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This Christmas crack recipe is a delicious homemade candy that’s impossible to resist! It’s salty, sweet, crunchy, and filled with chocolate and caramel.
Christmas crack is a great treat and filler for holiday cookie plates, along with Butter Mints, Turtle Candy, and Gingerbread Cookies!
Reasons Why We Love It!
If you’ve never tried saltine cracker toffee before, it’s a homemade toffee made with saltine crackers, caramel sauce, and chocolate.
This candy recipe is deliciously crunchy and hard to resist (just like our classic Toffee Recipe and Pretzel Toffee).
- Simple. With a quick prep time, these are a favorite!
- Flavor. The salt of the saltine crackers balances out the sweetness perfectly.
- Sharing. We love to break this saltine toffee up into pieces and add the treats to our cookie plates.
Just a Few Ingredients
- Saltine Crackers – (about 35-40 crackers) You can also use Ritz crackers or graham crackers.
- Unsalted Butter
- Brown sugar – We use light brown sugar but dark works too.
- Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips – Higher quality chocolate like Ghirardelli, will melt and set the best. Change the flavor and use white chocolate chips, dark chocolate, peanut butter chips, or milk chocolate chips
- Sprinkles – Add chopped nuts (pecans, walnuts, or pistachios), crushed peppermints, holiday M&M’s, toffee bits, flaky sea salt, or a drizzle of white chocolate.
How to Make Christmas Crack
- PREP. Preheat the oven to 400°F. Line a 10×15-inch pan with aluminum foil, or parchment paper, and lightly grease.
- CRAKERS. Place the saltine crackers on the baking sheet to cover the entire pan in 1 layer of crackers.
- TOFFEE. Melt together the butter and sugar in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Once the butter is melted, bring it to a boil for 3 minutes while stirring constantly.
- BAKE. Carefully pour the mixture over the crackers. Spread it overtop so that all of the crackers are covered. Bake in the oven for 5 minutes. Remove from the oven and cool for 5 minutes.
- CHOCOLATE. Add the chocolate to a medium heatproof bowl. Microwave on medium power for 1-minute bursts, stirring between each. When the chocolate is almost melted, stir until smooth.
- Spoon the chocolate over the crackers, and spread it smooth to completely cover the pan. Decorate with sprinkles.
- CRACK. Let the toffee harden until the chocolate is set. Either at room temperature or in the fridge. Once completely hardened, remove from the pan and peel the aluminum foil off. Break/”crack” it into pieces.
Recipe Tips
- Gritty texture. The main culprit to grainy toffee happens while boiling the mixture. While stirring the mixture, consistently scrape the sides otherwise the sugar will crystallize on the sides of the pan.
- Boil for 3 minutes. It’s important that the brown sugar mixture boils for exactly 3 minutes. If it doesn’t boil long enough the mixture won’t set and will just make the crackers soggy.
- Giftable. Christmas cracker candy makes a great homemade gift. Wrap it in holiday cellophane bags or tins, and everyone will be excited to receive a batch.
Storing info
- Make ahead of time. Easily make Christmas crack candy in advance and have it on hand for cookie plates or neighbor gifts.
- STORE in an airtight container at room temperature for 5 days, in the fridge for 10 days, or in the freezer for 4-6 weeks.
For More Homemade Candy:
Christmas Crack Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 sleeve saltine cracker about 35-40 crackers
- 1 cup unsalted butter 2 sticks
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
- sprinkles
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400°F.
- Line a 10×15 inch pan with aluminum foil and lightly grease.
- Place the saltine crackers on the cookie sheet to cover the entire pan in 1 layer of crackers.
- Melt together the butter and sugar in a medium saucepan over medium heat.
- Once the butter is melted, bring it to a boil for 3 minutes while stirring constantly.
- Carefully pour the mixture over the crackers. Spread it overtop so that all of the crackers are covered.
- Bake in the oven for 5 minutes. Remove from the oven and cool for 5 minutes.
- Add the chocolate to a medium heatproof bowl. Microwave on medium power for 1-minute bursts, stirring between each. When the chocolate is almost melted, stir until smooth.
- Spoon the chocolate over the crackers, and spread it smooth to completely cover the pan. Decorate with sprinkles.
- Let the toffee harden until the chocolate is set. Either at room temperature or in the fridge.
- Once completely hardened, remove from the pan and peel the aluminum foil off. Break/"crack" it into pieces.
- Store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 5 days, or in the fridge for 10 days.
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Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
I’m not much of a candy maker but this recipe certainly is very easy to follow and make, it turned out great…I definitely will and have made it again.
So good and addicting!
Thank you for this delicious recipe. It was a big hit!
I tried your Christmas Crack recipe and my whole family loved it. It is addictive and so easy to make.
One of my favorite things! easy to make and so yummy!
I cant get it to not be grainy it’s like the sugar is not dissolving
Is the serving size 10g for one cracker square? We have a T1D in our family…just want to dose correctly ❤️
Such a delicious recipe!
This Christmas Crack is a family favorite recipe. We also enjoy it made with graham crackers. The recipe is quick, easy, and oh so good!
This heavenly Christmas treat is my families absolute favorite at Christmas time. It’s so easy to make, with minimal dishes to clean up! I’ve taken this to several holiday parties over the years and it’s always a favorite. This is a must try for a quick and easy holiday treat.