Healthy Graham Crackers… perfect for s’mores!
The first time I ever heard of a s’more was during a girl-scout camping trip. The troop leaders handed us each a skewered marshmallow and told us to have at it.
“What? You actually want me to stick the marshmallow into the white-hot flames?”
Yes, yes they did. And it was glorious. I especially loved when the marshmallows would catch fire and burn to a gorgeous black crisp. Of course the burnt mallows didn’t yield the tastiest results, but most of the fun of s’mores is making them.
These homemade & healthy graham crackers are so delicious they almost steal the show from the ooey-gooey filling. Almost. Once you try this homemade version, you’ll never want to go back to Nabisco again.
Have you ever made a s’more? S’mores remind me of cozy, warm campfires and singing silly songs while eating girl scout cookies and burning more marshmallows than we ever actually consumed.
Healthy Graham Crackers
- 1 cup + 2 tbsp white, whole wheat, or oat flour
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp + 1/8 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp + 1/8 tsp salt
- 2 to 3 tbsp sucanat or regular sugar
- 1/8 tsp uncut stevia OR 2 more tbsp sugar
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 2 tbsp pure maple syrup, honey, or agave
- 1/4 cup oil (See link for a lower-fat version. Also, I highly recommend unrefined coconut oil for this recipe, but I think vegetable oil would be fine.)
- 2 tbsp water
Combine dry ingredients. Combine wet in a separate bowl, then mix together. Form a ball with your hands (or, if you don’t want to get your hands dirty, put the mixture in a plastic bag and squish into a ball). Place the ball on a piece of wax paper, then place another sheet on top and use a rolling pin to flatten the dough into very thin (graham-cracker) width. Cut into squares or cookie-cuttered shapes, and place on a cookie sheet. Bake at 350 for 12-15 minutes, depending on whether you like your graham crackers super-soft or crispy. For vegan marshmallows: Trader Joes and Dandies brands both make vegan marshmallows, or Ricemellow Cream (in the photos) and even Smuckers marshmallow fluff are also vegan.
If desired, top with chocolate or Hot Chocolate Butter.
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Oh my gosh.
I would LOVE to turn this into a graham cracker crust..
And I would then put a pie in it.
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
These were delicious! Thanks for another great recipe. The only change I made was to add a little extra cinnamon because I always liked the cinnamon graham crackers best. Yum!
i only ever made a s’more once back in grade 7 on a class camping trip. but it was the best treat i ever had, so good! i love your version of it, especially since the “marshmallow” is literally oozing right off the chocolate! sticky and incredibly delicious all at the same time!!
xoxo <3
Ooooh, I’ve heard of s’mores but never had one – we don’t have graham crackers in Aus so a little hard to make them haha. And we don’t even have something similar – trust me, I trialled a bunch of stuff recently when I made your cookie dough dip and nothing even came close to working well or being similar. So now I’m super excited that I can make some to a) make s’mores with, and b) dip in my cookie dough dip next time 🙂 A rather good excuse to make some more dip I think hehehe
I made these last night… SO GOOD!! You are right, I will never go back to nabisco! Mine turned out crunchy like a cracker, which is perfect for the pumpkin pie dip I’m going to make with it. 🙂
Mmm, S’mores. The highlight of any camping trip summers I went to! I never even thought about making my own graham crackers! Very inventive 🙂
These look so good! Definitely making them tonight. How many crackers did it make?
I actually never bothered to re-roll the edges into crackers, so I’m not sure! But I think around ten squares? Or 20 little rectangles?
I just made these 😀 I used 2T instead of 3T of sugar, molasses instead of agave, and for some ridiculous reason, baking powder instead of salt…o_O I gave them to some 10 year olds who said they tasted like cookies! Very yummy. I’m super excited to be able to have graham crackers again!
haha aww too funny! I’m so glad the kids liked them!
O.M.G.!!! Totally turning these gluten free and making these tonight for me and my daughter for her Birthday Special Treat!!!
Those look so good! I’ve been wanting to make graham crackers for forever!
mmm….gooey chocolatey messes are the best kind! 😉
I quit eating sugar before all the vegan mallows came out!!!!! Think I may have to make an exception!
Hey Katie, do you know how many graham crackers this could make, or how many did you make out of this recipe? Also have you ever tried Dandies marshmallows? I just really can’t wait to eat some smores by the fire this winter! Thanks so much for this recipe. 🙂
As I told someone above, I actually never bothered to re-roll the edges into crackers, so I’m not sure! But I think around ten squares? Or 20 little rectangles?
And I’ve never tried the Dandies marshmallows, but I know a lot of people like them.
mmm I made these crackers yesterday, and then just had to whip up something chocolaty to dip them in (no vegan marshmallows in Sweden so smore’s are a no-go) I whirled some black beans, cocoa, applesauce, and sweetener together and called it a day on my sofa!
Speaking of dunking things, have you ever given thought to veganizing a biscotti recipe?
I actually don’t like biscotti, because I like my cookies super-soft… but I bet you could probably have a lot o success if you based a recipe off of one of the biscotti recipes from the cookbook “Vegan Cookies Invade your Cookie Jar.” Isa (the author) is a genius :).
Congrats on best baking blog award!! You deserve it! This smores graham crackers recipe was another one that I thought immediately should be doubled since it looked SO GOOD. So I did. And they come out AWESOME! I used stevia drops instead of the powdered variety, and for the SECOND (yes, that’s right, I quadrupled this recipe!) batch I used 1/2 cocoa (and reduced the flour by 1/4 cup) to make CHOCOLATE graham crackers. I found that the batter was too dry so I added just some extra water, maybe I should have added some more oil too, but they turned out fine. Recently I bought some chocolate graham crackers at the store, and they were just not that great. Kinda pasty and almost card-board-y tasting. BUT THESE are FABULOUS!!! Thanks Katie! Graham crackers for breakfast today! (and as a treat this week in the lunchbox!)
Oh yum!! I love your idea for chocolate ones!!! 🙂
Hey Katie, do you think these would work for a graham cracker crust recipe? Like, baked as instructed, cooled, and then blended in the food processor with a bit of vegan butter and pressed into a pie shell? I’m always looking for a good alternative to pre-made graham cracker crusts – there aren’t many!
Yes, they definitely would!!