Chocolate Cracker Toffee

You won't be able to eat just one. Or one dozen.

I am in love with Pinterest.

I love spending time pinning interesting photos, recipes, outfits, houses and vacation spots. I have spent billions of imaginary dollars decorating fabulous rooms and buying pretty clothes. I also get many ideas for recipes I would never have otherwise thought about. Here is one such recipe I found, tried, and fell in love with — Cracker Toffee.

At first, the recipe seemed simple, but dubious. A layer of soda crackers, covered with a caramel made of butter and brown sugar, and finally covered with chocolate. Broken into pieces, it supposedly resembled chocolate-covered toffee. There were many, many rave reviews and vows of its deliciousness and addictive nature. It seemed too good to be true, but since there were so few ingredients I was willing to try it.

To put it simply — this stuff ROCKS. It has that fantastic salty/sweet thing going on, with a hit of chocolate. It truly is addictive. It is so easy to make you will want to make it all the time.

Chocolate Cracker Toffee

Based on a recipe by The Girl Who Ate Everything

Ingredients

40 salted soda crackers or enough to line your pan
1 cup unsalted butter
1 cup packed brown sugar
2 cups milk chocolate or semisweet chocolate chips
(optional) 3/4 cup chopped pecans

Method

1. Preheat oven to 400° F and line a cookie sheet with aluminum foil or parchment paper. Line crackers in a single layer on the cookie sheet.  
2. In a saucepan, melt sugar and butter  together and bring to a boil. Once boiling, continue boiling for 3 minutes. Immediately pour over crackers and spread to cover completely. 
3. Bake at 400° for 5 to 6 minutes. It will get all bubbly. Remove from oven and sprinkle chocolate chips over the top and let sit a couple of minutes to melt.  Spread melted chocolate and top with chopped nuts if desired. Cool completely and break into pieces.