Homemade “Christmas Crack” Toffee
Want an EASY Christmas treat?
The holidays are approaching! Soon it’ll be time to make all the yummy holiday treats – including ADDICTING cracker toffee (affectionately known as “Christmas Crack”)! It’s a rich and buttery treat to make during Christmas, and it also happens to be super simple to create at home. Serve this at holiday parties, or make this as a fun treat to share as homemade gifts.
There are so many versions of Christmas Crack!
I have shared my grandma’s Almond Roca recipe in THIS previous post, and that’s what I usually make. You can change up the add-ins to include crushed candy canes, pretzels, mini marshmallows, or white chocolate chips. The options are endless!
Let’s make festive Christmas Crack with M&M’s!
Today I’m sharing a similar version to the Almond Roca I usually make, but I’ll be using festive Christmas M&M’s instead of nuts. You can either use saltine crackers or graham crackers (today I’m team graham cracker)! This idea is so easy, and you can make several batches with different nut or candy onlinebinations to fit your cravings.
Hip Tip: To avoid sticking, I used a 16×12 sheet pan covered in foil and sprayed with non-stick spray.
Easy process and easy ingredients!
This method starts by covering the bottom of a baking sheet with crackers and then boiling lots of butter and brown sugar. That bubbly mixture gets spread over the crackers, baked for 5 minutes, and then topped with chocolate chips. The chips will then melt and spread nicely over the toffee. The M&Ms get sprinkled on top.
When it sets up, you’ll break apart the “Christmas Crack” into pieces to serve. YUMMY!
Homemade "Christmas Crack" Toffee
yield: 24 SERVINGS
Graham cracker toffee with M&Ms is a delicious holiday treat and a chocolate lover's DREAM!
Ingredients
- 1 and 1/2 sleeves graham crackers (about 14 long crackers)
- 2 sticks of butter (1 cup)
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 12 oz. bag chocolate chips
- 1 cup M&Ms in Christmas colors
- sprinkles in Christmas colors *optional
Directions
1
Pre-heat oven to 400 degrees. Prep a sheet pan with foil, and spray with non-stick spray. Line the bottom of the sheet pan with a layer of graham crackers – you may need to break crackers into pieces to get them to fit.
2
On the stove, carefully bring butter and brown sugar to boil for about 3 minutes – do NOT allow mixture to burn. Stir often. Pour mixture evenly over the crackers and then bake in the oven for 5 minutes at 400 degrees.
3
Sprinkle chocolate chips around the top, and spread until they melt on top of the toffee layer. Sprinkle M&Ms and sprinkles over the top and press gently into the chocolate. Refrigerate for 2 hours or until hard. Break into pieces to serve. Store leftovers in an airtight container. Makes about 24 broken pieces.
Addicting as usual!
The M&Ms make this treat look super festive and cute, and then, of course, it’s DELICIOUS! I love the crunch from the cracker with all the chocolate. I mean, this is holiday baking at its BEST. Such a fun tradition to make with your family, too. I love it!
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