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Tis the season, everyone! Break out the Christmas trees, twinkling lights, hot drinks, and all the fun treats you can think of. Yessssssss. Bring it on, please. I tackled all things peanut butter and graham cracker over the weekend, whipping up some graham cracker houses to make a mini village, as well as a big stack of homemade peanut butter smores, featuring my signature marshmallows, marbled with peanut butter instead of pumpkin spice syrup. So amazing.
Want to make a graham cracker house village? I’ll show you how!
Graham Cracker Village
7 Honey Maid Graham Cracker halves per house
Skippy Peanut Butter
Butter Knife
Serrated Knife
Sparkle Gel Frosting
Confectioner’s Sugar
1| Take one Honey Maid Graham Cracker and thoroughly spread Skippy Peanut Butter on the inside edges, height-wise.
2| Press the edge of a second graham cracker into the peanut butter until the edges are flush.
3| Repeat with a third graham cracker, pressing until flush with the opposite edge.
4| Spread peanut butter across the edges of a fourth graham, same as the first, and press it into the edges of the second and third graham.
5| Cut two triangles out of the fifth graham cracker with the serrated knife, carefully applying pressure as cutting. TIP: angle the knife away from the corner as you cut to prevent the corner from breaking.
6| Apply peanut butter to the bottom edge of the triangles and press down onto the narrow sides of the house, making sure they are centered and flush.
7| Take the sixth and seventh graham cracker and apply peanut butter in an H shape, to match the sides of the triangles and the top edge of the house. Press each roof piece into place carefully, applying a thin layer of peanut butter in the crease of the top of the roof if necessary.
8| Decorate with sparkle gel frosting, and repeat until you have enough houses to make a village!
9| Arrange the graham cracker houses into a village, then take a palm-full of Confectioner’s sugar and gently blow it across the village to give the appearance of freshly fallen snow.
My girls loved helping me put this together, as well as take it apart like a pack of crazy Godzilla monsters. All that hard work…it was worth it though, because it made them insanely happy, ha ha ha!
So, since we’re on a graham cracker and peanut butter kick, let’s make some amazing chocolate peanut butter smores, shall we? Seriously you guys, using my original marshmallow recipe…you are never going to want plain smores again.
Really, the only thing I did differently for this batch of marshmallows was to marble the peanut butter in two steps. I laid some marshmallow, smoothed it out, added about ¾ cups of melted peanut butter that I marbled with a knife, then added the rest of the marshmallow and repeated the process. They came out amazing. There are people who will recommend putting the peanut butter into the marshmallow batter, but nooooo, don’t do that, because the oils in peanut butter will cause the fluff to deflate and then you won’t have pretty, fluffy marshmallows. And that would be a shame. Dip them generously in melted chocolate after you put them together and enjoy hot, or let rest and enjoy later. I like them both ways. So yum.
Ingredients
- Homemade Marshmallows
- 1 ⅕ C Peanut Butter melted
- 16 Graham Cracker Halves
- 2 C Chocolate Chips melted
Instructions
- Prepare the marshmallows as instructed in the original recipe, substituting melted peanut butter for the syrup. Cut into squares, reserving 8.
- Take two graham cracker halves and sandwich with one marshmallow.
- In a small pot, heat the chocolate chips over low until smooth and melted. Dip the marshmallow graham cracker sandwiches in the melted chocolate until halfway covered, then set on a rack over waxed paper until set. Enjoy.
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Make sure you head over to Walmart and pick up your Skippy Peanut Butter and Honey Maid Graham Crackers, and grab this coupon to save some cash in the process!
Myrabev says
oh this is the cutes graham cracker house ever and those peanut butter smores oh wow they look so delicious I am so hungry right now craving all these sweety goodies
Ann Bacciaglia says
This looks like such a delicious and fun way to spend the afternoon with the kids. I will have to make these with my friends little ones.
Ourfamilyworld says
This is just mouthwatering. I love the Graham house and the pictures on how to do that. Very detailed and beautiful
Erica says
Talk about a fun and creative way to celebrate the holidays. Oh don’t forget how good they look as well. YUMMY
Pam says
These look absolutely decadent! Those little graham cracker houses are adorable too.
Dawn @ Pin-n-Tell says
I love everything about this post! The Chocolate Peanut Butter Smores look so scrumpcious! And, i don’t know why I never thought about using peanut butter to construct ‘lil holiday houses before! You ROCK!
Sandy says
It’s amazing that you prepared these at home. They look absolutely delicious.
Catherine S says
I love peanut butter and chocolate. The smores sound so good. Thanks for the recipe.
Eileen says
Oh this recipe looks incredibly delicious! I must give it a try this holiday season! Thanks for sharing!
Kae James says
Now that’s different! I have never seen a peanut butter graham cracker house. As good as it looks. I am not a fan of graham crackers or Smores. I must be the only person who hates marshmallows.
Liz Mays says
I love how you dipped them in chocolate. That combo of flavors looks so good!
Dawn says
My mouth is seriously watering right now. This is an entire page of edible awesomeness. Thanks!
Shaney Vijendranath says
This definitely deserves to be pinned! I’ve been thinking about doing the cracker house this year and now I’m definitely doing it after reading your post. I just hope it comes out right! I love your pictures.
Kungphoo says
these looks so good.. i like how they fit into a house..
Samantha Angell says
Wow these sound absolutely amazing! We don’t have graham crackers in Sweden, but I can guarantee I’ll be picking some up when I am back home in the states!
Lubna Naz says
WOW seems so yummy. I would love to have a bite of it just now. I am hungry.. I better eat something now lol. Very yummy post I must say. Thanks
courtney says
Omg this whole post was just absolutely yummy!!! And those houses… Ahhhhhh too cute!!!
Aisha Kristine Chong says
Aww this is such a cutie – I bet this is really tasty!
Sommer @ASpicyPerspective says
These look just amazing! I can’t wait to make these! Pinned
Chloe Crabtree says
The little graham cracker houses are so cute! This would be a fun project for the older kids, and also, so cute to make enough so each child could take one home!
Robin (Masshole Mommy) says
Those sound delicious. I can’t wait to try these.
Franc Ramon says
This has all the ingredients I like. It really looks so tasty especially with peanut butter, chocolate, smores and graham balancing the sweetness level.
Fi Ní Neachtáin says
Oh wow I love the look of those little cracker houses. I’m going to make one for my son. Pinning this for when I do! 🙂
XmasDolly says
Absolutely wonderful and looks like so much fun too. What a great project to do on a cold winters night with my granddaughters. Thanks for sharing, and looks so yummy too!
rochkirstin says
I have only seen a graham cracker house village before in a hotel restaurant. It looked perfect in a buffet setting. I almost didn’t want to eat it ’cause it’s too beautiful! 🙂