Homemade Uncrustable Recipe – Make at Home and Save Money!

Homemade Uncrustables Recipe

If your kiddos LOVE Uncrustables, but you hate the cost (seriously – $1.09 per sandwich is BONKERS!)….. check out this easy homemade Uncrustables recipe.  The best part is you can customize them however your family likes AND you can freeze to use at another time.

Here’s how to make Uncrustables at home!

Gather up your ingredients:

• Peanut Butter or Nut Free Butter
• Jelly
• or Hazelnut Spread! (I only recently learned about Nutella Uncrustables but BOY do they sound good)
• Bread (You’ll want soft sliced bread)
• Decruster Sandwich Sealer Tool

How to Make Homemade Uncrustables:

1. Slather some peanut butter in the center of the bread (not too close to the edges since you’ll lose them.)  Note that if you spread the peanut butter too far from the center, the spread will get in the way of the cutter being able to form a seal along the edges.

TIP: I like to put peanut butter on both sides of the bread so it keeps the sandwiches from getting soggy.  Also it makes them more filling for hungry kiddos.

2. Plop some jelly on each piece of bread and spread it out. (Ignore this photo – I started out with TOO MUCH JELLY but was in a hurry to take pictures!)

I ended up using a little less on each sandwich. If your family doesn’t like nut butters you could also just make these as jelly sandwiches!

3. Then use the your Uncrustable Maker to remove the crusts from your homemade uncrustables.

Be sure to press down on the outsides only of the de-cruster so you get a nice seal on the sandwich.  If the toppings are oozing out the sides (like my first attempt above) you won’t get a picture perfect seal but they’ll still be okay.

4.  Freeze for quick lunch packing and easy after-school snacks!

Wrap your sandwiches in plastic bags, foil, or saran wrap, and place in larger freezer bag. Be sure to label which type of sandwich you’ve made if you have picky Peanut Butter & Jelly eaters like I do. You can flash freeze on a baking sheet if you’d like, but it’s not 100% necessary.

I have a crunchy-peanut-butter-and-jelly-eater, creamy-peanut-butter-only-eater, and creamy-peanut-butter-and-jelly-eater at home, so I love that I can make all of them at once this way!

I love how making your own Uncrustables let’s you control the ingredients AND saves you money!

Let’s price compare Uncrustables you buy in the store with Uncrustables you make at home:

Store Bought Uncrustables: $1.09 each (4 ct Box for $4.34)

Homemade Uncrustables: 61¢ each

Here – I’ll show you the math using Walmart brand pricing (note that pricing may vary due to location / time of year):

Great Value Bread – $1.42
Great Value Jelly – $2.74
Great Value Peanut Butter – $1.94

One loaf of bread makes *10* sandwiches and you’ll still have WAY MORE than half of your PB&J left for the next batch.  So you’re looking at about $6 cost for 10 Uncrustables, or 61¢ each.

Grab this Uncrustable Maker – and let me know your favorite Uncrustables flavors that you would make!

Print Recipe

Homemade Uncrustable Sandwiches

Ingredients

• Peanut Butter
• Jelly
• Bread
• Decruster Tool

Instructions

• Gather your ingredients
• Add peanut butter to the center part of your bread on both sides 
• Add your jelly on each sandwich and spread out 
• Use your decruster tool to remove the crusts 
• Wrap the sandwiches in plastic bags, foil, or Saran Wrap and place into large freezer bags.  
• Be sure to label the type of sandwiches included in the bag and the date you placed them into the freezer

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