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No-Bake Eclairs | Recipe

November 9, 2010 By Laura 6 Comments

No-Bake Eclairs

No- Bake Eclairs

I’m going to be quite honest with you here:  This dessert of no-bake eclairs is quick, easy, and sooooo good.

I’m going to be even more honest than that:  It’s not quite like real eclairs.   It’s more of a…. fun spin-off, of real eclairs.  But you know, everyone is going to eat them all up, just like that, anyway.  So does it really matter?

I’m thinking, ‘not really’.  So here we go….
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No-Bake Eclair(s)

002 Participating Ingredients:

  • *Graham Crackers

* The kind we actually prefer is the Nabisco  Grahams Original, in the red box.

  • 2 boxes Instant Vanilla Pudding
  • 8 oz. Cool Whip
  • 1 can Chocolate Frosting (Milk Chocolate of Chocolate Fudge), and 2 Tbs. Milk
  • 3 1/2 cups Milk
  • (tad of Butter, if making in cake pan)


Now there’s 2 ways you can make this no-bake eclairs dessert.  It’s all just layering of pudding mixture and cracker until the topping, either way.

  No- Bake Eclairs

The original recipe I got was made in a 9″ x 13″ cake pan.  This is the easiest and fastest way to make it.  If you make it this way, just coat pan with a rub of butter first.

But we had another idea that we are sharing with you here. It takes a bit more time, but we didn’t mind.

We wanted to make cute little individual servings, in the 4 oz hard plastic clear cups.

First step:  Mix all of the pudding and the milk with the blender in a good sized bowl, let it get thick.  Then add the container of Cool Whip in and mix.


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Over a little bowl, break graham crackers into roundish pieces, to fit the bottom of about 11 4 oz cups.

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They don’t have to be perfect.
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As you do this, save the crumbs and little pieces you are breaking off. They will not go to waste!
(You need ’em….so don’t eat ’em!)

006 ….because you are going to put them on top of that cracker circle, like this.

Next, on top of the crumbled crackers in each cup, add a few plops of pudding/Cool Whip mixture to less than half way up the cup…

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….and then add a good layer of just crumbled graham crackers.

Then more pudding/Cool Whip mixture.

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For the top layers, you do want to use another circle of graham cracker fitting for the larger tops, and then just use up the crumbled cracker you have to put on top and fill in the sides, etc.

Now in a separate little bowl, add the chocolate frosting and 2 Tbs. of milk, mixing it all together to make it nice and creamy, and easily spreadable.

No- Bake Eclairs

Using a spoon, carefully put some on the tops of every cup, and spread it around a little.

Now if you wanted to make the cake pan version, it can be a lot easier and faster.  The layering is all the same, but any crumbling is really not necessary, since there is not a lot of custom fitting to do with the crackers!  So you just lay crackers in a single layer, all over to cover the bottom of the pan, and start your layers.

So whether the cups or the pan, the layers go as follows, with the 1st layer being at the bottom:

  • 6th layer – frosting (w/ 2 Tbs milk)  mixture
  • 5th layer – graham cracker
  • 4th layer – pudding / cool whip mixture (the rest of the mixture, for the pan)
  • 3rd layer – graham cracker (flat in pan, crumbles only in cups)
  • 2nd layer – pudding / cool whip mixture (about 1/2 the mixture, for the pan)
  • 1st layer – graham cracker (& crumbles in cups)

No- Bake Eclairs

The layers look really nice in the clear cups. When the cups are all filled, put them in the fridge to chill and set a little, until you are ready to serve them.

No- Bake Eclairs

They are ready to serve and enjoy!!

(Go ahead and lick the cup when you get to the bottom.  We won’t tell. ; )

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Banana Cream Cocoa | Hot Drink Treat Recipe

March 17, 2010 By Laura 5 Comments

If you love chocolate and bananas, you just might love this hot sweet treat, in a cup:  Banana Cream Cocoa.

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I do love chocolate. Don’t all women?  I also love bananas. But somewhere along the way, I saw a pattern, and realized eating raw bananas is not a good idea for me. My stomach goes to hell and back, trying to digest it.  Lots of pain involved. (Does anyone else have this issue?).  But, I can eat bananas cooked in all other forms:  banana bread, banana nut crunch, banana pancakes, Banana Hannah, (just kidding.  Wasn’t me. Swear.)  And once upon a time, I loved eating chocolate covered bananas. Oh how I loved those.  So Banana Cream Cocoa sounded good to me!  We made some yesterday.

banana-cream-cocoa-2 Participating Ingredients:

  • 3 cups milk
  • 1 chopped banana
  • 2 Tbsp. sugar
  • 1 tsp. cinnamon
  • 4 oz. chopped milk chocolate*
  • 1 oz. chopped bittersweet chocolate*

*This time, we chopped chocolate bars with a serrated blade knife.

3_milk Bring 3 cups of milk…..

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1 chopped banana….
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2  Tbsp. sugar….
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…and 1 tsp. of cinnamon to a boil, whisking frequently.
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Add 4 oz. chopped milk chocolate, and 1 oz. bittersweet chocolate….
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banana-cream-cocoa-3 ….and mix some more.

…until all of the chocolate is melted nicely.

Remove from heat, and let sit 1 minute.

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Pour mixture into blender….
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….and puree.
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banana-cream-cocoa Divide into 4 mugs, and go bananas!

Note:  My kids and husband loved it, but a couple of them did think it was very strong in banana, and maybe cinnamon, so you may want to cut those amounts-but of course it’s a personal taste.  I found, when it cooled down enough in my mug, it was delicious!

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How to Make Chocolate Dipped Pretzels

January 21, 2009 By Laura 8 Comments

We thought you all deserved some nice treat ideas.  So we’d like to share some steps on how to make chocolate dipped pretzels!
It’s a fun treat to make and eat!

How to make chococlate dipped pretzels

Last year for our Christmas gathering with some family, we made these pretty pretzel rods drizzled with chocolate.  Our visiting family even wanted to get in on the fun, and make their own! We simply melted chocolate, and drizzled it over the rod, slowly turning it as we did so.  Then we sprinkled on some of our favorite decorative sprinkle balls!

This year, we’ve done something similar (a few times!), but with a TWIST!!  : )

How to make chococlate dipped pretzels
Participating Ingredients.

Get it??  With a TWIST??   (ROFL…..perhaps by myself.  I should probably get up now.)

3 Ingredients!:

  • Mini Pretzel Twists
  • Hershey’s Chocolate Chips
  • Decorative Sprinkle Balls

These are SO easy to make, and your kids will have SO-MUCH-FUN helping!!  Our kids sure do!  Here we go……

How to make chococlate dipped pretzels

Get some water in the bottom portion of a double boiler pan.  You want to put the burner on MEDIUM, and wait for the water to be ‘just about ready’ to boil.  Once it’s to that point, it’s good enough to turn it down to LOW, and put the top portion of the double boiler pan on.

How to make chococlate dipped pretzels

Now pour in the top pan, a small amount (maybe equivalent to a couple of handfuls…but exactness is not that important) of chocolate chips into ONE SIDE of the pan.  You kind of want them in a small pile, so that it makes dipping easier.

How to make chococlate dipped pretzels

Use a spoon, and keep stirring the chips, letting them slowly melt, until the chocolate is really melty and smooth.  Once it is, you’re ready for ……..

How to make chococlate dipped pretzels

….some dipping!!

Bring the just dipped pretzel (or 2, if you can do 2 at once) over to a counter space, and sprinkle your sprinkles onto the wet hot chocolate.

How to make chococlate dipped pretzels

We suggest doing this over an empty container.  They are very bouncy……so otherwise you’d be finding them all over the place  until Easter 2012.   You can also re-use what you catch in the container for other pretzels, over another container.

How to make chococlate dipped pretzels

Simply place them on a wax paper lined cookie sheet – spaced nicely so they don’t touch each other.

Just another photo, because I had to take it.

How to make chococlate dipped pretzels

Repeat this process of dipping, sprinkling and laying, adding more chips to your pan as needed, and giving it little stirs to keep it melty and smooth as you go.

Once a tray is full………

How to make chococlate dipped pretzels

….pop it into the refrigerator. (And begin a new tray, of course!)  Putting them in the fridge will help the chocolate harden.  Generally speaking, they need to be KEPT cool, until they are popped into your mouth, or the chocolate on the pretzels will get melty on your hands. (unlike m&m’s….and we know why.  They do not have that hard candy shell. lol)  (These don’t talk either. Sorry.)

How to make chococlate dipped pretzels

We think they are pretty enough (and tasty enough) to give as little gifts too!  We used these nice little clear bags, found in the stores where they sell chocolate melts, and supplies to make chocolate lollipops, etc. (In our case, our local Michael’s Arts & Crafts) We tied them off with silver twist ties. Who doesn’t love chocolate?  Warning though:  the sweet then salty thing going on, may keep you popping more in your mouth than you meant to!

How to make chococlate dipped pretzels

Sweet, huh??

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