Depending on whether your gingerbread project will be eaten or for display only (or must follow certain rules of a competition), there are several methods for creating chimney "smoke." Your choice of smoke also depends on how charming or realistic you wish your smoke to be.
I have piped royal icing "swirls" of smoke as a lattice shape on wax paper, removed it, then glued the swirls to each of the insides of the chimney. Cotton candy or real cotton. For a few minutes of great display, create a well in the chimney using aluminum foil--then insert dry ice. Hi-peaked egg whites. Edible clays molded into dramatic smoke formations. Taffy candies that are sold as swirls.
Dec 12, 2009 Rating
cotton candy by: Anonymous
Cotton Candy is the most common "smoke" I've seen used on gingerbread houses. Let us know what you try and how it turned out.
