Easy Christmas Animal Crackers
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This recipe for Christmas Animal Crackers is a 4 ingredient holiday recipe that you are sure to love! I use my favorite organic animal crackers, milk chocolate, peppermint flavor and holiday sprinkles. This an easy Christmas animal cracker recipe that is perfect for holiday cookie boxes.
If you're looking for more simple holiday recipes like this, try my Peanut Butter Pretzel Christmas Crack, Dark Chocolate Peppermint Pretzel Bark, or my Mint Chocolate Coconut Squares. All of these recipes would also make great additions to your holiday cookie boxes!
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Cookie box time is here! And if you are baking for gifts, these Christmas Animal Crackers make a really nice addition to any holiday cookie box! This 4 ingredient no bake dessert recipe is so easy to make, and it’s one everyone will love.
I use the delicious organic animal crackers (form Costco!) along with milk chocolate and peppermint extract to create a minty chocolate coating. I top these with ColorKitchen Foods Tree Sprinkles – the best Christmas sprinkles with no artificial colors!
This 4 ingredient no bake dessert recipe is one that both kids and adults will both love. Something I learned while I ran a bake was – adults like sprinkles just as much as kids! I also recommend using India Tree Nature’s Colors Green Sprinkles and Red Sprinkles. I also love the India Tree Nature’s Colors Snowflake Sprinkles.
Why You'll Love This Recipe
4 Ingredients: I love these organic animal crackers because they only have 4 ingredients!
Crowd Pleaser: This no bake dessert recipe is a big crowd pleaser. I mean, who doesn't like organic animal crackers dipped in chocolate?!
Festive and Simple: I love recipes that are simple but festive and this recipe is both. It doesn't take much effort to make these organic animal crackers all dressed up for the holidays.
Ingredients
- Animal Crackers: I'm using Kirkland Organic Animal Crackers, but any plain animal crackers you like will work.
- Milk Chocolate: I use Mama Ganache Organic Milk Chocolate, which is great for melting. You can also use a milk chocolate bar, just chop it up into small pieces so it melts easily.
- Peppermint Extract: This makes the milk chocolate cool and minty, perfect for a holiday treat.
- Festive Sprinkles: I use ColorKitchen Foods Tree Sprinkles which are made using plant based dyes.
Tools Needed
- Scale: Always use a digital food scale for the best results, it's also much easier to weigh the chocolate here.
- Heatproof Mixing Bowl: You'll need a heatproof mixing bowl to melt the chocolate.
- Baking Sheet: You'll need one half sheet pan to place all the dipped animal crackers.
- Parchment Paper: I always use nontoxic parchment paper whenever dipping or coating things in chocolate. This ensures that the animal crackers don't stick to the sheet pan.
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Step by Step Instructions
Step 1
Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Step 2
Using a double boiler, melt the chocolate. Remove from the heat and add in the peppermint extract and stir to combine completely.
Step 3
Dip half of each animal cracker into the melted chocolate, and place on the prepared baking sheet. Sprinkle with rainbow sprinkles. Place the baking sheet in the fridge for 1 hour to set.
Christmas Sprinkles Without Artificial Colors
I buy all my Christmas sprinkles with no artificial colors on Amazon. Here's some of my faves:
- ColorKitchen Foods Tree Sprinkles
- India Tree Nature’s Colors Green Sprinkles
- India Tree Nature's Colors White Sprinkles
- India Tree Nature’s Colors Snowflake Sprinkles
FAQ's
Yes, you can definitely make these easy Christmas Animal Crackers ahead of time. Store them in the fridge for up to 2 weeks. You can also freeze them for up to 3 months!
Of course, if you want to make these vegan you can use dark chocolate in place of milk chocolate.
Yes, of course. You can use white chocolate in place of milk chocolate to make these even more festive!
These do not have to be refrigerated, but since I don’t temper the chocolate in this recipe, I do like to keep them in the fridge. This is only so the chocolate doesn’t sweat. But, they do not need to be refrigerated for health reasons. If you are serving them at a party, just store in the fridge until you’re ready to platter them.
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Easy Christmas Animal Crackers
Ingredients
- 16 ounces animal crackers
- 8 ounces milk chocolate
- ½ teaspoon peppermint extract
- Natural holiday sprinkles
Instructions
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Using a double boiler, melt the chocolate. Remove from the heat and add in the peppermint extract and stir to combine completely.
- Dip half of each animal cracker into the melted chocolate, and place on the prepared baking sheet.
- Sprinkle with rainbow sprinkles. Place the baking sheet in the fridge for 1 hour to set.
- Store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 7 days.
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