Fabulous food gifts don’t have to be difficult to make or time consuming. Chocolate Covered Graham Crackers are a quick project that is easy and delicious. Using packaged graham crackers, you can quickly and easily create colorful treats for any season.
Why you'll love this recipe
Easy, no-bake Chocolate Covered Graham Crackers are a tasty and impressive care package or in-person gift.
This is a busy time of year. One holiday after another arrives with foods to prepare and gifts to share. Chocolate coated graham crackers look like a fancy gourmet treat but are easy to make and can be stored for weeks.
The easiest way to make this recipe is with packaged grahams. I used both regular honey grahams and chocolate grahams, breaking each large rectangle cracker into 2 squares.
If you want to make homemade graham crackers, take a look at the recipes I used for these s'mores.
Instructions
This is an overview of the instructions. The full instructions are in the recipe card below.
- In a shallow microwave-safe bowl wider than the grahams, melt the candy/ chocolate wafers in the microwave at medium power for one minute. Stir.
- Place a graham cracker into the bowl of chocolate. Using two forks, press the cracker into the chocolate then turn it over to coat the underside. Using a fork, lift the coated graham, scrape excess coating back into the bowl, and place the graham onto a wax paper lined cookie sheet. While the coating is still melted, add sprinkles or texture.
- Repeat until the first cookie sheet is full then place in the refrigerator for 10-15 minutes to set the coating. Complete coating the remaining graham crackers, placing onto the second cookie sheet, and refrigerate to set.
- To decorate with contrasting or same color drizzle, in the microwave melt candy/chocolate wafers in a small ziplock bag. Cut off a tiny bit of a bottom corner of the bag and drizzle onto the set surface of a coated graham cracker. Refrigerate again to set the drizzle.
Storage
When all of the coating and decoration has hardened, wrap the grahams individually in plastic bags or plastic wrap. Store in an airtight container at room temperature for at least 2-3 weeks.
Tips
- If the graham crackers won't break evenly by hand, use a knife in a gentle sawing motion to split them.
- I chose to use melting wafers (chocolate candy coating) rather than regular chocolate. Regular chocolate requires a heating process called tempering, to keep the fats from separating and forming a white, spotted "bloom" on the surface in just a day or two.
- Candy coating melts very smoothly and is supposed to set with a slight sheen if hardened in the refrigerator.
- One 12- ounce bag of melting wafers covered about 12 graham squares. If using additional melted wafers for decoration, you will need an additional bag.
- I wrapped these cookies in self-sealing bags from Amazon or from a candy supply store. The little bags are easy and make the cookies look professional.
- Add another level of deliciousness to the chocolate and graham cracker combination with Chocolate Marshmallow Cookies!
More chocolate covered treats
Chocolate Covered Marshmallow Cookies are a nostalgic treat for anyone who grew up eating Mallomar cookies. For everyone else, these cookies are just plain delicious!
Easter Egg Graham Crackers use a fun trick to make egg shaped cookies that show off with sprinkles.
Chocolate Covered Pretzels for Easter are the cutest treat you will find anywhere, guaranteed!
Unicorn Graham Crackers have the required swirls of pastel colors and sprinkles required to be "officially" unicorn style.
Halloween Graham Cracker Treats are adorable Halloween characters, easily created with packaged grahams and colored chocolate melts.
If you like Girl Scout Thin Mint cookies, you will love this recipe for Chocolate Covered Chocolate Mint Cookies!
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Chocolate Covered Graham Crackers
Equipment
Ingredients
- 12 graham crackers regular and/or chocolate each cracker broken in half into 2 squares
- 24 ounces chocolate melts dark chocolate, milk chocolate, or white chocolate
- Decorations: another bag of chocolate melts sprinkles, crushed peppermint candy, crumbled cookies
Instructions
- Cover two cookie sheets with wax paper.
- In a shallow microwave-safe bowl wider than the grahams, melt the candy/ chocolate wafers in the microwave at medium power for one minute. Stir. If not completely melted, return to the microwave an heat for 15 second intervals until melted.
- Place a graham cracker into the bowl of chocolate. Using two forks, press the cracker into the chocolate then turn it over to coat the underside.
- Using a fork, lift the coated graham, scrape excess coating back into the bowl, and place the graham onto the prepared cookie sheet.
- While the coating is still melted, add sprinkles or texture.
- Repeat until the first cookie sheet is full then place in the refrigerator for 10-15 minutes to set the coating. The candy melts must set in the refrigerator and not at room temperature in order to dry slightly shiny.
- Complete coating the remaining graham crackers, placing onto the second cookie sheet, and refrigerate to set.
- To decorate with contrasting or same color drizzle, in the microwave melt candy/chocolate wafers in a small ziplock bag. Cut off a tiny bit of a bottom corner of the bag and drizzle onto the set surface of a coated graham cracker. Refrigerate again to set the drizzle.
- When all of the coating and decoration has hardened, wrap the grahams individually in plastic bags or plastic wrap. Store in an airtight container at room temperature for at least 2-3 weeks.
Notes
- If your melted chocolate is too thick, thin it with a teaspoon of melted coconut oil or vegetable oil for easy dipping.
- Graham cracker treats make the perfect gift or holiday treat using your favorite toppings and seasonal sprinkles.
Nutrition
First Published: November 14, 2013. Last Updated: December 2, 2022. Updated for better reader experience.
Amy
How simple, but so cute. Found you on Classy Flamingos.
Jan
What a perfect treat to make and not a ton of ingredients to assemble either! love it! Thank for sharing on Celebrate 365 Blog Party's Gifts from the Kitchen link up!
Christine Weary
I will have to make these love anything with chocolate and graham crackers.
The Monday Box
I hope you enjoy them, Christine! Since writing this post in 2013, I 've made these many times. I now use the melting chocolate from Chocoley.com . They have chocolate wafers (Bada Bing Bada Boom melting chocolate) especially for coating cookies and other treats. It tastes great and stays looking pretty for a long time. My favorite. 🙂
April J Harris
Happy 80th to your Mom! I'm so glad you had a good visit. I really like these chocolate covered graham crackers - they look so pretty and I can just imagine how good they taste. Scheduled to pin. Thank you for sharing with us at Hearth and Soul.
The Monday Box
Thank you for your kind wishes, April! Thanks also for hosting and pinning!
Jhuls
So simple, yet looking so elegant. This is a fun way to use up my remaining graham crackers. Thanks for sharing!
The Monday Box
Thank you, Jhuls! The dip in chocolate definitely turns simple grahams into something special. They make great gifts too!