These Graham Cracker Ghosts come together with just a few simple ingredients and make a festive snack for October afternoons, classroom parties, or a Halloween movie nights at home.
I love that this is such a creative snack that kids can get involved in making. They can spread the icing, decorate the ghosts, and use their imaginations to create a fun little ghost cracker.
Why You’ll Love These Graham Cracker Ghosts
- Uses just a handful of ingredients. All simple ingredients, nothing fancy.
- No baking required. Comes together in about 15 minutes.
- Fun for Halloween parties, homeschool snack time, or after-school treats.
- Kids can make each ghost have different expressions for creativity.
Baking + Learning = Fun!
Kids can spread the frosting, create their own ghost shapes, and decide where each chocolate chip face should go. No two ghosts have to look the same, which makes decorating even more fun. While you’re making them together, kids naturally get to practice:
- Fine motor skills while spreading the frosting
- Creativity by giving each ghost its own personality
- Hand-eye coordination when placing the chocolate chips
- Counting as they add the eyes and mouth
- Taking turns and working together in the kitchen
Ingredients
- Graham crackers: the base for each ghost.
- Frosting: spread into a soft ghost shape.
- Chocolate chips: used for the eyes and mouth.
How to Make
Step 1: Break the graham crackers into rectangles and arrange them on a plate or baking sheet.
Step 2: Spoon the frosting onto each graham cracker.
Step 3: Spread the frosting into a ghost shape using a butter knife or spoon. Remember that they don’t have to be perfectly shaped!
Step 4: Add two chocolate chips into the frosting for the eyes.
Step 5: Add one chocolate chip upside down for the ghost’s mouth.
Substitutions & Variations
- Give each ghost a different facial expression by changing the placement of the chocolate chips.
- Add Halloween sprinkles around the serving plate for a festive touch.
- Display them on a black platter for extra Halloween fun.
- Let everyone decorate their own ghost during a Halloween snack activity or party.
- Use different frosting colors or flavors.
If you’re planning a Halloween snack board or putting together a festive afternoon treat, these Ghost Graham Crackers pair well with a few other spooky favorites. Try Mummy Toast for a fun breakfast or lunch, add a Halloween Charcuterie Board for parties or family movie night, and finish with Monster Rice Krispie Treats for a sweet dessert that kids will enjoy decorating alongside the ghost crackers.
Storage
These are best enjoyed right after being made. You can store them for up to 2 days but the graham cracker will soften as they sit.
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Ghost Graham Crackers
Ingredients
- 12 individual graham crackers (3 full graham crackers broken into 4 rectangle pieces to make a total of 12)
- 1 cup frosting
- 36 chocolate chips
Instructions
- Arrange the graham cracker rectangles on a serving plate or tray.
- Spread vanilla frosting over each cracker, leaving the frosting within the cracker edges while shaping it into a ghost with soft folds and rounded waves at the bottom.
- Press two chocolate chips into each ghost for the eyes.
- Add one chocolate chip below the eyes, upside down, to create the mouth.
Notes
- The designs don’t have to be perfect, the ghosts look more fun when they’re all slightly different.
- A butter knife or offset spatula can work when spreading the icing.
- Chill briefly if the frosting becomes too soft.
