Ritz Cracker Cookies

4.44 from 30 votes

on Nov 27, 2021, Updated Nov 06, 2024

These Ritz Cracker Cookies are the perfect salty sweet dessert! Creamy peanut butter ritz cracker sandwiches are dipped into melted chocolate and topped with holiday sprinkles or sea salt flakes.

These are the perfect salty sweet treat!

Ritz crackers are a classic favorite snack, but have you made a ritz cracker dessert yet?

The lightly salty light and buttery flavor of ritz makes for the most delicious sweet treats. Ritz Cracker Toffee and these ritz cracker cookies need to be on your holiday baking list for sure!

These ritz cookies are my ultimate favorite combination.

Three ritz crackers are sandwiches with creamy peanut butter, dipped in melted chocolate and topped with flaky sea salt.

Every bite is chocolate peanut buttery goodness with the perfect salty sweet ratio.

If you’re a peanut butter and chocolate lover like me, these cookies and these rice krispies peanut butter balls need to be on your holiday baking list!

stacked cookies with the top one missing a bite

The full recipe with instructions is at the bottom of this post.

Ingredients to make ritz cookies

Ritz crackers
Creamy no stir peanut butter
Dark chocolate chips
Semi sweet chocolate chips
Flaked sea salt or holiday sprinkles

How to make ritz cracker cookies

Step 1: Line a cookie sheet with wax paper. Place the rows of ritz crackers flat side facing up. Top each cracker with a layer of creamy peanut butter, then place another ritz cracker flat side facing up on top.

Add another layer of peanut butter and finish with a third ritz cracker with the top showing the rounded side.

Recipe Tip

Each cookie should have ritz flat side up, peanut butter, another ritz flat side up, peanut butter, then ritz rounded side up. Both ends will have the rounded side facing outwards.

ritz cracker cookies topped with peanut butter

Step 2: Melt the dark chocolate chips and semi sweet chocolate chips in the microwave until smooth.

Be careful not to burn the chocolate chips. Stir every 30 seconds, or as necessary, until melted and smooth.

I liked the blend of rich dark chocolate and sweeter semi sweet chocolate, but you could do any kind of chocolate you want. White chocolate would be fun too, especially for the holidays!

dipping a ritz cookie into melted chocolate

Step 3: Use a fork to dip each ritz cookie into the melted chocolate, shake off the excess, then place it back onto the baking sheet.

Step 4: Sprinkle the tops immediately with flaked sea salt or sprinkles immediately before the chocolate hardens.

Place the ritz cookies in the fridge to chill for 1 – 2 hours, or until the chocolate is hardened.

How To Store

Once the chocolate has hardened, you can keep these in an airtight container or ziploc bag in the fridge or freezer.

This no bake dessert is one of my top favorites. If you grew up loving ritz crackers, you will love these!

Ritz cookies are great for Christmas and the holidays, or any time of year when you want something quick for your sweet tooth.

I would like a bag of these in my freezer at all times, please!

These are also a great dairy free dessert if you use dairy free chocolate chips.

These and our Dairy Free Chocolate Chip Cookies would make your allergy friendly guests so happy!

ritz cracker cookies with red and green sprinkles

Ways to customize this recipe

Wait until the chocolate hardens and drizzle melted white chocolate over the top for a color contrast
Top the cookies with sprinkles for any holiday
Use cookie butter, almond butter, or sunflower seed butter

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ritz cracker cookies whole and cut in half

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4.44 from 30 votes