Chocolate Peppermint Grahams are the perfect last minute holiday treat. Peppermint Bark gets a chocolate graham cracker boost! These holiday treats covered in chocolate and peppermint are easy enough for the kids to make.
Tis the season for festive treats. Whether you make an easy batch of these Christmas tree Cherry Hand Pies or some chocolate covered Oreos, we’ve got what you’re looking for!
Chocolate Covered Graham Crackers
I’m extra excited about sharing this recipe with you today. After sharing a lot of eggnog flavored treats in preparation for Christmas, I’ve gotten a few requests for some Christmas Candy treats that AREN’T eggnog themed.
How about Peppermint? Even better: Chocolate peppermint bark?
- No bake dessert!
- Easy enough for the kids to help dip and add sprinkles of peppermint.
- Tastes amazing and looks so pretty on your dessert plates.
If your oven is as busy as mine this time of year, you’re breathing a huge sigh of relief right now. I feel like all I do in November and December is take things in and out of the oven.
This recipe lets you make your homemade peppermint bark while other Christmas favorites like White Chocolate and Cranberry Cookies and Cranberry Bliss Bars are baking in the oven.
For those of you with young kids at home, this recipe is ideal for a first Christmas candy recipe to make together. They’ll have so much fun dipping the ends of the grahams into the melted chocolate!
Once you’ve mastered these easy grahams, you’ll have to try our hot cocoa bombs recipe or hot chocolate cookies next!
Ingredient Notes
- Milk Chocolate- I love using Ghirardelli milk chocolate wafers. They not only taste great, but melt smooth and dry quickly. Milk chocolate morsels will also work. We also use the dark chocolate wafers!
- White Chocolate- Ghirardelli white chocolate wafers melt smooth and taste delicious. SOmetimes white chocolate chips can be thick and finicky when melting, so choose the wafers or almond bark if you prefer.
- Graham Crackers- the delicious base for todays recipe. Can also use Chocolate grahams.
- Candy Canes- peppermint candy canes or starlight mints work great here. Add festive sprinkles if desired.
How to Make Chocolate Grahams
Start by melting dark or milk chocolate wafers in one bowl.
Cut or break your graham crackers into squares and line a large cookie tray with parchment paper. You can also find the “fresh stacks” of graham crackers that are already broken into squares.
Dip one end of the graham cracker into the milk chocolate so it coats half off the cracker square. Place it on the parchment paper and repeat with the remaining graham cracker squares. Let set until firm.
Melt white chocolate, then dip the opposite end into the melted white chocolate and sprinkle with crushed candy canes. Let set at room temperature or in the fridge until the chocolate is firm.
Enjoy right away or transfer to an airtight container, jar or ziploc bag.
More Tips & Tricks
- Want the chocolate to set more quickly? Place the dipped graham crackers in the fridge for about 15 minutes.
- How to store: Once set, transfer these to an airtight container or jar and keep covered at room temperature. If you like the texture cold, you can also store these in the fridge.
- Crushing candy canes: I crush my candy canes by placing them in a plastic bag and running my rolling pin over them a few times. Kids get a big kick out of this!
- Chocolate substitutes: Dark chocolate fans can easily substitute it for the milk chocolate in this recipe.
- More: swap out the graham crackers for CHOCOLATE graham crackers. A delicious twist. Love salty? Use saltine crackers or Ritz crackers instead.
- If you love this easy recipe, be sure to try our chocolate peanut butter grahams too!
More Easy Dessert Recipes
- Cranberry Cheesecake
- Butter Cookies
- Whipped Shortbread
- Chocolate Fudge
- Italian Ricotta Cookies
- Banana Pudding
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Chocolate Peppermint Grahams
Ingredients
- 11 ounce package milk chocolate melted
- 11 ounce package white chocolate melted
- 4 peppermint candy canes crushed
- 24 graham cracker squares or 12 full size crackers
Instructions
- Melt milk chocolate in microwave safe bowl for 30 seconds. Stir and heat again at 30 second intervals, stirring between until smooth (about a total of 90 seconds).
- Dip one end of the graham cracker into milk chocolate, lay on parchment paper. Repeat with all grahams.
- Allow to set.
- Melt white chocolate in microwave in the same manner as step 1. Dip other end of cracker in white chocolate and immediately sprinkle with crushed candy canes. Allow to set.
Notes
- I love using Ghirardelli candy melts (chocolate and white chocolate). No tempering needed and it tastes amazing.
- Want the chocolate to set more quickly? Place the dipped graham crackers in the fridge for about 15 minutes.
- How to store: Once set, transfer these to an airtight container or jar and keep covered at room temperature. If you like the texture cold, you can also store these in the fridge.
- Crushing candy canes: I crush my candy canes by placing them in a plastic bag and running my rolling pin over them a few times. Kids get a big kick out of this!
- Chocolate substitutes: Dark chocolate fans can easily substitute it for the milk chocolate in this recipe.
- More: swap out the graham crackers for CHOCOLATE graham crackers. A delicious twist. Love salty? Use saltine crackers or Ritz crackers instead.
- See blog post for more recipe tips and tricks.
Nutrition
Make this delightful holiday treat with the kids this year! Homemade Peppermint Bark with graham crackers makes a wonderful Christmas gift or addition to your season’s cookie trays.
Can these be frozen?
I just made these, they are so,pretty. I used Keebler deluxe Graham’s as they already have the milk chocolate and dipped in white chocolate and sprinkled the crushed candy cane on top. Just dipped one half. Turned out great for a holiday gathering this week-end. Just may have to buy another bag tomorrow! Tried them with Wilton candy cane burst white chocolate also. Great!
OMG, these look so good!!! Can’t wait to try this! LOVE! 🙂
Thanks Alice, they are so incredibly easy, and quite delicious!
We used to make these at the candy store I worked at. They are yummy!
It always tickles me to see how the easiest recipes are the favorites! This is a wonderful idea…I’m gonna try them this week myself. You are SUCH a popular gal around Blogland…I see your recipes being featured ALL over the place! Congrats to you! and MMMMM too! =)
I think my 6 yr old and I will make these for the teacher.thanks!!!
So easy and so fun! Love this idea!
these look so fun and whimsical. Thanks for the idea! I’m having a link party on my blog and I’d be tickled pink if you’d link this up! http://caribbeanmissionarywife.blogspot.com/2011/12/t-time-48-and-link-party.html
Beautiful!
We made something similar growing up, although NOWHERE near as pretty!
Thanks for the reminder!
love this idea, can’t wait to try it out! Thanks for posting. Peppermint and chocolate together has to be my ultimate downfall 🙂
Those look delicious!
These are really cute and delicious treats, I love it!
OOO Be sure to add these as well! They look super delicious!
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Just wondering I got cinnamon graham crackers. will these work for this recipe or should i go and purchase the plain ones.
Love these! They’re so simple but look so impressive! I’d like to invite you to share your recipe on Sweet Indulgences Sunday!
http://www.wellseasonedlife.com/2011/12/sweet-indulgences-sunday-34.html
Yummy!!!
Mmm, My kids are going to begging for me to make these!