Cracker Toffee

This is one of those recipes that sounds really weird and possibly gross, but is really good, if it is done correctly.

Ingredients

40 saltine crackers
1 cup butter
1 cup dark brown sugar
2 cups semisweet chocolate chips (I used milk chocolate)
3/4 cup chopped nuts (The recipe calls for pecans, but I used walnuts)


Directions

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (205 degrees C).
2. Line cookie sheet with tin foil and then with saltine crackers in single layer.
3. In a saucepan combine the sugar and the butter. Bring to a boil and boil for 3 minutes.
4. Immediately pour over saltines and spread to cover crackers completely.
5. Bake at 400 degrees F for 5 to 6 minutes.
6. Remove from oven and sprinkle chocolate chips over the top. Let sit for 5 minutes.
7. Spread melted chocolate and top with chopped nuts.
8. Cool completely in refrigerator (I let it sit overnight) and break into pieces.

My first batch turned out perfect. The toffee glaze and chocolate were evenly distributed and cooked just right.

The second batch was not so great. I think I left it in too long, plus the crackers shifted in the oven so some of them were burned on the bottom. They actually tasted like burnt crackers. Yuck! Next time I am going to watch to make sure the crackers don't shift when I lay them in the oven and get scrunched up in one corner.