A super easy Graham Cracker Crust recipe made of just three staple ingredients! Comes out thick, buttery and lightly sweet. Perfectly adaptable for vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free diets! Use it to make my healthy homemade chocolate pie!
As much as I love a good pie (like pumpkin pie or blueberry pie), I think I might like the crust better.
After all, if there’s any dough leftover or a particular piece with a lot of crust – I claim that for myself!
I’m a huge fan of my homemade pie crust recipe, but some pies are just better with a graham cracker crust, don’t you agree?
After a few trials, I’ve perfected a healthier version of a homemade graham cracker crust!
Healthy Graham Cracker Crust
Whether you care that this particular recipe is healthy or not, I can promise you that it is:
- Delicious
- Thick
- Buttery
- Super easy
- Not CRAZY sweet, but just sweet enough
- Just THREE staple ingredients
- Easily adaptable for vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free diets
Plus it tastes WAY better than the store-bought Keebler kind – hands down!
3 Ingredients for No Bake Graham Cracker Crust Recipe
Here is all you need:
- Graham Crackers
- Brown Sugar (OR granulated sugar + molasses)
- Melted Butter
See? Totally basic and probably already in your kitchen. You can do this!
Plus, this recipe is PERFECT for gluten-free folks.
Choose your favorite gluten-free crackers and get to baking! (I’ve tested Pamela brand and Annie’s brand – both are available at Amazon and Thrive Market.
If you can’t find gluten-free graham crackers, try looking for cookies. Any cinnamon or honey flavored cookie will work as well!)
Also, if you don’t have brown sugar, you can easily make your own! Details are in the recipe below, but just combined your preferred granulated sugar and molasses!
How do you make a graham cracker crust from scratch?
Easy peasy!
- Crush the graham crackers into crumbs using a blender or food processor (I recommend a food processor for this one).
- Add the sugar and melted butter until the mixture sticks together when pressed between your fingers.
- Press the crust into your pie pan!
Do you have to prebake a graham cracker crust?
No! This crust doesn’t require baking, making it perfect for no-bake desserts like cheesecake or healthy chocolate pie or coconut blueberry pie.
How do you make a graham cracker crust that doesn’t fall apart?
The key is to prevent it from falling apart is butter. You want to start with melted butter and make sure it coats all the graham cracker crumbs thoroughly. If it’s not mixed well BEFORE you make the crust, it will crumble as you make your pie.
Want to make pumpkin pie with graham cracker crust?
Go right ahead! Follow my recipe for a healthy pumpkin pie, but use this crust recipe instead. Bake as directed!
What to serve with graham cracker pie crust?
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A super easy Graham Cracker Crust recipe made of just three staple ingredients! Comes out thick, buttery and lightly sweet. Perfectly adaptable for vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free diets! Use it to make my healthy homemade chocolate pie!
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Total Time: 15 minutes
- Yield: 4–6 Servings 1x
- Category: Dessert
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
- 2 cups graham cracker crumbs (14 sheets of graham crackers)
- 1/3 cup brown sugar (OR any granulated sugar with ½ tsp molasses)
- ½ cup butter, melted (8 Tbsp)
Instructions
- Break the graham crackers into a food processor (or blender) and process until they resembled fine crumbs.
- Add the brown sugar (or granulated sugar + molasses) and melted butter and process until the crumbs are thoroughly mixed and coated with butter, about 2-4 minutes.
- Pour the crumbs into your favorite pie dish (I like using my 8” springform pan) and press FIRMLY into the bottom and sides of the dish.
- There’s no need to bake – continue with your favorite no bake pie recipe and enjoy!
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