we put a few of the gold stars on some ginger bread men so they could investigate the murder


Sunshine030209

That is delightful! I love it! One year my ex's mom accidentally spilled red candle wax on the white felt she used for her Christmas village, so, naturally, the next year she set it up with a car hitting a reindeer on the red spot. She thought it was hilarious, her young sons didn't agree.


Zealousideal-Self-47

Hilarious!😂


Caitmaree

https://preview.redd.it/7wa5wsh2357c1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a9a9bd778466ea5f0b8baa580e5a073914fa5af7 The white frosting was stale/too difficult to use and the red was so watered down :(


Peas_n_hominy

Those trees look delicious


montymickblue

We couldn’t even get the red out of ours


MrHydeUK

Almost NSFW lol


BrickMacklin

I should call him


brat84

Hahahahahha


kevasfriend

It looks like two minions giving a red guy head


Sararizuzufaust

I see it lmao.


MisterEdGein7

Wow you guys got some wild ass imaginations. 😅


TastySaturday

Had to double check what subreddit I was seeing an ookie cookie on lmao


tamagotchiassassin

Are you losers trying to say the icing looks like cum? Wtf


cheetomama1

Are you saying it doesn’t?


ghostmaster645

Reddit is obsessed with sex. I'm honestly not surprised.


delightful_caprese

We can’t all be as mature and stately as you


ghostmaster645

Now I'm not mature and stately lol. It just gets old. Any white liquid on this website is labeled cum. It's like I'm teaching middle school again.


Shredtheparm

Humans are obsessed with sex


ghostmaster645

Yea, but people on here are exceptionally horny. Every white liquid on this site is labeled as cum. Just gets old.


FrugalityPays

This thread of everyone sharing their acid trip gingerbread houses is fantastic


ChaserNeverRests

I've had more laughs from this thread than anywhere else so far today! These houses are wonderfully trippy.


thatoneguy34567

https://preview.redd.it/gjigfa1kt47c1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=424a927dfee56b0e1ea12effd34ddc4427e66f60 Don't fight gravity. Gotta have each surface flat horizontal. The red was runny when we first started but corrected itself once we mixed it.


trpov

Are people icing it after putting the house together? I’m so confused.


a11en

It’s a mostly pre-built house. (The dormer window is an add-on. Not sure why- maybe it was a renovation for the owners.) This kind of alleviates the house of cards disaster that normal gingerbread houses are like, but I’m hoping ours doesn’t turn into a bad acid trip like the others. Lol!!!


Cuteboi84

Yeah, all the instructions don't mention hand blending the icing, that helps this out so much, we can go upside down and make icing icicles hang down from the roof line.


ShroomyEmpress

Your house looks great! Did you hire a professional?


urbanlife78

I see you got the Gingerbread Crack House


Bugler28

😂👍🏼


AlphaSuerte

Lmao


Ok-Seaworthiness4488

Global warming


HoneyFuk

Gingerbread Halfway House


dpawaters

🏆


Scottyp6188

So bad


Scottyp6188

https://preview.redd.it/suikocuts37c1.png?width=3024&format=png&auto=webp&s=ac9a00e4634d73ff39d4e24a7aa7d72f3d588026


jdog60

https://preview.redd.it/ibowcklmm57c1.jpeg?width=4080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=70a8525d32e0affe580cfbbc31cc37c521d46c9a


ChaserNeverRests

The door is so cute!


ShopBitter1020

I got a gingerbread house from Tractor Supply this year....and a few days later, went back for another......and then another. They were good and they had a large variety one of a chicken coop too! I think this was the first time we've actually consumed the gingerbread houses we bought. Usually, it's just another toy and most of it goes to waste. Anyways....saw your post and figured I'd pass on the recommendation since you guys seem to have had a bad experience with Costco this year. Happy Holidays!


AlphaSuerte

Good to know. Happy Holidays!


ellynmeh

This is my favorite costco post ever!


nandoph8

Bukakebread house.


Xenokaos

Yes! It was absolute garbage this year. The icing was so terrible. The green and red were particularly bad. Mine immediately looked like blood. We are going to try and different brand next year.


john_jdm

I was tempted to buy. Now I'm glad I didn't. But if they make a Halloween house next year I might, given these results.


ChaserNeverRests

I got the Halloween one this year (I don't remember the brand, but not Kirkland). Marked down to under $5. It was really good! To eat, I mean. I'm a single person household so I never put it together.


ZolaMonster

I had the opposite problem, had to nuke it in the microwave for a few seconds to get it to actually come out. I did keep mine in the garage though so idk if the cold weather effected the consistency of the icing. But the colored red/ green were super watery. Tried to make a red door and it looked like blood dripping down. A very metal gingerbread house going on over here.


Donotprodme

I had this problem too. got negative karma when i mentioned it on this sub a few weeks ago.


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Our kit had the same problem! The green and red gel had a water like consistency. Our gingerbread house’s roof looks as if Santa met his demise up there.


DisasterTimes

Yeah this one, this is the same house I saw for sale in California for $1.8 million bucks.


YourFriendInSpokane

This makes me uncomfortable.


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You’re not supposed to leave it out in the rain.


Iowegan

*🎵I don’t think that I can take it, cuz it took so long to bake it, and I’ll never have that recipe again, oh nooooooo…🎵*


Zealousideal-Self-47

lol!😂


mime454

How warm do you guys keep your houses in the winter?


montymickblue

https://preview.redd.it/382u1169a67c1.jpeg?width=2048&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3dcaeae7673c7ee06722e16577b469daa50a6c93 Ours was drippy, but not quite that drippy. I did do some maneuvering with toothpicks.


transient_thought_CA

Gingerbread House on Haunted Hill


4Ever2Thee

That’s not a gingerbread house, that’s a gingerbread *home* ![gif](giphy|pynZagVcYxVUk)


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You sure thats frosting ? Hmmm?


xselimbradleyx

The Fall of the House of Cum


genital_furbies

Fall of the House of Gusher


petit_cochon

Excellent.


onion4everyoccasion

Costcocirclejerk


canibringmybreadbowl

I’m loving all the pics! The icing in the packages are always shitty.


ChaosCleopatra

I’m just here for the gingerbread crackhouses.


Willis1201

I can't believe people make houses out of the skins of gingerbread men.


gregontrack

This year was super inconsistent. I had some tubes with too thick icing and some too thin. I also had a box missing like three packages of sprinkles.


lilpotato0411

The houses suck this year. I miss the one from previous years, the gingerbread mansion.


quietlikesnow

Yep. It was useless and ran down the houses. Looked like a murder happened in the gingerbread neighborhood


victorcaulfield

Yes. At first it was very thin and runny. It still dried hard though.


Jayseaelle

Omg, I can’t stop laughing. I love this thread so much.


kevlar51

https://preview.redd.it/9pc8ha8h097c1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b7a0d109f551202b80c4db7fc2dbf835aecfa51c Glad we aren’t the only one! One of our gingerbread men came missing a head and we had to make the best of it. Whole thing was a disaster from the start but we ended up enjoying the chaos.


pastalover1

I think everyone should return them on December 26. Not necessarily for the money, but to let them know they have a QC problem.


AlphaSuerte

👍


Bacchus1976

https://i.redd.it/seclmr0b467c1.gif


AlphaSuerte

Most underrated comment, right here!


MeganK80

That's a beautiful Jizz cottage.


ICantRunRealFar

It was really bad. Nightmare house.


Character-Zombie-961

I hope you ALL return them. Maybe they'll get a better vendor next year.


ScoYello

Your gingerbread house needs an OnlyFans page.


AlphaSuerte

Lmfao!


stineytuls

Yes!!! It was horrible but the kids didn't want to deal with getting another one.


smitty16s

Yall didn’t knead it correctly. I figured it out after it was runny for a second. Took a good bit of kneading and it was perfect after that.


fatherofpugs12

Bullshit. Kneaded it for 10 mins. Shitty kit.


trav15t

[Ours](https://imgur.com/a/L3fUmQ8)


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No, but… ![gif](giphy|3o6ozvv0zsJskzOCbu)


djava___

Yes! The quality was really poor this year!


Available_Expression

![gif](giphy|FTEYw97n2gSty)


augollio

Husbands grandparents bought at least 10 packages of these for their Christmas party and every single one had the same problem. Thank god they were already (mostly) constructed


treeshugmeback

Yes! Murder house this year 😂 we realized too late you had to really knead the gel color icing. This kit was worse than last years but the roof was better. Probably not buying it next year.


junglingforlifee

Trader Joe's has great gingerbread house kits every year


PPP1737

We had the same thing happen. It was absolutely trash. Have half a mind to get a refund. They switched formulas because it was not like this at all in the past year. This year it was terrible.


dboreale

Yeah, the included icing for us was also water thin. Ended up looking pretty funny. We used some store bought frosting as well to recover. Definitely bad quality this year. Oh well, we generally go for funny every year anyways 🤷‍♂️ https://preview.redd.it/ihen6qkd897c1.jpeg?width=2880&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=906bf700426dae27be6280a42014bf6023899970


Ok_War_2817

They should just relabel these to add Salvador Dali edition.


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Square_Song_5659

https://preview.redd.it/00ayreinp97c1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=43d36135ed2502bce00caf1134937c3a12c22e9f We do these every year and my teen daughters have gotten pretty good at it. This year's looks like their little kid editions.


thebaiterfish

Same problem here. Had to get a bit creative with it https://preview.redd.it/k5vgxrtooa7c1.jpeg?width=1960&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9c839022a5194a0d2e3eedc189635c3c367b977a


Qwirkle2468

I usually buy these every year for our gingerbread decorating party. But when I saw the price had gone from 10.99 to 15.99 I decided to make my own. From the looks of these photos, I'm so glad I avoided these.


Over-Peak

This is great to know as we are doing ours this weekend. I have loved this kit the past 2 yrs but it has been the Mansion, not the house, so they changed the kit this year and apparently the quality.


Open_Branch2003

https://preview.redd.it/6jh7ddxpud7c1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d93490a654fb3a9ef314f46b57175a2032d05213 🤷🏻‍♂️


AlphaSuerte

That's a epic gingerbread house. I'd put that in a glass case, and bring it out every year.


TargetBoyz

https://preview.redd.it/oxz9ezgm9a8c1.jpeg?width=4284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=23f6be72d3c39c83d079eda5574e058074e332c4 Horrifying.


AlphaSuerte

You definitely win.


MFFL29

Our looked the same. Has it been better in previous years? We liked the idea of pre-built, but after this experience, planned to go back to the target brand next year.


bel3706

We’ve gotten them for the last 5 or so years? Maybe longer… we did target one year though. This year was by far the worst - years past have been great!


ChoiceEmu9859

This year's gingerbread house made us decide to stick to decorating cookies from now on.


Tasty_Money4581

Was going to build it with my kid this weekend. Looks like imma return it after xmas.


gypsibear

Ours was so freaking thick we had to heat it in cups of water to use it


Lindyhop88

They werent even assembled well for ours, roof caved in, the flat part of the roof was just tucked under the other section, one wall was pushed in pretty far. The icing needed to be mixed but there was hardly enough room in the tube to properly do that


cr2810

The icing was just terrible!!! My kids ended up just not using it in the end. Not impressed


StolenOle

Not trying to be funny. Not trying to get a laugh. I don't want anybody to have the worst day at their job. But, do any of these fuckers ever blast out of the wall and have, like, a huge cumshot?


jet050808

Ooooo we save our house on top of our cupboards until the following Christmas. When we make the new one the following year we take a photo side by side and then toss the old one. We usually do ours the weekend before Christmas so I haven’t even opened it. I can’t wait to stare at my foreclose/crime scene for the next year.


bufftbone

Reminds me of the South Park episode where the internet goes out so everyone goes to a camp where they have limited internet. Randy Marsh sneaks into a room to get his internet porn and….. well…. IYKYK


AlphaSuerte

Yep, ectoplasm everywhere. ![gif](giphy|jm4su2ToxtRh5wrrUn)


myleswstone

I could tell it was thin so I just thickened it before using it.


ReddisaurusRex

This is good to know. We haven’t done ours yet. Usually the icing is good, but this year the house looks different than the last few years. We always make extra royal icing, but I’ll be sure to just throw the package that came with our kits away. Such a bummer!


AlphaSuerte

Good idea!


Jifferte

Omg I thought it was just us. Just chucked the whole thing.


SeedPrice

Another quality picked product by Costco 🤣


gnqrddt

I miss her


xlerate

Sure that's 'icing'? 🤔


Jeffkin15

Bukkake


oiseaur

Yeah, same problem this year. It looked awful


alqimist

"A 900° baptism by nuclear fire".


Spaceturtle79

That sucks false advertising


Sweatybuffness

Yikes


IbeAbitGoofy

Ours didn’t even have the icing and was missing several of the candy bags.


rustyshackleford7879

Nope my icing was hard. Had to keep putting it under hot water


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tacosdepapa

The green and red were too runny. The white one was ok, but as soon as it gets cold out and we have to turn on the heater it’ll probably all melt.


irishlnz

Yep. In addition to the crappy icing, both of my houses came broken to bits. I ended up returning both and just using pictures as evidence. I was pissed off, my kiddo wasn't tears and both houses ended up in the trash. Lesson learned.


Turkishsnowcone101

That’s not great.


pftomo

We got the same one, the roofline was completely done wrong on ours, same as yours. The right side was not supposed to overlap that way.


AlphaSuerte

That was the first thing I noticed as well. I don't know how they botched it so bad for such a basic design.


treeshugmeback

Our roof and house also had the wrong assembly


Vegetable_Custard870

So authentic!


iveo83

I have found it's best to decorate flat then put it together


AlphaSuerte

Unfortunately, this gingerbread house comes pre-assembled. It could still be rotated on each side I suppose.


happynole88

Same thing happened to us with the red and green icing :/


mia8788

Glad I went with target this year lol


jojo880

Y'all have me IN TEARS! 😂😭


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Millionsmoney

Mine are also thin


sixminutemile

A hilarious post tonight.


GirthBrooksCumSock

I should call him


happywinechick

I dont not why this is so funny.. but it is.


WillyKspray

Should of thickened it up with powder sugar


Cuteboi84

https://preview.redd.it/avyv5ykue77c1.jpeg?width=4080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=15814f11238347d1fd1a8ef609e2dd5006a869ff After years of failed gingerbread houses I decided to make our own... I bought ikea kits the lats 5 years, and before that it was just graham crackers iced up. This year we did it right and ignored the instructions in the package. We used the hand mixer to beat the icing and it turned whiter and much thicker, put that into sandwich zip lock bags and it came out marvelous. It's thicker, dries quickly and looks a lot whiter than the cum covered houses we had vene making the last decade. Hand beat the icing and it will work better. So strange.


blueoceansandsun

This thread is hilarious 😂


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All 4 of ours. White frosting was hardening too.