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No Bake Christmas Crack Candy (peanut free, egg free)

5 from 1 vote

Ingredients
  

Crackers

  • 10-20 (Any amount to cover a medium pan) of club crackers or graham crackers, your preference

Toffee

  • 1/2 Cup Granulated sugar
  • 1/2 Cup Butter 1 stick
  • Tbsp Water
  • 1/2 Tsp. Vanilla extract

Toppings

  • 1/2 Cup Semi sweet Chocolate chips, overflowing
  • mini marshmallows
  • Mallow bits/dehydrated marshmallows
  • Sprinkles
  • other toppings

Instructions
 

  • Prepare your fixin’s: whatever toppings you wish, pour into a bowl and have handy. Also measure out your chocolate chips at this time and set aside.
  • Prepare you pan: I used a 12x9 sized pan, covered with tin foil, and placed Graham crackers, and club crackers salt side down. Set aside. Grab an offset spatula at this time and leave beside the pan as well (or other tool you plan on using to spread the chocolate.)
  • In a small pot, combine sugar, butter, water and vanilla. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly, until it reaches 300F (this is known as the hard candy/ ‘crack’ stage. If you’re going by sight, it will just be lightly brown, which takes about 10 minutes. Remove from heat and pour over the tops of the awaiting crackers. Don’t dilly dally, move quickly!
  • Using your toffee mixing spoon, spread the hot toffee mixture evenly over the crackers. Add marshmallows (if using) or skip to the next step which is add chocolate chips. Try to distribute these evenly over the hot toffee mixture. Give it about 30-60 seconds then, while using an offset spatula, smooth the melty chocolate chips over the toffee and marshmallows.
  • Top with your desired fixin’s, like sprinkles, or additional dehydrated marshmallows. Place pan in fridge and allow chocolate to harden and the rest to cool completely before breaking apart and digging in, approximately 15-30 minutes.

Notes

Tips, Tricks and Substitutions:
Toppings:
You could add marshmallows or the mini hot chocolate dehydrated marshmallow bits (see below); You could add Oreos, crumbled cookies, sprinkles, gummies, pretzels, m&m’s or smarties if you’re in canada, raisins/other dried fruit (highly contentious subject), maraschino cherries (keep it in the fridge), candy canes (how festive!), shredded coconut or even some flaked sea salt (so classy, you!)
-Move quickly throughout the process, you don’t want the toffee to harden in the pot or the chocolate to not be able to melt if you wait too long after adding it on top of cooled toffee.