Easy Cracker Candy

Easy Cracker Candy

  • Prep Time: 10 mins
  • Total Time: 15 mins
  • Yield: 24candies

    • About This Recipe

    “Cracker Candy”

    Ingredients

  • 40saltines( it’s about one sleeve from the package)
  • 1/2 cupbutter
  • 1cup light brown sugar (firmly packed in the cup) or 1cupdark brown sugar( firmly packed in the cup)
  • 2cupschocolate chips
  • 1cupchopped pecans(optional)

    • Directions

  • Preheat oven to 400°F.
  • Place the crackers side by side in a foil-lined jelly-roll pan (I spray the foil with non-stick spray).
  • Combine the butter and brown sugar in saucepan.
  • Bring to a boil, stirring constantly.
  • Cook for 3 minutes.
  • Pour the mixture over the crackers.
  • Bake 5 minutes.
  • Sprinkle the chocolate chips over the baked crackers.
  • Let stand 5 minutes then spread the melted chocolate over the top.
  • Sprinkle with nuts if desired.
  • Chill in the refrigerator until set.
  • Invert onto a flat surface; remove the foil and break into pieces.
  • Store, covered in an airtight container in refrigerator.
  • Note: You can skip the chocolate chips- it’s still delicious.

    • Reviews

  • “I was going to rate this 4 stars.It’s different and easy and cheap, but it wasn’t my favorite thing.But then I kept sneaking back to the fridge to get another piece, and I decided that was a sign!I cut the recipe down, and that’s how I will do it every time I make it for just us, because otherwise I’ll eat even more!I used 24 crackers, since that’s what my small cookie sheet held.I used 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons of butter, 1/2 cup plus 1/8 of a cup of light brown sugar, and 1 and 1/4 cups of chocolate chips.I know I will make this soon and will include it on my holiday cookie platter.EDIT** I tried this a 2nd time using margerine, and it was very sticky.I wouldn’t serve it to anyone because I was afraid the would lose their teeth.Then I did it a 3rd time, using real butter again.It wasn’t sticky at all.Just nice and crunchy.So if you only have margerine, skip this recipe until you have butter on hand!”

  • “My friend’s family has been making this for about 30 yrs now… we never knew the name of it originally so we called it “I can’t Believe it’s Already Ready Candy”. It is excellent made w/ brown OR white sugar. Her recipe directs you w/ specific times for EVERYTHING! You line a broiler pan w/ foil and arrange your crackers (her recipe called for Ritz). Melt butter and sugar and boil for 3 minutes. Pour over crackers and bake at 400 degrees for 5 minutes. Immediately sprinkle the chocolate chips over this evenly and pop back in oven for 2 min or less. This spreads the chocolate very easily over entire top of candy. Sprinkle your choice of nuts on top. FREEZE them solid…then break into pieces and store in airtight containers. The odd shapes they make when broken up make them even more interesting. I always make these for Christmas baskets w/ a copy of the recipe attached. EVERYONE loves them. Oh… and when you take them out of freezer.. lift foil sheet out… invert and peel candy off foil. Put pan away… it’s clean! You can also use buttered or sprayed parchment paper.”

  • “I love these! Make sure you use real butter not margarine, it makes a difference, in my opinion. Also, it is fine to use white sugar. That’s what I’ve always used. YUM!”

  • “This was pretty good.It went pretty quick at our get together.I’ll make it again.Thakns for posting.”

  • “Excellent!”

  • “Shocking that these ingedients can be used to create such yumminess!Loved it…made many batches over the holidays as they kept ‘disappearing’ from my fridge.”

  • “So delicious and so easy to make.A big hit with the family.I used one cup of margarine and a 12 ounce package of chocolate chips.”

  • “While organizing my recipes into a “tried and true” cookbook, I realized I never rated this recipe. LOVE IT! The taste is wonderful and it’s practically foolproof!”

  • “Fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Everyone loved this at our superbowl party – it was the perfect sweet treat.Chocolate was great! But next time will cut it down and pour over 2/3 only because my DH liked it with just the crackers and toffee-esque goodness. Thank you!”

  • “This is fantastic and so easy to make! I have substituted Ritz crackers in the past and also added chopped white chocolate with the pecans. My kids love it!”

  • “I made these for a youth devotional and everyone kept asking what they were.They loved them!!!No one could believe it was just a plain old saltine on the bottom.Very easy on the budget and simple to make!!Thanks for the great recipe!”

  • “This was very good.Taste just like a heath bar. I used almonds on top. Don’t forget to spray the foil with cooking spray. I forgot and it stuck really bad.”

  • “Oh my…..I’m in heaven.This tastes like toffee, my favorite.This is so simple, I forsee us making this alot in the future…LOL.Thank you so much for this delish dessert…..Stephanie”

  • “Tasted almost like almond roca candy.My hubby loved it cuz he loves english toffee.I can’t wait to try different versions of it.Sooo darned easy too!Almost embarrasing.”

  • “Yum!YUm! Easy and tasty. Have made it twice.Some people find it too rich while others could not get enough of it. Myself?I could not get enough of it.That being said there was only one small piece brought home”

  • “Great easy recipe.”

  • “This was a wonderful treat..quick and easy to make….Wonderful with almonds on it as well..yum yum!!!!”

  • “I’ve had this before but never made it myself.It turned out very yummy!I added some left-over toffee chips to the top and overall it came out tasting almost exactly like a Score candy bar :)Thanks so much for the recipe.I’ll be adding this to my Christmas baskets this year!”

  • “I can’t believe I haven’t reviewed this one yet.We loved this!So super easy to make and tastes so yummy!I didn’t add pecans but can only assume they’d be a great addition.We also prefer these stored at room temperature, otherwise we found them to be too hard.They lasted a good week stored this way.Thanks for sharing this great recipe!”

  • “Loved this super easy treat!My father in law requests this often.Broken into pieces and put in a cellophane treat bag with a nice bow, it’s a great little gift.Made with ingredients on hand.Will make often.”

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