Testing VIRAL GINGERBREAD HOUSE HACKS for CHRISTMAS BAKING! What's Worth Trying??

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@dorianmeyette8560 3 жыл бұрын

The chemistry between you and your husband is freaking adorable.

@bobbijo94 3 жыл бұрын

Omg... I laughed so hard at the candy cane heart when you joined the broken ones together. 😂😂😂

@teresah4972 3 жыл бұрын

That was so sweet! ❤️

@wseedno 3 жыл бұрын

Same here, it was so funny and cute. Best moment in the video 🥰

@alyssaromero7470 3 жыл бұрын

Ikr it was so cute 🥺

@ourancestralhomestead 3 жыл бұрын

Ship that! :D

@danielavilela9285 3 жыл бұрын

JAJAJAJAJJAJA SI JAJAJSJSJSJJS

@Lilyofthevalley27255 3 жыл бұрын

Chris: the worlds WORST heart. Rachel: IT LOOKS SO GOOD

@jessicas253 3 жыл бұрын

I need a sweater with a candy cane heart in flames that says: SHIP THAT! 🤣

@pooja8735 3 жыл бұрын

23:57 (just for reference)

@tinaclayton547 3 жыл бұрын

I actually was working on a t-shirt with a candy cane heart while this played... Tell me why I very nearly forgot my customer and added that to it?? (I did end up doing a small makeup bag with that for the hell of it though...)

@kristinejorgensen2717 3 жыл бұрын

I died when you said "I need an adult" during the building phase 😂😂

@rayanneroberts115 3 жыл бұрын

Christopher-“I’m an artist” His shirt- yeah you are

@sarina6527 2 жыл бұрын

😂

@erinxox8828 3 жыл бұрын

3:52 Rachel: Smells a slab of gingerbread. Also Rachel : “Does it smell gingerbready?” 😂😂😂

@sportpony9037 3 жыл бұрын

Rachel: "Kinda thinking back to the giant cookie cake" Gingerbread house: Falls over* Me: "It was destiny"

@alyssaromero7470 3 жыл бұрын

Omggg 🤣🤣

@corbitt61 3 жыл бұрын

I saw that melted jolly ranchers is how to make stained glass bc it’ll harden again when it cools.

@DeltaDemon1 3 жыл бұрын

When I was a young pup, we would use rice crispies as the internal structure of the house and simply stick the gingerbread walls onto the sides. Held up very well.

@Lilyofthevalley27255 3 жыл бұрын

I will only be using that sugar hack instead of icing. I’ve NEVER had an icing from a kit that worked everrrrrrrrr

@ashleythomas3831 3 жыл бұрын

Hot glue works well too, and easy to cover up with icing :) also if you get Betty Crocker icing from the grocery things stick a lil better

@janani1826 3 жыл бұрын

I think it's best to buy the icing separately so it's better quality? It's called royal icing or maybe I just got lucky lol cos I didn't have this problem the one time I made a gingerbread house

@christinepeterson2286 3 жыл бұрын

I buy the prebuilt ones from Costco. It's so much easier with the kids. They don't have to wait for it to set up before decorating

@arzzics 3 жыл бұрын

Or you could make your own icing, it's very simple. Just one egg white, 1,6 cups (or about 400 grams) of icing sugar and a small splash of vinegar essence. The vinegar is not necessary just adds a nice glow. Sure you could use any type of white vinegar.

@thebeginningchq9689 2 жыл бұрын

@@ashleythomas3831 hot glue is not edible

@kellyh7158 3 жыл бұрын

I love how relatable Rachel is- “one for the house, one for the house, and one for me” 😋😂. I’d be the same way just eating a bunch of the decorations.

@laurensmith3675 3 жыл бұрын

“It’s a verb!” 😂

@noorbadri9737 3 жыл бұрын

I love how she always does her makeup so good then she wears a hoodie 😂💖

@suekelley6461 3 жыл бұрын

Noor Badri She’s keeping it sexy LOL

@hollymellown5379 3 жыл бұрын

So in the last scene where the gingerbread house collapsed insert a dinosaur toy with a name tag that says 2020....😂🤷🏼‍♀️😆

@definitelynotalizard 3 жыл бұрын

Melted white chocolate is a more kid friendly version of the burnt sugar hack, you just have to hold it a bit longer.

@laryssanascimentosil 3 жыл бұрын

"But the door is upside down!" -"That's a minor detail"

@nellieknelsen7112 3 жыл бұрын

you could have just turned the "top level" of the house inside out. Like just flip the cookie and you wouldnt have a extra door!

@Nathan-ft7if 3 жыл бұрын

I figured I wouldn't be the only person with the same Solution. Architectural club right here lol

@laibamoeen4955 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah!

@ativc5232 3 жыл бұрын

Same though!...

@tinaclayton547 3 жыл бұрын

I was thinking just add a balcony some how! Lol

@tamikanicole 3 жыл бұрын

“But the door’s on the ceiling!” “Minor details.” 🤣🤣

@someonesomewhere22 3 жыл бұрын

I gotta say I love our kitchen. 😂 I would love to see you following a How to Cook That video. She has a bunch of cool recipes, and some are of gingerbread houses

@rachelhurst3224 3 жыл бұрын

Windowpane candy I grew up with used crushed hard life savors.

@jandegarmo1802 3 жыл бұрын

Okay I loved you and Christopher putting your broken heart back together. Awww I love these video's. So much

@tovaskogstrom6287 3 жыл бұрын

In Sweden you always use “burnt” sugar as adhesive! It’s dangerous though 😅

@Jag... 3 жыл бұрын

Yes we do 😊

@tovaskogstrom6287 3 жыл бұрын

@@Jag... Japp, det gör vi 😜

@annabackman5204 3 жыл бұрын

In Finland as well!

@Rose-jz6sx 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah caramel.

@tovaskogstrom6287 3 жыл бұрын

@@Rose-jz6sx Isn’t caramel more than just sugar?

@scarecrow27r39 3 жыл бұрын

I love this person. So much positive vibes from her. Its like if im deppresssed Or sad, I can just watch some of her vids and I'll be fine. Haha. Please dont ever stop being so positive.

@joytocreate44 3 жыл бұрын

Wow that burnt sugar as icing part with the music was oddly stressful 😂

@gabyd3825 3 жыл бұрын

“Burnt sugar” ....caramel. Have you guys never watched the great British bake off? Lmao caramel is the most widely established solid way to fix biscuits together

@NoYeahNah 2 жыл бұрын

Now I want to see them make 'Cinder Toffee' (otherwise known as honeycomb in the UK) and watch the carnage...

@lokithecat7225 3 жыл бұрын

Rachel: Has fancy kits with Lights, cuts out and creates windows. Also Rachel: Forgets to install the Lights.

@sarahschmitt4354 3 жыл бұрын

They’re around the door to the “house” rather than the garage. That’s it lol

@rebeccam4956 3 жыл бұрын

The fact that Chris knows what shipping is is everything. Instant like! (It was already coming but that was just the cherry on top)! 😂❤️ it’s shipped.

@Rose-jz6sx 3 жыл бұрын

Why wouldn't he know that though? Everyone knows what shipping is.

@paigemachnicz923 3 жыл бұрын

100% you and Christopher are my favorite couple ever

@TheScarlettrouge 3 жыл бұрын

OMG! I love Christopher’s LotR shirt!!

@somewherenorth4092 3 жыл бұрын

"Is this a gingerbread house for ants?!?!" - Christopher

@unworthyheiress8025 3 жыл бұрын

Came here for this comment!!! LOL

@ArinaKysh 3 жыл бұрын

I was cringing so hard when she was trying to cut out the window 😂😂 it totally turned out better than I thought!

@dianafreeman419 3 жыл бұрын

What if you made a balcony out of twizzlers for the second story door 😁

@RagnaN92 3 жыл бұрын

My mum always used melted sugar to glue the parts of the gingerbread house together, and I was really surprised when I found out that this is a bit unusual in some other countries. In Norway we call the melted sugar "knekk", which is basically an old fashioned name for caramel. I haven't made gingerbread houses in years, but I believe my sister still uses "knekk" when she makes them with her children. Since the caramel is so hot, I remember never being allowed to help put the house together, and I would join in for the decorating part. This brought back good memories!

@rachaellogan8903 3 жыл бұрын

I love how much more comfortable chris seems to be on camera now! He's hilarious! You two are such an adorable couple... I ship it 😉❤

@Elyanley 3 жыл бұрын

"Are you ging to decorate any?" "If I can eat as I decorate." "[...] because this is one of the hacks.." Me: Getting your husband to decorate your Gingerbread Houses?

@Lifeinlumos 3 жыл бұрын

28:08 definitely add a electric tea light inside so the stain glass stands out better!

@dianadsouza698 3 жыл бұрын

Rachel is definitely a huge F.R.I.E.N.D.S fan 😂 With the "I know" 😂

@de4830 3 жыл бұрын

...did the friends jumper in the other video not give it away?

@remani_2105 3 жыл бұрын

Chris is the kind of real artist and creative. I love how reachel keeps on calling him whenever she does not know what to do❤️. #RelationshipGoals

@perfectionistfranz 3 жыл бұрын

That candy cane heart was so sweet, I got a cavity from watching you two 😁 ❤️

@jaimeknarr1809 3 жыл бұрын

The door on the 2nd floor could be a balcony.

@VicMarLun 3 жыл бұрын

We’ve used the melted sugar method since I was a kid more than 30 years ago and pretty sure my grandmother used it too, so pretty funny to see it going around as a new TikTok hack 😄 A tip from me is: save some of the icing and put it on the joints to make them look like snowy corners on the house instead of brown ones 😊 Also, you can dust icing sugar on top for a less chunky look on the snow 😊

@reneesanmiguel3748 3 жыл бұрын

We were gifted the most gorgeous gingerbread house from a family friend. Everything is edible and she even decorated the inside with a tree, a table with presents and a fireplace! You can look through the doors and windows and see inside. I've never seen anything like it....

@de4830 3 жыл бұрын

I’ve done the window one before with something similar to jolly ranchers and that works loads better, you should try it!! 😁

@Naedlj 3 жыл бұрын

Now I want to see a chocolate chip cookie cottage!

@olimelonhead12 3 жыл бұрын

The moment the music started, so softly, i KNEW what was coming hjahahahhaha

@mbbriere 3 жыл бұрын

I think a bowl or plate with the tree coating and rolling the iced cone would cover better. It can be pushed in and stay more solid.

@Lexi-pj6qm 3 жыл бұрын

Ive said it before and i'll stand by it, When Rach calls to ask Christopher something or show him something it reminds me of a teenage daughter asking her dad for help or showing him something shes proud of

@dobetterwithchristian4472 3 жыл бұрын

The candy cane bit cracked me up. (Pun intended) I really need that laugh today. Thank you 🥰

@sarahbloedel9317 3 жыл бұрын

Chris: is this a gingerbread house for ants?!? My husband: I like him. 🤣🤣

@eeshabadyal6574 3 жыл бұрын

how christopher got that green gummy is beyond me. he got it down to a T - you'd think its apple but its watermelon - thats very impressive

@Wissam2202Dz 3 жыл бұрын

"Ship that" 🤣

@swisslions 3 жыл бұрын

You showed the true end. That was courageous. Can’t wait for next Saturday.

@melissaluvsplease1664 3 жыл бұрын

I have a gingerbread kits sitting on my kitchen counter and was kind of dreading doing it with my 3 year old granddaughter and I swear the 2 hacks of decorating them 1st and using the caramel to put it together has TOTALLY CHANGED MY GRINCH ATTITUDE!!!!!! Thanks guys!! 🎄🎁♥️🥰

@mathiangx9047 3 жыл бұрын

Chris saying 'Ship that' WAS LIFE AND BEYOND OMG BOY I BEEN SHIPPING SINCE FOREVER BUT HOLY MOLLY

@ErikaB88 3 жыл бұрын

Lighting intro is EVERYTHING! 🤣 Love OUR kitchen. 😄❤️

@marymartinez8047 3 жыл бұрын

For the ice cream cone trees: pour whatever you want to coat them in (sprinkles, coconut, candy beads) onto a plate, frost your cone, then roll the cone in the candy on the plate. You can press down gently to make it stick.

@weathered82 3 жыл бұрын

I was having a very bad day, but as soon as the video started, I immediately started to feel better. You two always make me smile, and I can't tell you how much that's appreciated.

@CanadianDot 3 жыл бұрын

I love that the burnt sugar thing is a “hack”. I’ll let my mom know that what she was doing 30+ years ago made it to TikTok 🤣

@Jag... 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, just like decorating before putting it together 😄

@caroleberreur9585 3 жыл бұрын

aka caramel in Europe. 🤔

@gingergirl8797 3 жыл бұрын

You make me smile, thank you both.

@kimpintzow657 3 жыл бұрын

We have used life savers for stained glass windows. We crushed up various colors of life savers and put them in little piles on a cookie sheet and melted them in the oven. Then attached them in the open window on the back side of the wall with the royal icing.

@FerociousSniper 3 жыл бұрын

I made mine yesterday. Didn't realize that decorating it before assembling it was a hack. I just thought to do it, since it would be way easier, and it really is! Do as much decorating as you can before assembling. Your gingerbread house will come out much better.

@lilli20248 3 жыл бұрын

Ummm I tried some of these jacks and they are amazing! First of all, decorating before putting it together seems like such a smart idea, can’t believe I didn’t think of it before AND the sugar to stick the sides together was a GAME CHANGER!!!!! It literally took me like 10 minutes to put the house together and no bits slid and fell off!

@amyperkins2008 2 жыл бұрын

I love your show Rachel! So much fun! Such a joy in such hard times...so thank you! Merry Cheyenne to you and your hubby and kiddos!

@hermiona1147 3 жыл бұрын

'but the door is on the ceiling' 'minor detail' 😆

@emeraldannabelle3320 3 жыл бұрын

I love using sugar syrup! A quick tip is to cook it very little for something like a bread glaze, something fragile enough to shatter. Cook it longer until a clear light caramel so you can stick things together. But use it immediately after use if you cook it longer, and chill the gingerbread house when you are done because even the slightest bit humidity from the air can melt the top layer causing it to stick to things you don’t want it to; like decorations and sprinkles.

@spoonietheory 3 жыл бұрын

You guys are so freaking wholesome and sweet!!

@lauralizzied8985 3 жыл бұрын

Every weekend you do not disappoint with your entertainment! Your videos make me feel so warm and fuzzy!

@Illine_Janse_van_R 2 жыл бұрын

The timing was perfection. I just took my gingerbread out of the oven when I sat down to watch. Will definitely be using the caramel sugar trick. Thank uuuu

@Lilyofthevalley27255 3 жыл бұрын

That little “ohh” at 18:12 was so cute🥺

@sarahschmitt4354 3 жыл бұрын

I love how supportive they are of each other

@lets.get.intoit. 3 жыл бұрын

Christopher knowing what shipping is is everything to me

@silaspoulsen 3 жыл бұрын

I love when you are testing hacks out. Now Im gonna asemble mine with sugar in-sted of icing😁

@kennedyreed8689 3 жыл бұрын

ours are just for decoration, we never eat them... so i use superglue to glue it together lmfao

@Soittolista96 3 жыл бұрын

My grandma would always use melted sugar to glue to gingerbread house together 😊 and she would bake it out of homemade super yummy gingerbread 🥰 such good memories!

@karinagardner9756 3 жыл бұрын

Perfect timing! I’m decorating gingerbread houses with friends over Zoom this weekend! I think I’ll try to use grapes stems like vines on the house. These are all really cool and I’m feeling very inspired!!

@lilja9380 3 жыл бұрын

Wait do you really use the white thing instead of melted sugar? Here in Finland like everybody uses that to build gingerbread houses 🤯

@maagnifiquee 3 жыл бұрын

Same in Sweden, almost everyone uses sugar 🤷🏻‍♀️

@lacytaylor1501 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, royal icing is usually what's used to glue everything together.

@lilja9380 3 жыл бұрын

@@lacytaylor1501 but doesn't it take so much time?

@lacytaylor1501 3 жыл бұрын

@@lilja9380 Yeah, it's pretty time consuming, I don't know why some people prefer to use such an inefficient means to put it together. That's why I don't put them together on top of the fact that I'm can't make my own gingerbread pieces and the kits you buy in stores taste like pieces of crunchy cardboard to me with the most horrid tasting candies and icing to glue everything together.

@MarbleLily 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I'm always so confused when I see people trying to work with icing. Sugar is very traditional in all of Scandinavia I think, and it's so much more efficient. You just have to be careful or you'll burn yourself.

@falldnangel101 6 ай бұрын

I've been giggling the whole video. You both are like me and my husband. We both watch both channels. Merry Christmas. You are amazing and I love how real you are with everything. Your reviews of things influence a lot of my buying.

@hollyfung376 3 жыл бұрын

I made gingerbread cookie dough last night and will be making my house today. So glad I watched this beforehand! 😊🏠

@pamudrihemachandra4754 3 жыл бұрын

Oh my god Rachel, you should do a book club with ur productivity books! I totally read high performance habits after ur recommendation! Would love to chat about it!

@meglynncrites 3 жыл бұрын

YES!!! Best way to start my birthday ever!

@valentinaolivieri3946 3 жыл бұрын

Yay! I love gingerbread houses! Happy Saturday Rachel and everyone else🤗

@DominikaKnox 3 жыл бұрын

So much fun! Your channel is amazing but with Christopher involved it always goes to another level 😂👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

@fressia33 3 жыл бұрын

When Christopher said “Ship that.” I legit lost it! That was so unexpected 🤣🤣🤣 These videos are seriously what I look forward to every week. Your energy & humour are everything! ❤️ Thank you for such enjoyable & fun videos!! Take care & enjoy the holidays!!

@Joy_of_life88 3 жыл бұрын

It is 7 p.m. for me... so no coffee for me, but an excited Rachel is hype enough for me❤❤❤

@toni-rp4df 3 жыл бұрын

7 pm whatt it’s 1 pm where i am 😂

@Joy_of_life88 3 жыл бұрын

@@toni-rp4df Germany 🇩🇪🤗

@jamied1676 3 жыл бұрын

Oh man, I just realized there's only one more Rachloves video before Christmas....

@Vanillako 3 жыл бұрын

Omg I love how you have coffee in literally video P.s. I really love your videos!!

@GiggleLilly1987 2 жыл бұрын

God, I just love watching you and Christopher! So adorable!!!

@chrissylyons1329 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for doing this!! I always have so much trouble doing a gingerbread house.

@dannyboy6674 3 жыл бұрын

Use rice paper for opaque and gelatin sheets for clear windows, that way you can put lights inside and they’ll show

@justteeny1389 3 жыл бұрын

Just amazing! You have the best energy! 💕💕

@debra333 3 жыл бұрын

Chris's T-shirt has me singing "Starry starry night..."

@Silbusia 3 жыл бұрын

Now you made me sing it xD

@debra333 3 жыл бұрын

@@Silbusia 😂😂🤗

@ktaddison65 3 жыл бұрын

The timing for the book club is kind of perfect for me! I'm reading lord of the rings for the first time and I'm about a quarter of the way through the first one! I'm so excited to check this out!

@teodorabogdan8611 3 жыл бұрын

You two are so cuuuute. I like it so much when Chris appears in your videos. 😍

@samanthaenrico5246 3 жыл бұрын

Ooo... you could wrap the bendy candy cane around a straw and make a ringlet curl! That would be cute! Good job on the gingerbread house! That burnt sugar cement looks legit better than royal icing!

@gracediana4399 3 жыл бұрын

I love this video for some reason it’s one of my favorites

@katrankin8268 3 жыл бұрын

Why do I feel like Rachel has a Mary Poppins bag... but in freezer form? Literally every video she puts so much in her freezer and I'm literally shooketh by how much fits in there at once

@tinytebs 3 жыл бұрын

as soon as i heard *the* christmas music i knew things were gonna go bad slowly

@flooralessie1677 3 жыл бұрын

I do this every year with my boyfriend on Christmas eve

@dawnchesbro4189 3 жыл бұрын

Christopher! Silver dragees aka "these silver....balls" are for decoration only! The FDA in the US says the silver powder isn't fit for human consumption and they're completely banned in California.

@nicolelavigne1700 3 жыл бұрын

Crushed hard candy works fantastically as candy pane / stained glass windows. I have never heard of gummy bears before for it and was a little surprised by that. The burnt sugar works for sure, but feels dangerous with the burn potential. Chocolate sets up really quickly too and you can put it in a piping bag (no tip).