Christmas Crack Recipe
Meet your new go-to holiday treat: Christmas cracker toffee, better known as Christmas crack! Sweet, crunchy, and ridiculously easy, it’s made with just a handful of ingredients, a few minutes of hands on time, and always disappears fast at parties!
Ingredients
- 42 saltine crackers
- 1 cup salted butter
- 1 cup brown sugar lightly packed
- 1 ½ cup chopped dark chocolate or dark chocolate chips
- fleur de sel or coarse sea salt for garnish
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375f. Meanwhile, chop or pre-measure 1 1/2 cups of chocolate, then line a baking sheet with parchment paper and lay out saltine crackers in neat, close rows on the prepared baking sheet.
- In a large saucepan, add 1 cup of salted butter and 1 cup of lightly packed brown sugar. Bring to a boil over medium low heat and allow to boil for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Carefully pour the caramel mixture over the saltine crackers and spread, trying to avoid moving around the crackers.
- Sprinkle the chocolate around the top of the caramel covered crackers and place in the preheated oven. Bake at 375f for 5 minutes.
- Remove the baking sheet from the oven and carefully spread the chocolate around in an even layer. Optional:Sprinkle the top of the chocolate with fleur de sel or flaked sea salt, if desired.
- Place baking sheet level in the fridge to cool for at least 2 hours.
- Once completely cooled, crack the Christmas cracker toffee and place in desired storage container.
Notes
Expert Tips:
- Use Good Chocolate: Always opt for high quality chocolate, it tends to melt better. I’ve made this recipe before and used a chocolate bar that seized in the oven and was gritty and awful! I’ve had great luck with Lindt bars.
- Chill: Don’t forget to allow your Christmas crack to cool sufficiently before breaking apart. The chocolate and caramel need to be completely set or you’ll run into issues.
- Be Gentle: Spread the caramel and chocolate gently! If you’re too vigorous, the crackers can shift causing pools of crunchy caramel, which while delicious, can affect how how much you’re able to spread it over the crackers
