Christmas Crack is an addictive, super easy “candy” recipe that is a quick recipe to whip up for the holidays using ingredients you probably already have on hand. This candy has the perfect balance of salty-sweet, thanks to the crackers used as the base of this recipe. You can use saltines, club crackers, Ritz or butter crackers in this recipe….or if you like it more sweet than salty, you can also use graham crackers.
Christmas Crack
Print RecipeIngredients
- 30-40 crackers (Saltines, Ritz Crackers or Club Crackers)
- 1 cup butter
- 1 cup light brown sugar, firmly packed
- 2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
- sprinkles (optional)
Instructions
Line a 10-inch x 15-inch jelly roll pan with foil and spray with baking spray. Line the entire pan with crackers, in a single layer, leaving the least amount of gaps as possible. Set aside. Preheat over to 350-degrees.
In a medium-sized pot, over medium heat on the stovetop, add the butter and brown sugar. Bring the mixture to a rolling boil. Reduce the heat to medium and boil the mixture for 5-minutes, stirring occasionally. Once the 5-minutes is up, immediately pour the mixture over the crackers, covering the crackers completely.
Bake the candy in 350-degree oven for at least 5-minutes minutes, or until the mixture can be seen bubbling. Remove from the oven and sprinkle the chocolate chips on top. Let the chocolate chips sit for 1-2 minutes, before using a knife to spread the melted chocolate in an even layer evenly across the crackers. Add sprinkles (if using).
Allow candy to set in the pan until cool enough to transfer into the refrigerator to finish cooling. Let candy chill in the refrigerator for 2-hours, before breaking into desired sized pieces.
Notes
If you do not have this exact sized pan, use a larger pan and use heavy duty foil to fold the edges of the foil into 10-inches x 15-inches. Crack can be stored in the refrigerator for a week in an airtight container.
XOXO,
Kelly
3 Comments
Katherine | Love In My Oven
December 14, 2020 at 8:23 PMI’ve grown up eating this and it was always so hard to stop eating it haha! It really is crack!!
The Baking ChocolaTess
December 16, 2020 at 8:37 AMSo simple and irresistibly delicious! Perfect party tray accessory! 🙂 Pinned!
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