Fall is officially here in our area. The temperatures have dropped from highs in the 90’s last week and are expected to fall into the 60’s later this week. Brrrr. When the temperature begins to drop, I bring out the fall decor and start preparing fall treats. What better way to celebrate the dip in temperature than with cute fall food? Acorns are such a big part of fall decor that I decided the acorn theme could extend to cooking as well. A couple of weeks ago I made easy acorn doughnuts. They were so cute I decided to make a new acorn recipe; these Easy Peanut Butter Acorn Treats.
Easy Peanut Butter Acorn Treats
I love these snacks because they come together so quickly. They only contain four easy to find ingredients too. That means I can make a batch for an entire class of kids in around 15 minutes. There’s no baking time, no setting or freezing time, just quick treats kids will enjoy.
Here’s what you need to make them:
For 30 “acorns”
30 vanilla wafers
30 peanut butter chips (find them in the baking aisle with the chocolate chips)
30 chocolate kisses (I used Hershey’s.)
1/2 cup peanut butter
Here’s how to make them:
Step 1: Turn vanilla wafers so flat side is facing up.
Step 2: Cover the bottom of each candy kiss with a small amount of peanut butter. Use enough to cover the entire bottom-approximately 1/4 teaspoon per kiss.
Step 3: Attach the candy kiss to the vanilla wafer.
Step 4: Spread a dab of peanut butter onto the bottom of a peanut butter chip.
Step 5: Attach the peanut butter chip to the top of the vanilla wafer.
Voila! You’re done. Each peasy. This easy peanut butter acorn treats recipe is a great “beginning cooking lesson” for kids. They can assemble the treats themselves. Give them a butter knife or spoon to spread the peanut butter. Bonus-kids love to eat and share what they cook.
Printable Recipe
- 30 vanilla wafers
- 30 peanut butter chips (find them in the baking aisle with the chocolate chips)
- 30 chocolate kisses (I used Hershey’s.)
- 1/2 cup peanut butter
- Step 1: Turn vanilla wafers so flat side is facing up.
- Step 2: Cover the bottom of each candy kiss with a small amount of peanut butter. Use enough to cover the entire bottom-approximately 1/4 teaspoon per kiss.
- Step 3: Attach the candy kiss to the vanilla wafer.
- Step 4: Spread a dab of peanut butter onto the bottom of a peanut butter chip.
- Step 5: Attach the peanut butter chip to the top of the vanilla wafer.
Cooking Tips
*If you would like this recipe to be gluten-free, substitute gluten-free vanilla wafers.
*If you are allergic to peanuts, almond butter or sunflower butter can be substituted. Use a chocolate chip as a topper instead of the peanut butter chip.
What are your favorite fall treats? Have you made anything like out peanut butter acorn treats? How do you get your kids to help in the kitchen?
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I agree! BREAK ALL THE FALL GOODIES AND LET’S PLAY!!! YAAY.. By the way, what area are you located? I’m in GA. Yes, the temp did drop tremendously. I’ve never made peanut butter acorn treats before and I love how it’s beginner friendly. I am always looking for things to do with my two daughter. This is is a good one. So thanks for sharing this recipe. I definitely want to give this a try.
Wow, indeed such so easy to do. We can add this up for the Halloween treats. Will just add some Halloween vibes so kids would love it more.
Those really are super easy! The kids love my peanut butter recipes too.
Those are a really great treat idea! They would be really great with the kids.
Love this recipe idea! I love peanut butter dessert or snack. I am pretty sure my kids would love to try this recipe!
How cute are these! And I love all the ingredients! Can’t wait to make these acorn treats!
This is such a fun idea. I love how simple they are to make too. That just means my daughters can help out as well. They love doing recipes like these.
Wow, this looks so cute to be eaten. I love the fact that it could also be gluten-free! -www.travelberries.com
Oh so cute! What a great treat for fall. For sure my kids will love it!
This is such a clever idea. My kiddos would love assisting me with making them. Looking forward to giving this a try.
Adorable! My local Dollar Tree is stocking mini vanilla wafers. They would be awesome for this. I need to make some of these for my neighbor kids.
These are so cute and my son is asking to make them for his teachers. Who I am sure would enjoy these new treats.
Oh my gosh that looks so cute! I love how easy this is. I can definitely make these. Would be a fun treat to give the kids at my kiddos to school.
These are so adorable – they really do look like acorns as well! So sweet. Love they are simple to make as well!
These are so cute! I’ve always wanted to make something like this and I love how easy your recipe is. I need to make these for Thanksgiving.
These are so easy to throw together. Something even the grandkids can help make. See how many they eat while making them
This is such a great idea! I need to make these with my kids. We are all about having cookies in the house, especially fun ones like these.
Those are so cute! They’re perfect for fall. I think I’m going to make up a batch of these for people to snack on for Thanksgiving.
What a cute fall themed treat. I know my kids would get a huge kick out of these.