Food Gifts: "Christmas Crack"

My cousin, Colleen's new recipe for the holidays is this toffee recipe. When I asked if I could blog it and said "It looks aMAzing!"  She replied "It IS amazing! I heard about it a few years ago, and for some reason I got an itch to make it for this family gathering. It's a pretty big hit!"

Yum!

Christmas "Crack"

Recipe courtesy of:  www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=283916.0

Ingredients:

• 1 sleeve saltine crackers
  3/4 cup brown sugar
  1 cup butter (salted)
  1 11.5 oz. package chocolate chips
  3/4 cup chopped pecans (optional)

Directions:

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees, and line a 10" x 15" cookie sheet with foil (the kind of sheet that has raised edges!).  Spray with Pam, or grease VERY lightly with butter.  Cover the cookie sheet with a single layer of saltines.  Bring butter and brown sugar to a boil.  Boil for 3 minutes, stirring with a whisk.  Pour over the saltines, and try to spread it as evenly as possible.  Place in the oven and bake for 5 minutes.  When you remove it, the caramel mixture will be molten and boiling; allow to cool about 3 min, or until you can see the crackers distinctly, which will have shifted while baking.  Push them back into order with a fork or knife.  


Sprinkle the chocolate chips over the toffee and let sit for about 5 minutes to melt.  Once melted spread chocolate evenly.  If desired, sprinkle on pecans and press lightly into the chocolate.*  Let cool a bit and then transfer to fridge to harden.**  

*Note #1 from edelC: "I tend to sprinkle some big salt crystals on top, to oomph up the saltiness..."  Good one edel!  I'll have to try that this year!

**Note#2: Sometimes if it's really cold outside, I just put it on the table on my front porch for 20 minutes!  

Once hard, break the candy into small pieces and place in air tight containers.  Store in the fridge until ready to enjoy.  

Comments

[Rebeccah]

Also good with slivered almonds or dried cranberries on it, my mom makes his every Christmas for as long as I can remember and so does the rest of my family! It's delicious and soo addicting!

[Glenna]

Mmmmmmm! both sound awesome. Thanks for the suggestion!