SALTINE CRACKER TOFFEE – The Southern Lady Cooks

This easy toffee recipe is perfect for the holiday season. Super versatile and makes a great gift too!

If you love this recipe, you must give these Graham Cracker Pralines a try, too! They go great with this toffee, and if you are making holiday gift baskets, they are both wonderful additions.

❤️WHY WE LOVE THIS RECIPE

Make this saltine cracker toffee just to have in the house for something sweet or make it for a wonderful gift for a friend.  You can add all kinds of options to this candy.  Whatever you and your family likes will probably work in this toffee recipe.  You can leave off the nuts.  You can add coconut, raisins, crushed cereal and you can change out the crackers for graham crackers, Ritz crackers.

🍴KEY INGREDIENTS

• Saltine crackers
• Butter (don’t use margarine)
• Brown sugar
• Chocolate chips
• Chopped nuts, (pecans, walnuts, almonds, peanuts or whatever you like.  You can toast nuts if you want.)

GREAT ADDITIONS

You can add raisins or coconuts, remove the nuts, add M&Ms or cereal, or crush up peppermints to make them more festive. There are lots of great options for this recipe.

🍽️HOW TO MAKE

This is a super easy recipe to make which is why we love making it during the holidays. It’s such a great option. Full Printable Recipe card below.

📖COOKING STEPS

Step 1
Cover a baking sheet with foil or parchment paper and spray with cooking spray. I used an 18 x 13 x 1 inch pan.  You need the lip on the pan to keep liquid from running off in your oven.  Spread the crackers on the pan like in the photo below.  In a pan on top of the stove combine the butter and brown sugar. Bring to a boil on medium heat and then boil for 3 minutes.  DO NOT STIR WHILE BOILING.

Step 2
Remove from stove after boiling 3 minutes and spread over the saltine crackers with a knife. The mixture should be at soft ball stage or should make a soft ball when a little is dropped in ice water.  Have your oven preheated to 400 degrees.  Read more below.

⭐TIP

This toffee will last a bit so you can easily make it in advance and store it in a air tight container. You can also make a pan and mix up the toppings, do half the pan with nuts, the other half without, etc.

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STORING & SERVING SIZE

Store in an airtight container, and this makes about 12 servings.

Saltine Cracker Toffee

Anne Walkup

This Saltine Cracker Toffee is super easy to make and very versatile. You can add coconut, raisins, candy, cereal or just do chocolate and nuts. Great gift during the holiday season.

Prep Time 30 minutes mins

2 hours hrs

Total Time 2 hours hrs 30 minutes mins

Course candy

Cuisine American, southern

• 1 sleeve of saltine crackers
• 1 cup butter don’t use margarine
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 3/4 cups chocolate chips
• 1 cup chopped nuts (pecans, walnuts, almonds, peanuts or whatever you like.  You can toast nuts if you want.)

• Cover a baking sheet with foil or parchment paper and spray with cooking spray. I used an 18 x 13 x 1 inch pan.  You need the lip on the pan to keep liquid from running off in your oven.  Spread the crackers on the pan like in the photo below.  In a pan on top of the stove combine the butter and brown sugar. Bring to a boil on medium heat and then boil for 3 minutes.  DO NOT STIR WHILE BOILING.

• Remove from stove after boiling 3 minutes and spread over the saltine crackers with a knife. The mixture should be at soft ball stage or should make a soft ball when a little is dropped in ice water.  Have your oven preheated to 400 degrees.  Place baking sheet in oven for 3 minutes on middle rack.  Remove after 3 minutes and sprinkle on chocolate chips.  Put back in oven for another minute to let chocolate chips melt.  Remove and spread out the melted chips with a knife. Sprinkle on nuts and kind of mash into chocolate.  Refrigerate until hard (about 2 or 3 hours) or could put in freezer for a while.  Break into pieces.  Makes a 1 1/2 quart container full.  Keep refrigerated.

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