If the icing is supposed to look roughed up in the end, perhaps you could try making a glaze with lemon juice and powdered sugar. Could scrape up the dried glaze to dust onto the painted areas of wet glaze.
For something smoother, you could try a marshmallow spread made with gelatin. It would even stiffen a bit to form waves and peaks in your snow or loosely hold objects.
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