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Pop Tart Leprechaun House

This pop tart leprechaun house is the cutest decoration for St. Patrick's Day! Loaded with rainbow colors and a pot of gold!
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword gingerbread, leprechaun house, pop tart, st patrick's day
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 5 minutes
Servings 1 house
Calories 1300kcal
Cost $5

Equipment

  • serrated knife
  • plastic sandwich bag

Ingredients

  • 6 pop tarts
  • 1/2 cup powdered sugar
  • 2-3 teaspoons water
  • candy variety of rainbow and gold candies
  • 1 oreo cookie for pot of gold (optional)

Instructions

  • Place 6 pop tarts on the cutting board.

Roof

  • You will be making cuts on 4 out of 6 of the pop tarts. The 2 that aren't cut are the roof pieces. You can set those 2 pop tarts to the side if you'd like.
    WATCH OUR VIDEO for the best visual for cutting the pop tarts into house shapes.

Front and Back Walls

  • Take 1 pop tart and place it on its side, right next to another pop tart.
    hand with knife cutting pop tart on an angle for a roof
  • Cut on a diagonal from the corner of the pop tart that it on its side, to the center of the middle pop tart. Repeat on the other side.
  • You should now have a pop tart that looks like a house. Repeat this step so that you have 2 house-shaped pop tarts.
    two pop tarts cut into house shapes

Side Walls

  • To make the side walls place one pop tart onto your cutting board. Place a second, on it's side next to it. Cut the first pop tart across the top, using the second pop tart as a guide (as shown in photo). Repeat with another pop tart.
    hand with knife cutting 1" off of a pop tart
  • You should now have two roof pieces (un-cut), 2 house-shaped pieces, and 2 wall pieces.
    6 pop tarts cut into shapes to create house
  • Combine powdered sugar and water to make a royal icing glue. Add water 1/2 teaspoon at a time until desired consistency is achieved (2 1/2 teaspoons works well for me). Spoon icing into a Ziploc bag and cut the tip off. Glue the 4 walls together with icing and hold in place for a minute or so.
    4 pop tarts iced together to create house without roof
  • Add the roof pieces and hold in place for a minute or so.
    two pop tarts held together for roof of house
  • Run a line of icing down the center of the roof to add even more stability.
    hand adding icing to roof of pop tart house in plastic baggie
  • Let houses stand AT LEAST 30 minutes before decorating. If making these with kids, assemble the houses the day before you want to decorate them to allow the pop tarts to harden a bit.
  • Dip decorations into icing or pipe icing onto houses to decorate.
    pop tart leprechaun house
  • Note: the pot of gold is made from an Oreo (cut with a serrated knift to make a flat top for the pot), and gold sixlets candies.
    oreo pot of gold on the front of the pop tart leprechaun house

Video

Notes

  • Icing should be the consistency of craft glue.
  • When cutting pop tarts, use a serrated knife and gently saw. Don't press down hard with the knife.
  • To add heavier candies to the houses, like Skittles, add a line of icing to the house and let the icing stand for a couple of minutes before placing the candy on it. This will allow the icing to dry a little and become tacky. 
  • You may need to hold the candy in place or readjust the candy that starts to move as you wait for the icing to dry.

Nutrition

Calories: 1300kcal