If you’ve never tried Saltine Toffee, now is the time! Crispy, buttery toffee with crackers, pecans and chocolate. So easy to make, too!
Why make toffee from crackers
Years ago I remember being at a family reunion and I tried a graham cracker toffee bar. It was amazing and delicious, and I was SHOCKED that the base was a graham cracker.
I had to keep eating, bar after bar, for taste testing purposes.
This Saltine Toffee recipe has a saltier base (DUH) than a graham cracker, so the sweet and salty combo shines through on these bars!
While I love homemade English toffee, from scratch…sometimes I want something FASTER. And easier!
Ingredient Notes
Similar to my favorite Christmas crack recipe, you only need a handful of ingredients to make a delicious candy treat!
- Butter– choose unsalted butter in this recipe, the crackers have enough salt!
- Sugar– granulated sugar is best!
- Saltine Crackers– like I mentioned above, you can use graham crackers, Ritz crackers, or Club crackers. But for a traditional cracker toffee, start with Saltines.
- Milk Chocolate– you can also use dark chocolate or white chocolate if you prefer!
- Pecans– completely optional. You can add them before baking (and you get a toasted, nutty flavor…or sprinkle them on the melted chocolate.
Step by Step Instructions
STEP 1: Melt your butter in a small saucepan, then add your sugar. Bring this mixture to a rolling boil.
STEP 2: Line 40 saltine crackers on a 15 x 10 x 1-inch baking sheet.
STEP 3: Pour the melted butter and sugar mixture over the crackers, slowly, making sure that all the crackers have been covered in butter. You want all that buttery goodness in your Saltine Toffee!
STEP 4: Sprinkle everything generously with chopped pecans, then bake this for about 15 minutes. You want to make sure that the crackers look brown and caramelized.
STEP 5: Use a small spatula to remove the hot saltine cracker toffee from the pan and place it on parchment paper (or wax paper).
STEP 6: Melt your chocolate chips and spread over each cracker. To make this easier, I pour my melted chocolate into a large Ziploc bag, then snip the corner and drizzle generously over each cracker. Works like a charm!
Once the chocolate has hardened, store Saltine Toffee in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 5 days (if it lasts that long). ENJOY!
More Cracker Toffee recipes
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Buttery, crunchy saltine toffee with a sweet and tart topping. You’ll love the flavor and texture of this Cranberry Pistachio Saltine Toffee recipe!
This Peppermint Cracker Toffee is ridiculously easy and delicious. Crisp, buttery toffee topped with white chocolate and peppermint candy, the perfect Christmas candy treat!
Peanut Butter Cracker Toffee will be your new favorite sweet treat. It’s so simple to make, and it’s downright trouble too with its addictive peanut butter flavor!
Tips and Tricks
- Check your oven temperature. Cracker toffee can go from not ready to burnt in a minutes. Keep your eye on the toffee and remove when lightly browned.
- Instead of removing individual pieces of crackers to cool, instead allow to cool as a whole on baking sheet. When set, crack into bite sized pieces.
- Don’t worry about melting chocolate separately. Instead, put chocolate chips on hot toffee and place in oven for one minute. Use an offset spatula to smooth evenly.
Recipe FAQs
Yes! I suggest swapping equal amount of packed light brown sugar, following the recipe directions exactly the same.
Wrap your toffee in plastic wrap and then place in an airtight freezer safe container. Freeze for up to 30 days.
To achieve the buttery crisp toffee flavor, I suggest keeping the recipe as written with butter.
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Saltine Cracker Toffee
Ingredients
- 40 saltine crackers
- 1 cup unsalted butter
- ¾ cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup chopped pecans
- 12 ounces milk chocolate chips
Instructions
- Line a 15x10x1-inch baking sheet with the saltine crackers. Set aside. Preheat oven to 375°F.
- In a small saucepan over medium-high heat, melt butter. Add in sugar and bring to a rolling boil, stirring constantly. Once it begins to boil, remove from heat.
- Pour over saltine crackers and sprinkle with chopped pecans. Place in a 375°F oven for about 13-15 minutes, until crackers are browned and caramelized.
- Remove from oven and using a small spatula, place each piece of toffee onto a sheet of parchment paper on the counter.
- Melt chocolate morsels and spread generously over toffee. Allow chocolate to set and store in airtight container for up to 5 days.
Notes
- Make it easier! Place parchment paper in baking sheet prior to adding saltines. Cook accordingly. Remove from oven and sprinkles with chocolate chips. Allow to melt about 5 minutes, then spread with an offset spatula.
- Freeze it! Wrap in plastic wrap then place toffee in an airtight container to freeze for up to 30 days.
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Crisp, buttery pieces of toffee made from saltine crackers and topped with pecans and rich milk chocolate. The perfect holiday treat.
“Why had I not thought to make my brickle bars with saltines?”, you ask.
Well, the answer is quite obvious: you’re a pack-follower, and not able or willing to think originally. It’s the same condition that results in you using outdated idioms that actually mean the opposite of your intention (i.e. “works like a charm” – given modern beliefs in the effectiveness of magic, just what are you trying to say here?).
And you stopped by my blog why? To be rude? Keep on trolling….
I would LOVE to make these but have a question…..there is no mention of spraying cookie sheet with PAM or anything…..will the crackers not stick to the pan, being the butter/sugar is so sticky and basically caramelizes?
That’s why I remove them from the pan immediately. Before they begin to harden. I use a small spatula (a knife would work too) to slide them up and onto parchment paper.
I never could have thought of this, but it is really so delicious! I can’t get over it, and my family was also very impressed with this recipe. Great stuff, thanks! 🙂
Glad you all enjoyed it 🙂
I make these almost every Christmas time, several batches, and they are deadly. I can’t stop eating them. Definitely addicting.
they are dangerously delicious 🙂
So decadent!!
I’ve never tried saltine toffee before but it looks AMAZING.
You can also sprinkle chocolate chips on top while it’s hot, then spread it out. Chill in the fridge 15 min to set it up, then break apart and enjoy 🙂
MMMmmm, looks so good. It will be something I will try. I make Cracker Candy, this is something like it. Have you ever had it? You use brown sugar for it tho
when I was a kid we would just sprinkle milk chocolate chips randomly on top while it was still hot
I love this kind of toffee! Pinning!
The BEST idea ever! Saltine toffee is one of my favorite things and this looks even better!
well these look so dangerously delicious that I feel I can with some confidence say that they will be the cause of the next 10 lbs I gain
This is exactly the kind of dish I need these days. I will try this recipe tonight. I love saltine. Thank for sharing
WOW!! These look delicious and definitely not on the diet. But who cares about the diet when you can have these yummy saltine toffee crackers? Pinned!! 🙂
Thanks for pinning!! Yeah…not diet friends, but worth it 🙂
Oh dear this can not come into my house or I will devour the WHOLE batch without a doubt!
Quite dangerous. Great for sharing and making your friends fat 🙂
I love saltine toffee! I think I could eat this whole batch by myself! 😉
Ha!! Ditto 🙂
I love saltine toffee way more than any other, except maybe matzo. These look so good and perfect!
I seriously can never get enough sweet and salty treats! Please say you have leftovers of these yummy bites…I would drive to visit just for these. And a long over due coffee chat with you, of course 😉
It’s been so long since I’ve had saltine toffee! It’s a family favorite around here!
A student made me these once and they are CRACK. Forget taste-testing. I will eat the whole dang batch without any qualms. Yours looks incredible!
The salty/sweet goodness here? It’s OUT OF CONTROL.
Just the way I like it.
I grew up on saltines with chicken soup…but I think Imma like it much better this way 😉 Pinned!
my God..makes me hungry suddenly