The 17 Best Gingerbread House Kits for a Sweet and Fun Family Night This Holiday Season

If you have a big sweet tooth, the best part about the holidays is easily the delicious desserts and festive treats. Even if your sugar fixation is more tame, it's still a nice added bonus to the merry times. What we can all agree on, no matter how much we love sugary sweets, is the amount of fun you can have creating these candy-coated concoctions, like the iconic gingerbread house. 

Not only do you get to eat a tiny cookie cottage, but engineering the perfect gingerbread house with the right ratio of peppermint and gumdrops to luscious icing is also a way to make fond memories with family and loved ones. Building gingerbread houses is one of the hallmarks of the season, and if it's not a tradition you currently participate in, you should definitely consider adding this delightful pastime to your repertoire. Competitive groups can challenge each other to see who makes the best house, families with young children can just have cherished moments of creating (and eating) these gingerbread houses or you can simply make them for a stunning dessert during Hanukkah, on Christmas Eve or on the sixth day of Kwanzaa.

As any good architect knows, you need a blueprint and materials to design your edible holiday dream home, and that means a gingerbread house kit. We've searched the web high and low to find the ultimate gingerbread house kits for a family fun night of cookie construction this holiday season. Below, see ET's 15 top picks for gingerbread house kits so beautiful that not even Hansel and Gretel would dare eat them.

Designed by Cupcake Wars veteran Erica Tucker of Sweet E's Bake Shop out of L.A., this Christmas Gingerbread House is available at Williams Sonoma. It comes with colored icings and rainbow candies for a colorful and festive confection. 

$80

When you buy a gingerbread house from the renowned candy store Dylan's Candy Bar, you can expect to get a huge assortment of candies to decorate your dwelling. The highly entertaining kit comes with over 11 types of sweet treats.

$65

You don't even need to wait for the holidays to put together this Barbie Dreamhouse made of cookies.

$20

Nuts.com will ship everything you need to build a gingerbread house, including the pre-baked cookie pieces, icing, and colorful candies, all packed up in a festive box.

$35

Your gluten-free friends and family members can get in on the action with this vegan and gluten-free gingerbread kit from Goldbelly. 

$140

Those trying to limit their sugar intake will appreciate this no-mess pop-up paper gingerbread house that comes complete with decorative stickers.

$29

Craft a mini gingerbread village with the help of baking leader Wilton.

$29 $26

Get in on the gingerbread-making magic using this Sweetology Hanukkah Gingerbread House Decorating Kit.

$35

In this gingerbread making bundle you'll get a Frosty the Snowman, Pez and Elf on the Shelf kit.

$33

Skip the sugar with a LEGO gingerbread build.

$155

If you need some gingerbread residents to fill the house you make, look no further than this gingerbread man decorating kit.

$40

Switch it up this holiday season with a gingerbread barn highlighted with precious farm animals.

$30

Build a mini gingerbread house with the help of M&Ms.

$20

Get everything you need to create a single Gingerbread House in this kit from Williams Sonoma. It includes pre-cut gingerbread walls, piping bags with delicious icing "glue," gumdrops and candy lights.

$30

Crave-worthy Oreo cookies and Sour Patch Kids candy have released gingerbread house kits for the holiday season. You can grab the delicious and adorable bundle on Amazon. 

$25

Gingerbread isn't for everyone, and if that includes yourself, check out this gingerbread house that's instead made from chocolate cookies. In addition, you'll get icing, golden pearls, festive red and green candies and Godiva gourmet chocolate hearts.

$40

Fondant, icing, gingerbread walls, candy and sprinkles make up this super fun and delicious gingerbread kit from Sweetology. 

$35

Looking for gift inspiration? Check out our ultimate Holiday Gift Guide for all of the best gifts of 2023 for everyone on your list.

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