The English Hungry Bookworm

Christmas Crack

So Thursday night it came to me on what I had been craving and in life there is nothing more addictive then Crack! No I don’t mean what you think, I mean the crunchy, chewy, chocolate goodness that comes once a year at Christmas!

Now I had never heard of this until I had visited Canada for Christmas, whilst still living in England. Anyone who knows me is aware of my love for salty and sweet combined; chocolate pretzels, a bag of salty chips dipped in Nutella, a bag of chips followed by a chocolate bar or even just plain pretzels dipped in Nutella, don’t judge me!

So when I was first offered this strangely named food I was not hesitant to dive right in and try it and man was I in love! It was sooo good I couldn’t stop eating it!

Who would think that something so simple with four ingredients could bring so much joy to a person but it did. So now every year when the weather turns colder it is my go to home made snack!

So today I decided I was going to bring some happiness and joy to myself, and to you, by making this recipe and sharing! Now I can’t take all the credit today as I got the hubby to help, if you call laying on the kitchen floor with our puppy helping anyway!

Now if I was a selfish person I could leave it here and not post the recipe, but as I love spreading joy through food I have to share it even if I can’t take credit for it. So here is the recipe I use:

Ingredients:

Two strips of saltine crackers (or a bag of pretzels)
1 cup of butter
1 cup of packed brown sugar
2 cups of chocolate chips (I use milk chocolate but you can use any)
Optional toppings of choice from reeses, sprinkles, salt, crushed candy canes etc

Directions:

Preheat your oven to 325°

Line a baking tray parchment paper then lay your crackers over it in lines so the tray is covered

Heat a saucepan on a medium low heat and add the butter and brown sugar slowly bringing it to a boil and constantly stirring. Once you have bought the mixture to a boil set a timer for 3 minutes, the mixture should look amber

Cover the saltine crackers with the Caramel mix, I transfer mine to a glass measuring jug for easy pouring, then spread the Caramel all over the crackers until evenly distributed

Put the tray into the oven for 7 minutes, do not freak out if your Caramel expands!

Remove the trays and sprinkle your chocolate chips evenly over the mixture and return to the oven for 1-2 minutes so the chocolate chips are soft enough to spread all over the mixture.

Let the tray cool on the side and then add to the freezer for 20 minutes or leave in the fridge for 4 hours until hard

Break the crackers into shards and enjoy!

I would recommend storing this in the fridge in a container as it does melt easily, that’s if you can resist it long enough to store it!