Ritz Cracker Toffee (Christmas Crack!)

Ritz Cracker Toffee is the best holiday sweet treat recipe! Made with buttery crackers, rich homemade toffee, and smooth semi sweet chocolate on top … this homemade Christmas crack is crunchy, sticky, delicious, and easy to make. Perfect to serve at holiday parties and gift throughout the season!

Salty, Sweet, & Buttery Treat

I’ve always loved all the sweet treat snacks that are made during the holiday season. You know the cinnamon sugar pretzels, snack mixes, and truffles.

But my favorite recipe of that sort has always been Christmas crack. Ugh, it so good. Addictively, irresistibly good – just as the name suggests!

This version of the classic sweet, Ritz Cracker Toffee, is so incredibly delicious.

It is layered with buttery crackers, salty sweet homemade toffee, and a luxuriously smooth chocolate toping. True crunchy, sticky, salty, and sweet perfection.

Plus this recipe is so quick and easy to make! It is great to serve at holiday parties and makes for a perfect gift during the season.

Ingredients

This easy ritz cracker toffee recipe calls for only 5 ingredients!

Ingredient Notes

• Ritz Crackers: A layer of ritz crackers is the base of this delicious treat! They add the perfect flavor and texture to contrast the other layers. You will need 35 crackers which is about 1 sleeve.
• Light Brown Sugar: The second layer of this recipe is a buttery toffee. It is made with only 2 simple ingredients – butter and light brown sugar. 3/4 cup of the sugar is all you need.
• Butter: Butter is the other half of that layer! 3/4 cup of salted butter makes for salty-sweet toffee perfection.
• Vanilla Extract: 1 tsp vanilla extract adds extra flavor to the rich toffee.
• Chocolate: The final layer here is chocolate. All you need is 12 oz of mini chocolate chips.
• Salt: A sprinkle of salt on top of this treat is the perfect finishing touch.

Substitutions & Additions

There a few substitutions and additions you could make to this recipe for it to meet your personal preferences, tastes, or needs!

Crackers: The cracker of choice here, Ritz, is what makes it what it is. But you could replace them with a different cracker of your choice if you’d like. Like saltine crackers, which are the typical base of this Christmas time treat.

Chocolate: The semi sweet chocolate here could be swapped with any chocolate. Dark or milk chocolate chips would be fabulous!

Butter: I used salted butter here because I absolutely love the salty sweet vibe, but you could use unsalted butter instead.

Toppings: I kept this recipe quite simple, but you could totally add some of your favorite toppings to make things more fun! Christmas sprinkles, nuts, toffee bits, and shredded coconut are all great options.

Kitchen Tools

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• Measuring Cups / Spoons
• Cookie Sheet
• Aluminum Foil
• Saucepan
• Rubber Spatula or Offset Spatula
• Chef Knife

How To Make This Recipe

This Christmas crack recipe is actually quite easy to make! The homemade sweat treat is made with buttery ritz crackers, a quick stovetop toffee, and a thick layer of melted chocolate.

No candy thermometer needed!

Step By Step Instructions

Step 1: Set the oven to 375 degrees.

Step 2: Then arrange the Ritz crackers in a single layer on an aluminum foil or parchment paper lined cookie sheet. Try to not leave any large spaces between the crackers.

Step 3: Next add the butter and light brown sugar to a medium saucepan on the stove over medium heat.  Melt then bring to a boil.  Let boil for 3 minutes, stirring throughout.

Step 4: Then remove the toffee mixture from the heat and stir in the vanilla extract.

Step 5: Next pour the toffee on top of the ritz crackers.  Spread evenly and quickly as the toffee will begin to harden.

Step 6: Then place the baking sheet in the warm oven for 5 minutes.

Step 7: Remove from the oven and sprinkle chocolate chips on top of the toffee.  The heat from the buttery toffee will melt the chocolate chips. 

Step 8: Spread the melted chocolate chips into a smooth even layer. 

Step 9: Then allow the ritz cracker candy to cool down to room temperature.  Once at room temperature, place the whole pan in the refrigerator to chill for 1 hour.

Step 10: Remove the toffee from fridge.  Sprinkle with sea salt and use a sharp knife to cut into squares.  I cut it into 24 squares.

Step 11: Serve and enjoy! Store in the refrigerator.

Expert Tips

Line the baking sheet with aluminum foil. This makes for such easy cleanup!

Make sure to arrange the tray of crackers in an even, single layer with as little holes as possible.

Let the gooey caramel, toffee mixture boil for exactly 3 minutes. Otherwise the texture will not turn out as intended!

Watch the crackers in the oven. They can burn easily!

Make sure to add the chocolate chips when the toffee layer is still hot. The residual heat will melt them.

Use mini chocolate chips as they will melt best!

Add flakey salt on top of the ritz cracker chocolate toffee for the ultimate salty sweet treat.

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