What to do with gingerbread house once you've picked off all the sweets and eaten as much of the house as you can....

[TheKitchenWitch]

because it goes a bit dry after a while and (in our house at least) nobody is interested in eating it with all the other lovely Christmassy treats around.

So anyway, I had the brilliant idea of breaking it up into crumbs and using it as the base of a cheesecake and OH MY GOD was it fantastic!
Did a caramel and chocolate topping, which no doubt added to its general marvellousness too :o
Ds declared it the best cheesecake ever, and I am feeling rather smug at not having wasted the gingerbread: win-win!

Just thought I'd pass the idea on :)

I made one for my reception DDs class so none hanging around here...

Did it go crunchy? Ours is a bit soft now.

I'm wondering what toppings I could do that don't involve a trip to the shops ...

It dried out, but it's been out since the first week of December - the gingerbread house is always the first Christmassy thing we do.

I've put the leftover gingerbread crumbs in the freezer, I'm going to mix them into crumble topping over the holidays.