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    Home » Recipes » Cookies

    Spooky Graham Crackers: Easy Halloween Treats

    By Wendy Sondov · Published: Oct 16, 2019 · Modified: Mar 28, 2023 · This post may contain affiliate links · As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

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    Spooky Graham Crackers aren’t truly spooky. All five of the Halloween characters are actually rather cute. The chocolate covered grahams are more likely to cause smiles than screams. These easy Halloween treats are so much fun to make with just melted chocolate, candy eyes, and sprinkles!

    Chocolate coated graham Crackers decorated as Frankenstein, Pumpkin, Ghost, Mummy, and Cat.

    Why you'll love this recipe

    Here on The Monday Box you will only find Halloween treats that fall under the “adorable food” category. There are absolutely no cookies decorated like weapons of destruction or iced to look creepy or gory. I don't make truly spooky Halloween treats.

    Instead you can find chocolate covered peanut butter balls in the shape of pumpkins or cats. Even my ghosts and mummies are best described as cute stuff to nibble on for the whole family.

    These Halloween Graham Crackers are easy to make treats representing 5 different Halloween characters. All of the designs are fast and simple. In no time, you can make enough chocolate covered grahams to fill a care package or for an entire classroom party!

    Choose one design or make them all!  Halloween graham crackers are an easy way to share a special snack at a Halloween party or with your favorite trick-or-treaters!

    Chocolate coated graham Crackers decorated as Halloween characters on a black plate.

    Instructions

    This is an overview of the instructions. The full recipe is in the recipe card below.

    With just a handful of ingredients turn quartered graham crackers into delicious, chocolate covered Halloween treats. These fun holiday snacks are quick and easy to create.

     Black cat

    Cat cookie decorating; chocolate coating, black marker on yellow oval sprinkles, add ears, nose, eyes, whiskers.
    1. Coat the graham cracker with melted dark chocolate.
    2. Place on a wax paper lined baking pan.
    3. Add 2 yellow sprinkle eyes, 2 mini chocolate chip ears, and a round brown sprinkle nose.
    4. Refrigerate until the chocolate is set.
    5. Pipe melted white chocolate whiskers.

     

    Frankenstein

    Frankenstein cookie decorating: green coating with candy eyes, top end chocolate dipped, chocolate hair, mouth, scar.

    1. Mix green candy coloring into melted white chocolate.
    2. Coat the graham cracker with green chocolate.
    3. Place on a wax paper lined baking pan.
    4. Add 2 candy eyes.
    5. Refrigerate until the chocolate firms.
    6. Dip the top of the graham cracker in melted dark chocolate.
    7. Use a toothpick to drag down lines for hair.
    8. Pipe melted dark chocolate mouths and scars.

    Ghost

    Ghost cookie decorating: white coating, mini chocolate chip eyes, piped chocolate mouth.
    1. Coat the graham cracker with melted white chocolate.
    2. Place on wax paper lined baking pan.
    3. Add 2 mini chocolate chip eyes and chill until firm.
    4. Pipe melted dark chocolate mouths.
    5. Chill again to firm.

    Mummy

    Mummy cookie decorating: white coating, candy eyes, white chocolate zigzags for mummy wrapping.
    1. Coat the graham cracker with melted white chocolate
    2. Place on wax paper lined baking pan.
    3. Add 2 candy eyes and chill until firm.
    4. Pipe melted white chocolate zig zags across the coated graham cracker.
    5. Chill again until firm.

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    Pumpkin

    step by step image collage for decorating the Pumpkin cookie
    1. Mix orange candy coloring into melted white chocolate.
    2. Coat the graham cracker with orange chocolate.
    3. Place on a wax paper lined baking pan and chill until firm.
    4. Pipe melted dark chocolate eyes, nose, and mouth.
    5. Pipe melted green chocolate leaves.
    6. Chill in the refrigerator until firm.

    Tips

    • Be sure to use only candy coloring with chocolate. Regular food coloring will cause chocolate to seize, turning it thick and cement-like.
    • Several of these designs require chilling the dipped grahams before adding final chocolate details. Be sure to bring the grahams back to room temperature before adding additional chocolate. If the cookie surface is cold, the melted chocolate details will firm immediately on contact and won't be workable.
    • This can be an easy gluten free treat! Be sure to check all ingredients for gluten free certification.
    • If you prefer to use less chocolate coating, the chocolate can be spread on top of the crackers instead of dipping them.

    Tools and ingredients

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    More easy Halloween treats

    Honey Graham Sandwich Cookies are delicious homemade grahams with a Halloween cutout design with the chocolate filling showing through. Great as a snack or in Halloween treat bags.

    Halloween Marshmallow Owls  are adorable decorated chocolate coated marshmallow pops, perfect for Halloween or owl themed parties.

    Halloween Pretzels are a quick and easy chocolate dipped treat perfect for parties and care packages. A cute Halloween treat!

    Iced Raisin Cookies , Pabassinas, are chewy, Mexican cookies flavored with anise and orange. They are traditional Dia de los Muertos cookies.

    Pumpkin Brownies are soft and fudgy brownies flavored with pumpkin pie spice, just right for this spooky season! These flourless brownies are naturally gluten free.

    Halloween Graham Crackers packaged in clear plastic bags with orange and black bows.

    My experience with this recipe

    I am not a fan of the gory, bloody, scary stuff for Halloween. My adult kids, especially my son, will tell you that when they were growing up, my ban on costumes that involved weapons or gore was non-negotiable.

    My daughter wasn’t interested in costumes that were against my guidelines, so I don’t think she felt limited in her Halloween costume choices. My son, though not generally into scary things, was sometimes frustrated by my decisions.

    He ended up wearing costumes we created representing characters from movies or literature for Halloween: Gondolf from The Hobbit, Obi Wan Kenobi from Star Wars, and Neo from The Matrix.

    Somewhere in middle school, he asked for a squirrel costume, representing a creature from a video game. A cute squirrel from a video game sounded reasonable to me.

    It turned out that video game squirrel was an evil rodent with numerous behaviors that were not up to the standards of Obi Wan or Gondolf! That may have been that last year we did Halloween costumes, but I still apply those same Halloween guidelines to my cookies!

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    Chocolate coated graham Crackers decorated as Frankenstein, Pumpkin, Ghost, Mummy, and Cat.

    Halloween Graham Cracker Treats

    These sweet treats turn chocolate dipped graham crackers into 5 different Halloween characters. This easy recipe is perfect for lunch boxes, care packages, and Halloween parties!
    5 from 3 votes
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    Course: Dessert
    Cuisine: American
    Prep Time: 2 hours hours
    Total Time: 2 hours hours
    Servings: 40
    Calories: 130kcal
    Author: Wendy Sondov

    Ingredients

    BLACK CAT

    • 16 yellow oval sprinkles Easter egg sprinkles
    • Black food marker
    • 8 graham cracker quarters
    • ½ cup dark melting chocolate
    • ¼ cup white melting chocolate
    • 16 mini chocolate chips
    • 8 brown ball sprinkles

    FRANKENSTEIN

    • 8 graham cracker quarters
    • ½ cup white melting chocolate
    • Green candy coloring
    • ¼ cup dark melting chocolate
    • 16 small candy googly eyes

    GHOST

    • ½ cup white melting chocolate
    • ¼ cup dark melting chocolate
    • 16 mini chocolate chips

    MUMMY

    • ¾ cup white melting chocolate
    • 16 small candy eyes

    PUMPKIN

    • ½ cup white melting chocolate
    • Orange candy coloring
    • 3 tablespoons white melting chocolate
    • Green candy coloring
    • ¼ cup dark melting chocolate

    Instructions

    BLACK CAT GRAHAM CRACKERS

    • Use the food marker to draw vertical “pupil” lines down the middle of each yellow sprinkle.
    • Melt the dark chocolate in a small bowl in the microwave at 50% power for 1 minute. Stir return to the microwave at 50% power for 15 second intervals until completely melted.
    • Coat the graham cracker with melted dark chocolate.
    • Place on a wax paper lined baking pan.
    • Immediately add 2 yellow sprinkle eyes, 2 mini chocolate chip ears, and a round brown sprinkle nose.
    • Refrigerate for 5-10 minutes, until the chocolate is set.
    • Remove from the refrigerator and bring to room temperature.
    • Place melted white chocolate in a small ziplock bag. Clip off a tiny piece from one corner.
    • Pipe melted white chocolate whiskers.

    FRANKENSTEIN GRAHAM CRACKERS

    • Melt the white chocolate in a small bowl in the microwave at 50% power for 1 minute. Stir return to the microwave at 50% power for 15 second intervals until completely melted.
    • Mix green candy coloring into melted white chocolate.
    • Coat the graham crackers with green chocolate.
    • Place on a wax paper lined baking pan.
    • Add 2 candy eyes.
    • Refrigerate for 5-10 minutes, until the chocolate firms.
    • Remove from the refrigerator and bring to room temperature.
    • Melt the dark chocolate in a small bowl in the microwave at 50% power for 1 minute. Stir return to the microwave at 50% power for 15 second intervals until completely melted.
    • Dip the top of each graham cracker in melted dark chocolate.
    • Immediately after dipping, use a toothpick to drag down lines of chocolate for hair.
    • Place the remaining melted chocolate in a small ziplock bag. Clip off a tiny piece from one corner.
    • Pipe melted dark chocolate mouths and scars.

    GHOST GRAHAM CRACKERS

    • Melt the white chocolate in a small bowl in the microwave at 50% power for 1 minute. Stir return to the microwave at 50% power for 15 second intervals until completely melted.
    • Coat the graham crackers with melted white chocolate.
    • Place on a wax paper lined baking pan.
    • Immediately add 2 mini chocolate chip eyes.
    • Refrigerate for 5-10 minutes, until the chocolate firms.
    • Remove from the refrigerator and bring to room temperature
    • Melt the dark chocolate in a small bowl in the microwave at 50% power for 1 minute. Stir return to the microwave at 50% power for 15 second intervals until completely melted.
    • Place melted dark chocolate in a small ziplock bag. Clip off a tiny piece from one corner.
    • Pipe melted dark chocolate mouths.
    • Chill again to firm.

    MUMMY GRAHAM CRACKERS

    • Melt the white chocolate in a small bowl in the microwave at 50% power for 1 minute. Stir return to the microwave at 50% power for 15 second intervals until completely melted.
    • Coat the graham crackers with melted white chocolate
    • Place on a wax paper or parchment paper lined baking pan.
    • Add 2 candy eyes and chill until firm.
    • Remove from the refrigerator and bring to room temperature.
    • Place the remaining melted white chocolate in a small ziplock bag. Clip off a tiny piece from one corner.
    • Pipe melted white chocolate zig zags across the coated graham cracker.
    • Chill again until firm.

    PUMPKIN GRAHAM CRACKERS

    • Melt the ½ cup of white chocolate in a small bowl in the microwave at 50% power for 1 minute. Stir return to the microwave at 50% power for 15 second intervals until completely melted.
    • Mix orange candy coloring into melted white chocolate.
    • Coat the graham crackers with orange chocolate.
    • Place on a wax paper lined baking pan and chill until firm.
    • Remove from the refrigerator and bring to room temperature.
    • Melt the dark chocolate in a small bowl in the microwave at 50% power for 1 minute. Stir return to the microwave at 50% power for 15 second intervals until completely melted.
    • Place melted dark chocolate in a small ziplock bag. Clip off a tiny piece from one corner.
    • Pipe melted dark chocolate eyes, nose, and mouth.
    • Melt the 3 tablespoons of white chocolate in a small bowl in the microwave at 50% power for 1 minute. Stir return to the microwave at 50% power for 15 second intervals until completely melted.
    • Mix green candy coloring into melted white chocolate.
    • Place the green chocolate in a small ziplock bag. Clip off a tiny piece from one corner forming an arrow tip.
    • Pipe green chocolate leaves.
    • Chill in the refrigerator until firm.

    Notes

    • Be sure to use only candy coloring with chocolate. Regular food coloring will cause chocolate to seize, turning it thick and cement-like.
    • White candy melts or white almond bark can be used in place of the white chocolate melts, but the flavor will differ.
    • Several of these designs require chilling the dipped grahams before adding final chocolate details. Be sure to bring the grahams back to room temperature before adding additional chocolate. If the cookie surface is cold, the melted chocolate details will firm immediately on contact and won’t be workable.
    • This can be an easy gluten free treat! Be sure to check all ingredients for gluten free certification.
    • If you prefer to use less chocolate coating, the chocolate can be spread on top of the crackers instead of dipping them.
    Packing tips
    Wrap pairs of Halloween cookies, bottoms together, in plastic wrap or place pairs of cookies in self-sealing cellophane bags (3" x 5"). Pack cookie bundles in a freezer weight ziplock bag or plastic storage container.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 130kcal | Carbohydrates: 15g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 3mg | Sodium: 50mg | Potassium: 84mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 11g | Calcium: 34mg | Iron: 1mg
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    First Published: October 16, 2019. Last Updated: September 16, 2021. Updated for additional information and better reader experience.

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    1. Carlee

      October 22, 2019 at 6:01 am

      These are cute as can be and they look like fun to make too, even for those of us that are artistically challenged.

      Reply
    2. saltandserenity

      October 19, 2019 at 11:10 am

      I really dislike Halloween. I hate being scared and the pumpkin guts kind of freak me out. However, I can appreciate the adorable creatures you have created. Love the step by step photos, which make this so approachable.I'm a big fan of the ribbon and packaging!

      Reply
      • Wendy Sondov

        October 19, 2019 at 11:24 am

        I am totally with you, Cindy, on dislike of the scary, gory stuff! I just don't understand what makes blood and terror appealing. However, if (and "if" is the operative word here) the gross stuff is eliminated, I am all for dress up and pretend play. So, I will continue "Campaign Cute", in the hopes that I can flood the internet with adorableness 😉 As for the pumpkin guts.....I have a harder time relating to that. Animal guts...omg no. Vegetable guts....a bunch of slimy seeds. However, I'm delighted that your aversion to pumpkin guts has in no way limited the culinary creativity you share! 🙂 Happy Avoidance of All Things Halloween!

        Reply
    3. Amit Kumar

      October 19, 2019 at 7:14 am

      Wonderful collection it will surely make some happy faces during halloween

      Reply
      • Wendy Sondov

        October 19, 2019 at 11:25 am

        Thank you, Amit! I certainly hope so!

        Reply
    4. Reeni

      October 16, 2019 at 6:47 pm

      5 stars
      I'm not into any of the gory scary stuff either Wendy! I can't watch horror movies not even the lamest ones. These are adorable! I love that you can make so many different ones with just a few ingredients. I'm especially partial to the cats. 🙂

      Reply
      • Wendy Sondov

        October 16, 2019 at 7:24 pm

        Thanks, Reeni! If you make the cats with white chocolate, they could be Moon cats! My son has one black cat and one calico. I considered making some calico cat grahams, but ran out of time! This may still happen at some point! 🙂

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