Chocolate Saltine Cracker Toffees

The Christmas season means time for more baking! There is nothing more soothing than being in the kitchen, with the aroma of baked goods, and Christmas music playing on my ipad. It does the soul good.

I decided to put my candy thermometer to good use and experiment with making toffee, one of my favorite candies. The recipe I used can be found at: http://allrecipes.com/recipe/ghirardelli-chocolate-saltine-toffee/detail.aspx

What I changed about the recipe, was I only cooked the toffee to around 300 degrees, not the 350 degrees mentioned in this recipe. I read in other recipes that 300 degrees is better. Also note, it takes a LONG TIME to heat your sugar to 300 degrees- probably amost 20-30 minutes.

Sprinkling the chocolate pieces on top of the spread toffee:




Smearing the chocolate:



Adding my Christas sprinkles & nuts:


Breaking up the pieces. Pretty much it is saltine cracker on the bottom, toffee in the middle, and chocolate on top. I love the bit of salt that the saltine crackers add to the toffee! When breaking up the pieces, make sure to break "inwards" instead of "outwards", otherwise, the chocolate can break apart from the toffee.

It was a big hit at work! The ingredients are so simple too- just saltine crackers, chocolate, butter and sugar. Yum yum yum!