Saltine Cracker Candy makes the perfect gift for the holidays. Candy making doesn’t get any easier than this! This easy toffee candy is covered in chocolate and pecans and it is positively addicting. You might also know it as Christmas Crack and the name suits it well.
The only ingredients you need to make this sweet treat are Saltine crackers, butter, brown sugar, and chocolate chips, plus pecans if you want to use them.
The crackers give it a fabulous light and crunchy texture.
Just lay the crackers in a single layer in a jelly roll pan lined with aluminum foil. Melt the butter with the brown sugar in a saucepan. Pour it over the crackers. Bake for 5 minutes. Sprinkle the chocolate chips on top and place the pan back in the oven for a minute or two to melt the chocolate chips. Then spread the chocolate in a nice, smooth layer and sprinkle on the pecans.
Chill for a few hours and then break into pieces. That’s the fun part. Along with eating it. 🙂
You can leave off the nuts. Or try decorating them with crushed candy canes or red and green M&M’s for a festive holiday look.
Get ready for this stuff to disappear. Saltine Cracker Candy is so rich and buttery. It just melts in your mouth!
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Watch the short video below to see how easy this recipe is to make:
Saltine Cracker Candy
Ingredients
- 1 sleeve Saltine crackers
- 1 cup butter
- 1 cup light brown sugar packed
- 1 cup milk chocolate chips
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup finely chopped toasted pecans
Instructions
- Line a jelly roll pan with aluminum foil and spray foil with cooking spray.
- Lay crackers evenly over foil, salted side up.
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- In a small saucepan, bring butter and brown sugar to a simmer over medium heat. While the butter is melting, stir frequently to mix evenly. Once mixture simmers, let simmer without stirring for 3 minutes.
- Remove from heat and pour evenly over crackers.
- Place in oven for 5 minutes.
- Sprinkle chocolate chips on top. Return pan to oven for 30 seconds to help melt the chips.
- Use a spatula or knife to spread melted chocolate evenly.
- Sprinkle pecans on top. Cover with aluminum foil so that foil doesn't touch and place in refrigerator for 2 hours.
- Break into pieces.
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I don’t put the candy back in the oven a second time with the chocolate….instead I just cover for five min once I’ve put the choc chips on….melts the chocolate just right instead of the risk of burning the chocolate…..have made this about 4 times and it has come out great every time….i also chill for 30 min in freezer instead of two hours in the fridge and it sets up faster…….a winner with all everytime so far!!!♡♡♡
I have made this several times over the years……always a winner! My only question is…….can it be made ahead and frozen in freezer bags?
Yes. I store mine in waxed paper lined cookie tins. Freezes fairly well.
This is my first year making it and except for 1 pan it keeps coming out gritty. Why?
I found if I used Ghirardelli chips the melted chocolate was gritty. I used Nestle chips. Perfectly smooth result.
I fined that saltines comes off pasty and doesn’t harden when everything suppose to come together. It stayed to moist.First time I made this it was with Graham crackers..can some one sh o w me what it looks like when it’s perfect. A friend gave me the recipe hers looked store bought, mined looked homemade.tu
I love this saltine cracker “bark” but next time will use less toffee on the bottom as some of it ran between the crackers and made it stick to the tin foil even though I sprayed it first with the cooking spray! But it did taste good anyway!
However, I read through all the comments, and not one person asked the calorie count of one piece of the bark! Please tell me the calories in one piece of bark (make up a size like 1.5″ X 1/5 inch or whatever)…… I’d really like to know the calorie count!!!
I’m making this for the first time today to practice a couple new recipes for the holidays. I didn’t have chocolate chips in my house, but I had chocolate wafers. I melted those in the microwave as the crackers and toffee baked a bit, It spread on wonderfully and evenly. Plus this will harden better than chocolate chips. So for those of you having issues, try wafers next time. Just melt according to the directions and poor over the crackers and toffee, then spread with a rubber spatula. You’re welcome
My older sister first made this around 1970. I had not thought about it for years. It tastes like Heath Bars. Delicious and inexpensive, too.
Wondering for sweet and savory, if bacon bits could be added vs the nuts? Thanks
Help! My chocolate layer is separating when I break apart the pieces. My toffee seems a bit granulated. Made it once before and it was perfect. Not sure where I went wrong.
Sometimes when I make this candy, it taste too chewy and not crisp enough like it should be. I don’t like the toffee sticking to my teeth. What an I doing wrong ? I really think I am following the recipe the way it is stated. thanks.
I have used oyster crackers, mini pretzels, chocolate fish crackers, teddy grams and cheese bite crackers…. cheaper crackers and any candy found at the dollar tree BUT always use real butter and packed light brown sugar. I have a family full of boys who love to create sweet treats and we use our imagination never pitched out any batches 🎄⛄️🎅🏻
Who gives a crap enjoy the candy. geez
If your that worried about a calorie don’t eat it.
Use mini chocolate chips! It works amazing! Also, I threw some peanut butter on half of the pan with the mini chocolate chips and it melted perfectly together. I was a little worried at first because I had big clumps of the peanut butter but, I figured it’d all melt together and it did. Spread good too. I put the pan in the freezer for a little bit after it came out to harden the candy up faster. So yummy!
I make this often @ I madd it today with butterscotch chips & ground extra salt,, AMAZING!! For sure put this on your gotta try it list.
I would like to know how you put the salt on?
I use Hershey bars instead of chocolate chips. Just place whole bars on cracker/toffee as soon as it comes out of the oven. Wait a few minutes and spread with an offset spatula.
Hi! I’m fourteen and I love to bake, my mom requested this so i tried it. It was really fun to make, hope it is good after it cools too! (I tried some toffee still warm :))
Nestle Toll House chips wouldn’t melt! I ruined a whole batch. They burned before they melted. So upset.
You have to spread them with a spatula or spoon as soon as they soften. It turns into a nice frosting!👍
This is my first tituime making this myself and I don’t have chocolate chips but have chocolate bark bars. Would this work ?
If you use chocolate bark, shred it on a cheese grater. The chocolate will melt evenly then.
I couldn’t get them to melt either. The next batch I melted in the microwave instead.
this recipe worked great for me! Love it, yum!
I made yesterday and it was good. However my butter and brown sugar mixture is very watery and it seems like there are still some brown sugar in it. Is my temperature for boiling not high enough?
I get it to a boil on medium and turn it do a bit but it is still bubbling! I set the timer for 3 minutes and I don’t touch it. Right at 3 minutes, I take it off the heat right at 3 and pour it on the crackers. It is pretty thick.
Not sure if you did, but thinking maybe it would be more watery if you used margarine instead of butter?
Can I use parchment paper instead of tin foil?
I make this every year, but I use Club Crackers instead of saltines. It’ gives it a more buttery flavor and is a little more delicate. It doesn’t last long in my house.
Mine turned out perfectly! Question does this need to stay refrigerated?
Anyone have trouble with the crackers floating after pouring? did I do something wrong or is this normal? I guess I will find out in about another hour 🙂
Maybe butter and brown sugar didnt cook long enough..it gets kind of stiff where u need to spread it
I have been making these since the 80’s. The crackers always float, they will settle back down once it starts to cool.
Why did my chocolate chips not melt?? I don’t understand. I did exactly as said and they just won’t spread! I’m so aggravated.
Which brand of chocolate chips doid you use? Sometimes cheaper quality don’t melt very well.
I used Ghirardelli chips and they didn’t melt even after six minutes total in the oven! What a mess! Very discouraging!
Mine didn’t melt when I used a cheaper brand of choc chip
I’ve had the problem when I used old expired choc chips.
Make sure your using fresh chips. I used a bag that I didn’t realize should have been used in April and it’s December. Those chips just turned gritty and didn’t spread.