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The Holidays are always such a great time to get your family together and have fun in the kitchen. From baking Christmas Cookies and desserts to building that beautiful Gingerbread House, you have to have some great ingredients on hand. One of the first things I purchase at Walmart as soon as December comes around is Honey Maid Graham Crackers! These delicious & wholesome snack crackers of course make a great snack but they are also perfect for some of my family’s favorite Holiday recipes! Especially when we have our Family Baking Day!
Making gingerbread houses is something that my children look forward to every year. My mother in law always sets aside a day in December for all of her grandchildren to come over and decorate the houses. My children have so much fun and it really gets everyone in the Holiday spirit. I also set aside a day to make Gingerbread houses with my kiddos too and we make it a party! This past weekend we put our aprons on, turned on some Christmas music, drank creamy hot chocolate and got busy creating the best Holiday snacks and gingerbread houses we could!
My family loves to help bake. Using simple recipes really is nice when you have little ones trying to help. I know my children always feel so proud of themselves when they help make a dish from start to finish. This Easy Graham Cracker Chocolate & Peppermint Bark is the perfect sweet treat to enjoy while getting crafty with your gingerbread houses!
Crisp Honey Maid Graham Crackers are covered in a toffee like mixture, baked for a few minutes, covered with melted dark chocolate & mint chips and crushed candy canes. Then the Bark is broken or cut into pieces for a delicious dessert that can be served during your next Holiday party or given as gifts too!
We decided to do something a little different with our gingerbread houses this year. This year we decided to make Snacky Gingerbread Houses! We used Honey Maid graham crackers, peanut butter, pretzels, dried cranberries, cinnamon almonds, pumpkin seeds, yogurt covered raisins, dried apricots, rolled oats and some dark chocolate & mint chips to prepare our houses.
I don’t know how it goes in your family, but as soon as my children are done decorating their houses they always want to eat them. Right away! Sometimes a lot of the frosting and candy that is used for most gingerbread houses can give us a tummy ache. I figured why not add some items to our houses this year that we normally eat for snacks.
These great ingredients really made for some pretty unique looking houses and we loved them. We kept these houses simple because my children range in age from 3-11 and I wanted everyone to be able to enjoy this activity without getting frustrated.
I made the shape of a house on a large plate with the crackers and pretzel twists (securing each one on the plate with a little peanut butter underneath), covered the graham crackers in peanut butter and then we decorated them with whatever “decorations” we wanted.
These were so tasty looking that I let my children snack on them right away! Don’t these houses look cute?!
What traditional things does your family make with Honey Maid Graham Crackers during the Holidays? If you don’t have a family Holiday Baking party at your house, start one! You can even click HERE to save $0.50 when you buy one (1) Honey Maid Grahams (12.2 oz. or larger) to get you started! Your children will love the Holiday fun and spending time with you! Happy Holidays!
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Ingredients
- 15 full sheets of Honey Maid Graham Crackers
- 3/4 cup butter, unsalted
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 1/8 tsp. salt
- 1 (12 oz.) package dark chocolate 7 mint chips
- 4 crushed candy canes
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350.
- Spray a large baking sheet well with nonstick cooking spray, or line it with foil.
- Line the sheet with graham crackers evenly.
- Heat the melt the butter carefully over medium-low heat,then add the sugar,vanilla and salt.
- Whisk together until combined well.
- Pour over the graham crackers and spread evenly.
- Put the baking sheet into the oven and bake for 10 minutes or until the top is bubbly.
- Remove the baking sheet from the oven and sprinkle the chocolate chips on top and return to the oven for 2 minutes.
- Spread carefully with the back of a spoon until melted and smooth.
- *Some chips might still be melting, but that's ok.
- Sprinkle the top with the crushed candy cane pieces and let the bark cool. I sometimes put this in my refrigerator to speed up the process.
- You can cut or break this into pieces when cooled and serve for dessert or give as gifts.
- Enjoy!
These turned out so cute! Great idea to make the flat houses so they wouldn’t have to worry about them collapsing! And your bark looks so good! I’ll be right over! #client
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Thank you Sharon! It was so fun…and yummy! 🙂