Christmas Crack Recipe

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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.

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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.

stacked saltine candy without toppings

It’s simple to make, and tastes amazing with or without toppings.

christmas crack in a holiday serving dish

You can find the full recipe and instructions at the bottom of this post, but here’s what you need to make the recipe.

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
ingredients needed to make saltine toffee candy

How to make Christmas crack

Step 1: Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.

Step 2: Line up a sleeve of saltine crackers on the parchment paper. 

saltine crackers lined on a baking sheet

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 a few minutes until bubbly. 

pouring the toffee layer over the saltines

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 to spread the chocolate layer out evenly. The chocolate should be evenly spread to cover all of the crackers.

melted chocolate spread over the crackers and half topped with red and green m&m's

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!

christmas crack on the baking sheet

Topping Ideas

  • Nuts: walnuts, pecans, chopped peanuts, slivered almonds
  • flaked sea salt
  • drizzled white chocolate
  • m&m’s
  • sprinkles
  • chopped up candies, toffee bits, heath bar, or Reese’s cups
  • chopped pretzels
christmas crack pieces in a bowl

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.

plain saltine toffee candy pieces stacked
christmas cracker candy
christmas crack candy with holiday m&m's
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4.62 from 57 votes

Christmas Crack Recipe

This Christmas crack is also known as saltine toffee candy is a holiday favorite dessert!
Prep: 10 minutes
Cook: 10 minutes
Additional Time: 20 minutes
Total: 40 minutes
Servings: 16

Ingredients 

  • 1 sleeve saltine crackers, around 35
  • 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.
  • After the chocolate sits for 5 minutes and is mostly melted, 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 fridge or freezer in an airtight container or bag.

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Nutrition

Calories: 284kcal, Carbohydrates: 28g, Protein: 2g, Fat: 19g, Saturated Fat: 11g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g, Monounsaturated Fat: 5g, Trans Fat: 1g, Cholesterol: 32mg, Sodium: 159mg, Potassium: 132mg, Fiber: 2g, Sugar: 20g, Vitamin A: 363IU, Calcium: 27mg, Iron: 2mg
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16 Comments

  1. 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.

      1. 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.

  2. 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!

  3. I made it with dark brown sugar, and not sure it came out correctly. The toffee was very thick and didnโ€™t spread when I poured it on. Does that mean I over cooked it?

  4. 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.

  5. Made it for the first time today. Youโ€™re right. Super easy and super delicious! Will definitely add to my favorites.

  6. 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 itโ€™s that good. You canโ€™t just eat one. Or two. Or even three. Lol