EASY Christmas Crack

1. Preheat your oven to 400ºF (204ºC) and line your pan with a silicone mat or parchment paper coated with pan spray or cake goop. I used cake goop around the edges of my pan and silicone mat.
2. Line the bottom of your pan with crackers in an even layer and set it aside.

Toffee

1. Place the brown sugar, butter, and salt into a medium sauce pan on medium-high heat and stir it until the butter is melted.
2. Next, cook the caramel. You will want to cook it until the temperature reads 280ºF (138ºC) on your candy thermometer which takes about 5 minutes. Watch the sugar cook and stir regularly to keep the butter from separating from the sugar. While a candy thermometer isn’t required, it will help ensure the success of your Christmas cracker recipe.
3. Once the toffee reaches the desired temperature, remove it from heat.
4. Then, pour the toffee over the crackers and spread it with a spatula to coat the crackers evenly.
5. Place the crackers into the oven for 3-5 minutes or until they start to bubble again. Then, remove them from the oven.

Christmas Cracker Assembly

1. Spread the choocolate chips evenly over the hot cracker toffee.
2. Place them back in the oven for 1 minute to melt the chocolate. Or let it sit on the countertop for 5 minutes until the chocolate melts.
3. Remove the pan from the oven, and slowly spread the chocolate chips evenly over the toffee with an offset spatula.
4. Add sprinkles over the top or any kind of toppings you want like chopped nuts, toasted coconut flakes, pretzels, or even candy!
5. Put the Christmas crackers into the freezer for at least 20 minutes. You can also let them sit overnight at room temperature.
6. Since you used a silicone mat and/or goop, the crackers will lift out of the pan easily. You will just lift and crack into them into your desired pieces.

NOTES

• Instead of using the oven method you could always just melt the chocolate in the microwave and pour it over the crack.  Then just decorate it and let it sit to harden up.
• To microwave the chocolate instead you put it into a microwave safe bowl.  Place in the microwave for 1 minute.  Pull it out and stir.  Put it i for another 30 seconds.  Pull it out and stir.  Keep putting it in for 30 seconds at a time and stir in between until melted.  Should take around 2 minutes.  Once melted pour over the crack.
• Alternatively you could melt the chocolate using the double boiler method.  Slow and steady.