Decorating Tips & Tricks

Short how-to videos from our bakers — icing that actually holds, candy that stays put, and the little tricks that turn a gingerbread house or a tray of cookies into something worth photographing.

Gingerbread House Tutorials

Sit down and follow along
Episode 1 — coming soon

Assembling Your House So It Stays Standing

Royal icing consistency, wall order, and how long to let each seam set before you move on.

Episode 2 — coming soon

Roofing: Shingles, Snow and Icicles

Three roof finishes using the candy in the kit, from easiest to most impressive.

60-Second Cookie Tips

Quick wins you can watch standing at the counter
Coming soon

Flooding an Outline Without Bleeding

Coming soon

Two-Tone Swirls With One Bag

Coming soon

Fixing a Cracked Cookie

Coming soon

Storing Decorated Cookies

New tips every week

We post each one to social first — follow along and send us your decorating questions.

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Every technique here works on our kits — shipped fresh from our Wakefield bakery.

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