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Look at this creative and fun Back to School Snack Idea – Graham Cracker Pencils. Make with everyone’s favorite cracker (cookie) and chocolate! What is not to love?

Graham Cracker Pencils

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It seems like the last school bell just rang… okay, let’s be serious. Sometimes there is nothing short about summer. Sometimes the days go slow. Regardless of if you feel like you just heard the last bell or it was ages ago, we all are getting ready for back to school.  Not too long ago we shared with you our Back to School Kid Snack Ideas. We have one more and this one is easy, tasty, and fun!  Enjoy this Graham Cracker Pencils recipe. Let us know how it goes and how much your little one loves it!

Ingredients:

• Graham crackers
• Wilton pink candy melts
• Wilton white candy melts
• Miniature chocolate chips

Directions:

1. Lay out a piece of parchment paper before you get started.
2. Carefully break your graham crackers in half lengthwise.
3. Use a pair of clean kitchen scissors to cut the tip of the graham cracker into a point.
4. In two separate microwave safe bowls, heat 1 cup of each color candy melt on 50% power for 2-3 minutes, stirring every 30 seconds until melted.
5. Dip the pointed end of the graham cracker into the white chocolate and press a chocolate chip onto the point with the pointed part of the chocolate chip facing down.
6. Then dip the flat end of the graham cracker into the pink melted chocolate, spread evenly with a knife and place onto your parchment paper to harden.

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Back to School Graham Cracker Pencils

• Author: Ashley at Frugal Coupon Living
• Prep Time: 3 mins
• Cook Time: 5 mins
• Total Time: 8 minutes

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Ingredients

• Graham crackers
• Wilton pink candy melts
• Wilton white candy melts
• Miniature chocolate chips

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Instructions

1. Lay out a piece of parchment paper before you get started.
2. Carefully break your graham crackers in half lengthwise.
3. Use a pair of clean kitchen scissors to cut the tip of the graham cracker into a point.
4. In two separate microwave safe bowls, heat 1 cup of each color candy melt on 50% power for 2-3 minutes, stirring every 30 seconds until melted.
5. Dip the pointed end of the graham cracker into the white chocolate and press a chocolate chip onto the point with the pointed part of the chocolate chip facing down.
6. Then dip the flat end of the graham cracker into the pink melted chocolate, spread evenly with a knife and place onto your parchment paper to harden.

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Chalkboard Cookies with Edible Chalk

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It’s just about here, Back to School Season and we are so excited over these Chalkboard Cookies with Edible Chalk! They make a perfect first week of school snack, perhaps surprise the kids after the first day of school! We also think they would be a fun classroom treat!

Ingredients:

Sugar cookies –

• 2 cups Flour
• 3/4 cup Sugar
• 3/4 cup Softened Butter
• 1 1/2 teaspoons Vanilla Extract
• 1/4 teaspoon Salt

Black icing-

• 1 1/2 cups Powdered Sugar
• 2 tablespoons Milk
• 2 tablespoons Light Corn Syrup
• 1 teaspoon Almond Extract
• 3 drops Black Liquid Gel Food Coloring

Chalk –

• Smoothie Straws
• Wilton White Chocolate Candy Melts

Directions:

1. In a large mixing bowl beat together your softened butter and sugar.
2. Now mixing your egg and vanilla.
3. Then mix in your flour and salt.
4. Form into a large dough ball, wrap, and set in the fridge for 1 hour.
5. Roll your dough out with a rolling pin and use a cookie cutter to cut out your shapes (add a little extra flour if it gets too sticky.)
6. Place your cookie dough shapes onto a parchment paper lined baking sheet.
7. Bake your cookies for 10 minutes or until lightly browned.
8. Let your cookies cool.
9. While your cookies are cooling, in a large mixing bowl, mix together your powdered sugar, milk, light corn syrup and, almond extract, and black food coloring in until you have a thick icing.
10. Pour your icing into a decorating bottle.
11. Now in a small microwave safe bowl, heat your white chocolate wafers on 50% power for 2 to 3 minutes, stirring every 30 seconds until melted.
12. Scoop your melted white chocolate into a plastic bag and cut the corner off.
13. Squeeze your white chocolate into your large plastic straws and set them in the freezer for about 15 minutes.
14. Now use your decorating bottle to outline your cookies with your black frosting, and then fill them in.
15. Use a toothpick to push on some end of the straw to push our your fake chalk and break into small chalk size pieces.

Back to School Snack | Chalkboard Cookies

• Author: Ashley at Frugal Coupon Living

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Ingredients

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• 2 Cups flour
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 3/4 cup softened butter
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
• 2 Tablespoons milk
• 2 Tablespoons light corn syrup
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• 3 drops black liquid gel food coloring
• Smoothie straws
• Wilton white chocolate melting candy

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Instructions

1. In a large mixing bowl beat together your softened butter and sugar.
2. Now mixing your egg and vanilla.
3. Then mix in your flour and salt.
4. Form into a large dough ball, wrap, and set in the fridge for 1 hour.
5. Roll your dough out with a rolling pin and use a cookie cutter to cut out your shapes (add a little extra flour if it gets too sticky.)
6. Place your cookie dough shapes onto a parchment paper lined baking sheet.
7. Bake your cookies for 10 minutes or until lightly browned.
8. Let your cookies cool.
9. While your cookies are cooling, in a large mixing bowl, mix together your powdered sugar, milk, light corn syrup and, almond extract, and black food coloring in until you have a thick icing.
10. Pour your icing into a decorating bottle.
11. Now in a small microwave safe bowl, heat your white chocolate wafers on 50% power for 2 to 3 minutes, stirring every 30 seconds until melted.
12. Scoop your melted white chocolate into a plastic bag and cut the corner off.
13. Squeeze your white chocolate into your large plastic straws and set them in the freezer for about 15 minutes.
14. Now use your decorating bottle to outline your cookies with your black frosting, and then fill them in.
15. Use a toothpick to push on some end of the straw to push our your fake chalk and break into small chalk size pieces.

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