Peanut Butter Grahams with Chocolate Drizzle

Peanut Butter Grahams with Chocolate Drizzle
by Michelle Jones, Founder of BetterBudgeting.com

Category: Frugal Recipes, Desserts

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Yield: 4 servings

Ingredients:

4 graham cracker halves

4 T. peanut butter

Whipped dairy topping (store brand)

Hershey's chocolate syrup

Instructions:

Place 4 graham cracker halves on a serving plate. 

Spread 1 tablespoon of peanut butter on the top side of each graham cracker. 

Top with 4 dollops of whip cream in the center of each covered cracker.

Drizzle chocolate syrup over whipped topping, either individually or all together (see our photo above).

Enjoy!

Michelle

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Fix for Flat Cookies

Featured Recipe Tip...

Just a reminder to those who experience flat cookies. Just add a little extra flour to your batter. Especially when using good ole butter for that wonderful rich butter flavor that cookies scream for, smile. Not all recipes experience the flat cookie syndrome. That's why it is always advisable to cook a few test cookies with a new recipe.

Happy Baking,
Sally Trimble - Florida

Girl Scout Thin Mints - Budget Copy Cat Recipes

Like most families, we love Girl Scout cookies. The popular Thin Mints are among our favorites. We are happy to support the Girl Scouts with their fundraising but the price (currently $3.50 per box) has gone up so much over the years. So, we usually make our own "Thin Mint" cookies at home and they are DELICIOUS! They taste almost the same and cost a fraction of the price. And they are SO EASY to make, you will be amazed. We've been doing this for many years and if you haven't tried them yet I hope you will soon.

I was a Girl Scout (you're probably not surprised!), and have fond memories of selling cookies with my mom who volunteered as our scout leader for a few years. Even though the cookies have gone up in price (they were only $1.25 when we sold them), remember this is their main fundraiser for camping trips and other activities. Please support your local troops when you can.

Okay, here we go... You can make these in, oh, about 10 minutes!

Thin Mint Cookies
By Michelle Jones, Founder of BetterBudgeting.com

Ingredients:

Ritz crackers
Peppermint extract
Chocolate almond bark

This recipe makes a lot of cookies. We've never used a whole box of crackers or an entire package of almond bark. Probably more like half of each. Oh my goodness, my mouth is watering just thinking about these delicious cookies!!!

Directions:

Melt about 6 ounces of almond bark at a time in the microwave and add 12 drops of peppermint. Quickly dip crackers into chocolate, thoroughly covering both sides, then place on waxed paper to cool. We use a toothpick to help move the crackers in and out of the chocolate. We usually use several toothpicks for a batch of cookies and make a good mess of everything. But is is SO WORTH IT! Move cooled cookies to a container and continue the process until you have the amount of cookies desired.
You may not think these chocolate covered crackers could possibly taste like Thin Mint cookies, but they do! :o)

This recipe was originally shared with us by a member of our own Cookie Club at CookieClubRecipes.com. Come on over for a visit, we'd love to have you join us!

Copyright 2009 by Michelle Jones
FrugalFamilyRecipes.com

Cheerio Clusters

Featured Comment!

Liz wrote...

Cheerio Clusters

My kids loves these, so does my hubbie! We make them on the weekends as our movie snack or anytime the kids want a quick treat. They take 5 minutes and only use 4 ingredients.

1/2 c. sugar
1/2 c. corn syrup (I use the light)
1 c. smooth peanut butter
2 1/2 - 3 c. Cheerios or similar cereal

Mix sugar and corn syrup in a large pot and bring to a boil until bubbly. Quickly add peanut butter and stir until melted and smooth. Take off burner and mix in cheerios until coated. Drop by large spoonful onto ungreased cookie sheet. They set up really quickly. After about an hour they get too hard to eat, but mine never last more than 10 minutes :)

Enjoy! Liz T. of Las Vegas, NV

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Thank you Liz, oh my goodness would my kids love these!!! :o)

Editor's Recipe: Cookie Baking Tips

Welcome Cookie Club and Cake Club members, we hope you'll join us here on our new "What's For Dinner Tonight?" Blog!!!

Okay, so I know cookies aren't for dinner... sorry to disappoint the kids, but here are two great tips I learned from the Wilton baking company.

The first is when making cut out cookies. Roll the dough right onto the baking sheet and remove the extra dough from there instead of rolling the dough out onto the counter. This way, you won't mess up the shape of the cookies when trying to transfer them.

A second great tip they had was to place the cookie cutter back on each cookie one at a time, to add sprinkles. We always make a big mess when adding sprinkles (like all over the baking sheet, off onto the counter and who knows where else) so I thought this was a super idea as well.

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