Oct 12

Oct 12 DIY: Edible Sukkah

Graham crackers, pretzel sticks and rosemary sprigs are transformed into a sukkah

Sukkot is a holiday that reminds us to be thankful and happy for all we have! Long ago, farmers lived in sukkahs (little booths) for seven days bringing in their crops. Afterwards, they celebrated knowing they would have enough food to last throughout winter. One traditional way to mark the holiday is to build and decorate a sukkah! Our family has built a sukkah a few times in our backyard, and it is a wonderful undertaking!

To “build” a sukkah on a smaller scale, you can make DIY edible sukkahs! Make several, and invite friends over to have an edible sukkah decorating party! We also have a new post showing the step-by-step photos of making our graham cracker Sukkah!

To construct your edible sukkah, you’ll need just three items:

3 Graham crackers (one for the back of the sukkah and two for side walls)
Melted chocolate (to “glue” the walls together)
Thin pretzel sticks (become the “tree branches” on top of the sukkah)

Dip the graham cracker edges in the melted chocolate, and glue it to two other graham crackers to form three walls. You can place it to dry on a hard surface covered with parchment paper. Lay the back wall against the parchment paper and use small drinking glasses to support the side-walls.

After the chocolate has hardened, stand your sukkah up. Take pretzel sticks, dip the tips in chocolate and place them on top of the sukkah. Leave a little space between each pretzel branch so at night, you can look up to see the stars in the sky!

We like making different sized sukkahs, so experiment with your kids to make a design they like.

To decorate each sukkah, you’ll need:

Pre-made frosting (glue)
Assorted small candies and fruit cereal
Rosemary sprigs (become the branches on top of the pretzel sticks)

When the chocolate dries, it becomes a very sturdy structure - perfect for small hands to decorate. We like using frosting to glue on mini M & M’s, fruit cereal, sprinkles and other small and colorful candies. You can top your sukkah with fresh rosemary. It looks just like branches on a tree!

Your children can make a little sukkah village for a table top decoration - or eat it right away!

If you’d like, you can say a blessing before eating your edible sukkah!

Ba-ruch A-tah A-do-noi, Elo-hai-nu Me-Lech Ha-o-lam, Bo-rai Mi-nai Me-zo-not.

We love making edible sukkahs so much, that this year, we decided to share step-by-step photos of making a graham cracker sukkah! If you want to see the process, be sure to click here!