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Christmas Crack or Cracker Toffee recipe from The Country Cook.
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Christmas Crack (+ Video)

Christmas Crack is an easy, buttery, cracker toffee treat. Saltine crackers, butter, brown sugar and chocolate chips are all you need! Everyone loves this one!
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 6 minutes
Total Time 11 minutes
Servings 12
Calories 390kcal
Author Brandie Skibinski

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 400F degrees. Line a 10x15-inch rimmed baking sheet with nonstick aluminum foil (or use regular foil and spray generously with nonstick cooking spray.)
  • Cover cookie sheet evenly with 40 saltine crackers (1 sleeve). Set aside,
    crackers lined up on baking sheet.
  • In a medium saucepan over medium high heat, bring 1 cup salted butter (2 sticks) and 1 cup packed light brown sugar to boil, stirring continuously for about two minutes (it should be bubbly.)
    butter an brown sugar boiling in pot.
  • Remove from heat, stir in 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract.
    pouring vanilla extract into brown sugar and butter mixture in a saucepan.
  • Pour toffee mixture over crackers, then bake in preheated oven for 6 minutes.
    brown sugar butter mixture poured into crackers on a baking sheet.
  • Remove from oven, sprinkle tops of warm crackers with 12 ounce bag milk chocolate chips.
    evenly sprinkled chocolate chips on top of baked toffee crackers.
  • Allow chocolate to soften for a minute or two, then spread chocolate around evenly on top of crackers. Now is the time to add nuts or sprinkles evenly on top.
    melted chocolate evenly spread on top of crackers and topped with Christmas colored sprinkles.
  • Allow to cool, then break up into bite size pieces. You can speed up the cooling process by putting the tray in the refrigerator.
    stack of Christmas cracker toffee on a white platter with a glass of milk in the background.

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Notes

  • Use REAL butter - not margarine. Margarine won't set up properly because it has too much oil in it.
  • Salted butter is used to add to that slightly sweet and salty combination. If all you have is unsalted - use that - but I recommend salted. It really adds to the depth of flavor

Nutrition

Calories: 390kcal | Carbohydrates: 44g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 22g | Sodium: 261mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 35g
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