Christmas Crack Recipe – AKA Saltine Toffee Candy (SO Good!)

This Christmas Crack Recipe is easy to make (AND only 4 ingredients). It's also known as Saltine Toffee Candy and is SO good!

Christmas Crack Recipe – The BEST Recipe and SO easy!

Okay, let me just preface this post by saying that's the most horrible name for a recipe, but it's the only way to describe just how good and addictive this stuff is. . . I promise, you will LOVE every bite!

My sister made this plain ole' amazing Christmas Crack Recipe a few years ago, and oh-my-heavens it was fantastic.

It's so simple to make, but  turns a plain old saltine into utter bliss.  

{You might just need to ask someone hide the batch so that you don't eat the entire pan yourself. . . that's what I'll be doing when I make it here!}

This is a very economically friendly recipe and can be made ANY time of year.  It would be fun to take along to any New Years Eve get togethers! But . . . to make the very best Christmas Crack there are a few things you need to know before you start.

🍴TIP: This awesome dessert is also found in our Celebration Menu Planning Made Easy Set! 

How to make Christmas Crack:

First, grab your ingredients, a baking sheet, a pan, and cooking spray.  You may also want to line your baking sheet with aluminum foil to make cleanup a bit easier!

• saltines  (some people have used graham crackers too!)
• butter
• brown sugar
• chocolate chips

Once you have your ingredients, and your pan lined and sprayed WELL with cooking spray, place your saltines in one even layer on the baking sheet.  Be sure to place them salt side down so the “salty” hits your tongue first when eating.  Go ahead and preheat your oven to 400 degrees as you're doing this.

Next, add your butter and brown sugar to your pan on the stovetop and stir constantly until boiling (you want to make sure the butter mixture doesn't burn).

Once the mixture starts to boil, continue to cook 3 – 5 minutes, until the butter mixture thickens.

Pour the butter mixture over the crackers and then bake in your oven for 5 or 6 minutes. Once it is finished baking, allow to cook for about 2 – 3 minutes and then sprinkle with chocolate chips.

Once the chocolate chips start to slightly melt, take a knife and gently spread the chocolate over the crackers.

Let this all cool in the fridge for a bit, then break into pieces and enjoy!

If you're baking much as we head into the new year, you'll definitely want to add this Christmas Crack recipe to your to-bake list, as it only requires a few simple ingredients so you'll have a delicious treat at a rock bottom price. I'm betting you have everything you need right in your kitchen already!

I'd love to hear if you try this one or have a variation on it, because I'm planning to make it at our house SO soon. 

Helpful Tips:

• The recipe calls for unsalted butter, but I have made this with regular salted butter and it was fine
• Put a larger pan underneath your pan in case any butter mixture seeps over

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Christmas Crack {AKA Saltine Toffee Candy}

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter NOT margarine - original recipe calls for unsalted butter but I've used both
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 1/2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 40 saltine crackers

Instructions

• Heat oven to 400.
• Line 12x17 cookie sheet with foil and spray well with cooking spray.
• Layer the saltine crackers on top of the foil.
• Heat butter and sugar on stovetop and heat until gently boiling, stirring constantly.
• Reduce heat to low boiling and cook, uncovered, between 3 and 5 minutes, until the mixture is thickened and sugar is dissolved. (Be careful to avoid burning the butter and sugar- that will ruin the recipe, but do make sure the sugar is dissolved and mixture is thickening. This is by far the trickiest part of the recipe ~ just make sure it thickens and dissolves but does not burn.)
• Pour butter and sugar mixture over crackers and spread evenly.
• Bake 5-6 minutes in oven.
• Remove pan from oven and let cool 3 minutes, then sprinkle chocolate chips evenly over brown sugar mixture.
• As chocolate chips melt, carefully spread into an even layer over the toffee layer using a knife. (Note - I pop the pan back in the oven for about 20 seconds after sprinkling on chocolate chips so that they melt faster.)
• Refrigerate for one hour.
• Break into bite-sized pieces and serve. . . yum, store covered in refrigerator.

Do you have a favorite treat that you love to make and take along to gatherings? Leave a comment sharing the recipe, and feel free to link to it on your blog or another page, and we might just sample it here!