Christmas Deliciousness!

Hey everyone!

I realize I sort of disappeared for a few months, but I'm back at it!  Christmas around my neck of the woods means cookies, bars, pies and everything else delicious that you shouldn't be eating.  A couple of years ago I watched one of my favourite Youtubers, Alli Speed, make a toffee candy.  It looked delicious, so I tried it.  It is so good, that I only make it at Christmas.  We have taken to calling it Christmas Crack.  Once you start, you just can't stop.  If I made it all year round, I would have diabetes and weigh 400 pounds.

I changed a few things from the recipe Alli uses.  There are dozens of combinations you could use; different crackers, cookies, different types of chocolate and different toppings.  The original recipe I used can be found here: Alli's Chocolate Toffee Saltine Candy 

Materials and Ingredients:

- medium saucepan

- silicone spatula

- cookie sheet

- tinfoil

- 1 cup of butter (2 sticks)

- 1 cup of sugar

- 1 package of chocolate covered graham crackers (or a sleeve of saltines, etc.)

- 1 - 2 packages of chocolate chips ( I used white chocolate this time around)

- 1/4 cup of topping (I used candy cane sprinkles. You could use candy cane pieces, toffee pieces, nuts etc.)

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees.

2. Put the cup of butter and cup of sugar into the saucepan.  Heat over medium heat.

3. Line the cookie sheet with tin foil.  Place your cookies (or crackers) side by side on the cookie sheet.  You will notice mine are half cookies and half crackers.  This was my second batch and I ran out of cookies. 

4. Give your sugar/butter mixture a good stir.  Keep cooking it until the top of the mixture becomes foam like.  This may take a little while, depending on your patience level. :)

5. Once you reach this point, pour the butter/sugar mixture over the cookies.  Spread it lightly so you cover all of the cookies.  You will want to do this quickly so the mixture does not cool.

6. Place the cookie sheet into the preheated oven.  Cook it for approximately 5-8 minutes.  Watch it carefully.  The mixture on top will start to bubble and brown very slightly.  This is when you want to pull it out of the oven.

7. Spread the chocolate chips over the top of the hot mixture.  Take your spatula and spread the chocolate.  The heat of the mixture will melt the chocolate for you.

8. While the chocolate is still warm, sprinkle your topping on top.

9. Put the cookie sheet into the fridge.  Let it cool for at LEAST 20 minutes.  I usually wait an hour. At this point you should be able to break the candy up into pieces.

And there you have Christmas Crack!  I make a couple different variations during the holidays.  It is a great home made gift  and make a nice evening snack.  This is one cat that is alive, very alive and always kicking!