Christmas Crack Recipe
Updated Nov 02, 2026
This Christmas Crack also known as Saltine Cracker Toffee Candy is a holiday classic! The perfect salty, sweet, and crunchy toffee bark so good you won’t be able to just eat one piece.
Christmas crack
Christmas Crack is a holiday staple and we make it many times every Christmas.
Also known as saltine toffee candy or cracker candy, this recipe is a holiday classic!
A base of saltine crackers is topped with an easy homemade toffee and finished with a layer of chocolate chips melted on top.
The result is a salty sweet dessert that you won’t be able to stop eating! You can leave it plain, or dress it up with any kind of topping you’d like.
It’s simple to make, and tastes amazing with or without toppings.
Ingredients to make saltine toffee candy
- 1 sleeve saltine crackers (around 35)
- 1 cup butter
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 10 oz semi-sweet chocolate chips
How to make Christmas crack
Step 1: Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Step 2: Line up a sleeve of saltine crackers on the parchment paper.
Step 3: In a sauce pan, bring the butter and brown sugar to a boil.
Boil the mixture until thick, stirring constantly. This mixture is the toffee layer, but no candy thermometer is required.
Step 4: Pour the thickened caramel toffee mixture over the top of the saltines, then spread evenly with a rubber spoon or spatula. Bake for 4-5 minutes, until bubbly.
Step 5: Once done, remove the pan from the oven and sprinkle on a bag of semi sweet chocolate chips.
Step 6: Once the chocolate chips have melted, use the back of a spoon or a rubber spatula to spread the chocolate layer out evenly. The chocolate should be evenly spread to cover all of the crackers.
Now it’s time for toppings! Or you can skip this step and put it right in the fridge. The original version is amazing by itself!
Topping Ideas
- Nuts: walnuts, pecans, chopped peanuts, slivered almonds
- Flaky sea salt
- White chocolate: melted and drizzled on top
- M&M’s
- Sprinkles
- Candies: chopped up toffee bits, heath bar, or Reese’s cups.
- Chopped pretzels
Place the pan in the fridge or freezer until set, then break the saltine toffee candy into pieces.
Storing
Store any leftovers in the refrigerator or freezer in an airtight bag or container. Christmas crack will keep 1-2 weeks in the refrigerator or 1-3 months in the freezer.
More Saltine Toffee Recipes
More Holiday Recipes
- Homemade Hot Chocolate
- Ritz Cracker Cookies
- Hot Chocolate Dip
- Peanut Butter Balls with Rice Krispies
- Crock Pot Hot Chocolate
- Cookies and Cream Muddy Buddies
- Chocolate Christmas Cookies
- White Chocolate Peanut Butter Balls
- Peanut Butter Balls with Graham Crackers
- Christmas Cookie Bars
- Peanut Butter Truffles
Christmas Crack Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 sleeve saltine crackers, around 35 crackers
- 1 cup butter
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 10 oz semi-sweet chocolate chips
Topping ideas
- m&m’s
- roasted chopped nuts
- crushed oreos
- crushed toffee bits or candy pieces
Instructions
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and line up the saltine crackers in rows.
- Melt the butter and brown sugar in a sauce pan and bring the mixture to a boil.
- Boil the mixture for 2-3 minutes, stirring constantly, until thick.
- Pour the thickened toffee over the saltines and spread it out evenly using a rubber spoon or spatula.
- Bake the toffee covered saltines at 350 degrees for 4-5 minutes, until browned and bubbly on top.
- Remove the pan from the oven and sprinkle the chocolate chips over the top.
- Allow the chocolate to sit for 5 minutes and melt, then use the back of a spoon to spread it evenly across the crackers.
- If you are adding other toppings like crushed candies, chopped nuts, m&m's, chopped heath bits, etc, add them now while the chocolate is melted.
- Place the Christmas crack in the fridge or freezer until set, then break into pieces.
- Store leftovers in the refrigerator or freezer in an airtight container or bag.
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I just made this. Next time I will use milk chocolate morsels; not liking it with the semi-sweet. I topped off with crushed peppermint starlites.
Never use dark brown sugar, it doesn’t work. The butter and sugar separate, When I boiled it longer it burnt
How long do you leave it in the fridge or freezer to set before breaking it apart?
Just long enough to set. Usually an hour or two if you put it in the freezer in my experience, but it may take longer in the refrigerator.
This is soooo good!! I was worried because after I took it out of the oven, I noticed the saltines had moved around on the baking sheet from the boiling toffee floating under the crackers. But it still turned out fine! Yum!
So glad you enjoyed it!
I made it with dark brown sugar, and not sure it came out correctly. The toffee was very thick and didn’t spread when I poured it on. Does that mean I over cooked it?
It may have been the dark brown sugar. Try light next time! I never have a problem with it.
Salted or unsalted butter?
either is fine!
I made this but I used Darigold butter and it didn’t turn out right so I had some cheap butter I used it and also the recipe didn’t say to use light or dark brown sugar well it didn’t turn out right so I had some light sugar and it turned out perfect it was a hit with family and friends. Thank you for the recipe.
Made it for the first time today. You’re right. Super easy and super delicious! Will definitely add to my favorites.
Absolutely loved the Christmas Crack!
My back side of the cracker seemed overly buttered. Did I do something wrong?
Do you have to keep refrigerated? We are traveling with it.
It would be fine for the day not chilled, I have shipped it overnight before.
I made this Christmas crack for my Christmas goodies give away tray. Everybody commented on it saying it was the best part of the tray. Thank you for this great and easy recipe. I will definitely make it again but no too often it’s that good. You can’t just eat one. Or two. Or even three. Lol
Yes, we have that problem in our house too! haha. So glad you enjoyed the Christmas crack!
Looks delicious!!