Christmas Crunch

Christmas crunch is a classic holiday sweet that has been served around North America since the 70’s. Sweet, salty, and crunchy this treat is wildly addicting, super easy to make, and only uses 5 ingredients. Saltine crackers covered in caramel, chocolate, and your favourite Christmas candy.. hard to beat that! The perfect Christmas cookie for your cookie exchange this holiday season!

How to make Christmas Crunch

This sweet recipe is really easy and super fun to make. Start by grabbing yourself a large baking sheet and covering it in parchment paper. I also go the extra mile to spray it with some cooking spray to avoid and sticking. From there line the baking try with saltine crackers. Depending on the size of the tray you should be able to fit around 30-40 crackers.

Making your caramel

Don’t stress about this caramel. There is no need for candy thermometer or anything like that. All you need to to is throw 1 cup of butter and 1 cup of brown sugar into a pot and place it over medium heat. Allow the butter and sugar to melt, and then stir until the two come together. Allow the mixture to bubble away on the stove for about 5-6 minutes, stirring every now and then. Keep an eye on the pot just to make sure the sugar mixture doesn’t boil over. After about 5-6 minutes or bubbling, remove from the heat and pour over the crackers. Smear the caramel over all of the crackers and then pop it in the over for 5 minutes!

Topping Time!

Most of the work is now completed. From here, you are going to remove the pan from the oven and pour 2 cups of chocolate chips over the top crackers and caramel. Spread the chocolate out and let the chocolate chips just sit on the warm crackers for about 5 minutes. Once the chocolate is shiny, smear it over the top of the crackers. How satisfying? If the chocolate is having a bit of trouble melting, you can pop the tray back into the oven for 2-3 minutes.

While the chocolate is still melted, it’s time to add on the toppings. You can take this in any direction you can imagine here. I added on crushed up candy canes, red and green m&m’s, and roasted pecans. The sky is the limit here. This is a great activity to do with the kids! Once you have the toppings on, you can pop the whole tray into the fridge or freezer to firm up, and then time to enjoy!

Once the chocolate is firm and the caramel is set you can break apart the Christmas crunch and enjoy! Sweet, salty, crunchy, chocolatey.. I a lot going on and a lot to love! Enjoy!