Christmas Crack Recipe | Cooking with Nana Ling

An easy and deliciously addictive Christmas treat: salty crackers, hard caramel toffee and smooth chocolate layers.

This is the easiest and tastiest Christmas treat that will win you loads of friends – if you share it!

This An easy Christmas cracker recipe calls for saltine crackers (“salads” here in Australia), a quick and easy caramel layer (just two ingredients), smooth, creamy chocolate (bitter or milk, your choice) and then your own crazy little mix of edible Christmas sprinkles and decorations.

After setting, cut it – or crack it – into pieces, and enjoy!

Ingredients for Christmas Crack

The list of ingredients is quite simple:

• Crackers for salad (salty crackers)
• Brown sugar
• butter
• Milk or dark chocolate
• White chocolate
• Silver quiches, red and green sprinkles, edible glitter (or anything else you want to decorate with to make it festive and adorable).

The amounts can be found on the recipe card at the bottom of the post.

How to make Christmas crackers

Start by preheating the oven to 170°C, fan (or equivalent) and greasing a slice tin (about 28 x 18cm) before lining with baking paper.

Leave the baking paper hanging over the sides to help remove it from the pan later.

Then, follow these 6 steps:

Christmas decoration crack

Now add “Christmas” to your Christmas crack.

Melt the white chocolate and drip lines of white chocolate on the milk/bitter chocolate layer.

Then, sprinkle with silver, red and green sprinkles and edible glitter.

Other Christmas cracker recipes sometimes include Christmas M&Ms, a little extra salt or nuts.

Let your crack cool slightly and then place in the fridge to set completely.

After setting, cut into pieces with a sharp knife. Or “crack” it to pieces with your hands!

Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to a week.

Christmas Crack FAQ

That. What is Christmas crack?

This is a recipe for slices consisting of three layers – salty crackers, caramel and chocolate. It’s called Christmas Crack because you can crack it instead of cutting it and it cracks in your mouth when you eat it.

That. Is this the best Christmas Crack recipe?

of course! next question.

That. Is Christmas Crack Refrigeration Necessary?

It should be kept refrigerated and should last up to a week in the refrigerator.

That. can you freeze it

Yes, up to a few months in an airtight container.

That. What is the best way to melt chocolate for this recipe?

Melt chocolate by microwaving for 25 second bursts and stirring between each burst until completely melted.

That. Do you have any other sweet Christmas recipes?

I’m sure it is.

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• 6 Crackers for salad (salty crackers)
• 1 Goblet Brown sugar
• 125 gram butter
• 360 gram Milk or dark chocolate
• 50 gram White chocolate
• Silver cachous, red and green sprinkles, edible glitter (for decoration)

• Preheat oven to 170 degrees Celsius, fan (or equivalent).

• Grease a slice pan (about 28 x 18 cm) and line with baking paper, leaving paper hanging on the sides to help remove it from the pan later.

• Line the bottom of the pan with salads – they may double in parts.

• Mix sugar and butter in a saucepan over low heat, stirring until the butter melts and the sugar melts. Bring to a boil, increase the heat if necessary and cook for a minute without stirring.

• Pour over the salads and spread to the edges with a spoon if necessary to ensure the salads are completely covered.

• Cook for 5 minutes or until the caramel starts to bubble.

• Remove from the oven and melt milk/dark chocolate by putting in a microwave for 25 second bursts and stirring between each burst until completely melted. Pour melted milk/dark chocolate over the caramel layer.

• Melt the white chocolate by putting it in the microwave for 25 second bursts and stirring between each burst until completely melted. Drip lines of white chocolate over the milk/bitter chocolate layer.

• Decorate with sprinkles of silver, red and green edible glitter.

• Allow to cool slightly and then put in the fridge to set completely.

• After setting, cut into pieces with a sharp knife. Or “crack” it to pieces with your hands!

• Store Christmas Crackers in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to a week.

Calories: 163KKL | Carbohydrates: 20G | protein: 1G | Oil: 10G | Saturated fat: 6G | Polyunsaturated fat: 0.4G | Unsaturated fat: 3G | trans fat: 0.2G | Cholesterol: 12mg | sodium: 47mg | potassium: 64mg | fiber: 1G | Sugar: 18G | vitamin: 131IU | Vitamin C: 0.01mg | calcium: 17mg | iron: 1mg