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Candy train made from Graham crackers in front of a Christmas tree
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Christmas Candy Train

Learn how to make an adorable Christmas candy train using graham crackers.
Prep Time45 minutes

Ingredients

For Each Train Car

  • Graham Cracker Sheets (4 per train car, 8 per engine)
  • 4 Oreo Cookies (per car or engine)
  • White Chocolate chips or white candy melts
  • Mini M&Ms
  • Sprinkles
  • 2 Miniature Reeses Cups (for the engine chimney)
  • 1 Peppermint Stick (to decorate the engine)
  • 1 Wreath Shaped Cookie (to decorate the engine)

Instructions

To Make a Train Car

  • Place white chocolate chips in a small sandwich bag and microwave for about 40 seconds until melted. Snip a small portion of one corner of the bag off so that you can "pipe" the white chocolate and use it to "glue" the graham crackers together.
    Melted white chocolate in a ziptop bag, snip off corner
  • Break one graham cracker sheet in half. Optional: Use a sharp knife to trim the halves into squares. (Place one half on top of the other, and rotate it 90 degrees. Trim the portion of each cracker that overhangs the other.)
    Two graham cracker halves, cut square
  • Place one full graham cracker down in the middle of your work surface, horizontally. Place another full cracker just above it, and a third just below it. Place each of the graham cracker squares to the right and left of the original cracker. Pipe white chocolate onto each of the graham crackers except the center one as you see in the photo (along three sides, leaving the side furthest from the center graham cracker empty).
    Graham crackers with melted white chocolate for "glue"
  • Lift the outer edge of each of the four outside graham crackers to form a box. It's easiest to fold up the two longer crackers first and hold them both with one hand, then fold up each of the square crackers. Press along the bottom edges of the graham crackers to make sure they are snug against the center cracker, which now acts as the base of the box.
    Graham cracker box for train car
  • Wait 5-10 minutes until the chocolate has firmed up before proceeding. If you constructed your box on a paper plate, you can put it in the fridge or freezer to speed this up.
  • If you don't care whether the wheels hold the train car up off the ground, simply use more melted chocolate to glue on Oreos for wheels. (This is easier and what I would recommend for young children.) If you DO want the wheels to hold the train car up, break an extra graham cracker into 4 pieces. Stack the pieces 2 high and set the train car on top of it so it is raised off the table. Then pipe chocolate onto the top half of four Oreos, and press the Oreos to the side of the train car.
    melted white chocolate on Oreos to be glued onto train car
  • Do not move the car until the chocolate holding on the wheels has set (5-10 minutes). However, as long as you don't move the car you can continue to decorate it.
    Graham cracker train car with Oreo wheels
  • Decorate train car as desired. We piped chocolate on the seams where the crackers meet and added mini M&Ms. We piped more chocolate along the top edges of the car and decorated with sprinkles. When everything is completely set, fill the train car with candy.
    Graham cracker train car decorated with M&Ms and sprinkles

To Make a Train Engine

  • Begin by repeating steps 1-4 above to create a basic "box" for a train car. Glue a fifth graham cracker on top so you have a closed box.
    Box made of graham crackers
  • Use three more graham crackers to create a smaller "box" that will form the top of the engine. This time use 3 half crackers and 2 crackers that have been trimmed into squares. Lay them out and add chocolate the same way you did for the train car.
    Graham crackers with melted white chocolate for "glue"
  • Lift up the outer crackers to form a smaller box the same way you did for the train car.
    Small box made of graham crackers
  • Wait 5-10 minutes for the small box to set up, then pipe chocolate along the top edges. Pick it up and place it chocolate side down on the larger box.
    Train engine made from graham crackers
  • Add wheels the same way you did for the train car.
  • Decorate the engine as desired. We used chocolate to glue a wreath shaped cookie and peppermint stick on the front of the engine. We also used two miniature Reese's cups to make a chimney. Finally, we added mini M&Ms and sprinkles.
    Decorated Christmas candy train made from graham crackers

Notes

You do not *have to* trim the graham crackers square in step 2. Doing so gives you room to add mini M&Ms up the seam where the crackers meet if you want to make yours look the same as the photos. If you don't care about that, go ahead and skip trimming.