Chocolate Crack

                                        The above picture is both Vanilla and Chocolate Crack.

So today since I'm not baking any cookies I thought I would share a super duper easy candy recipe I tried this past weekend. 

Chocolate Crack. Yep it's that addictive :-)

What you need is a box of graham crackers.  I used Honey Maid my favorite , but any will do.
2 sticks or 1 cup of salted butter.  Hey it's candy nobody said it was healthy.
1 cup of packed brown sugar.  I used light you can use either, the dark will be a richer flavored.
1 12oz package of semi-sweet chocolate chips.  I use Ghirardelli  but whatever you like is fine.


A heavy medium sauce pan
A jelly roll pan.  That's the pan that looks almost like a cookie sheet but is a little larger with a little deeper lip. Most are 9x15
Heavy Duty Foil


Go preheat your oven to 350 degrees.  You know you want to make this right now...Anything called Chocolate crack has got to be good.


First you need to line the pan with the heavy duty foil.  If you don't have a jelly roll pan you can use a cookie sheet just leave the sides up about an inch to hold everything in the pan.
Next SPRAY the pan with a non-stick cooking spray.  I use Baker's Joy, huge fan it works great.
Line the pan with the graham crackers.  You can break them to get all the space filled in.

Now we cook.

In a medium heavy sauce pan combine butter and brown sugar.  Now here's the tricky part.  Over medium heat bring this to a boil stirring constantly.  A full breaking boil. That is when the entire surface is breaking in bubbles, it is going to seem like it is never going to happen but trust me it will.   Whatever you do DO NOT stop stirring.  Now as soon as it starts the full boil set your oven time for 5 minutes.  No more no less and KEEP stirring.  When the timer beeps remove from heat.  Careful this is boiling sugar and it will BURN you if it splashes. 

Now carefully pour the hot mixture over the crackers.  I go up and down each row then turn the pan and go over each row the other way.  Then I just pour it over the spots that still need it.  If it doesn't cover all the spots don't worry about it, it will spread out in the oven.

Now slide the pan into the preheated 350 degree oven and bake for 10 minutes.

Remove pan sprinkle the chocolate chips over the candy and let them sit for about 2 minutes.  Take your handy dandy icing spatula or any heat resistant spatula you have and spread the chocolate chips out over the crackers.  Put the pan in the fridge until the candy is chilled. 

When it is chilled remove the foil from pan and peel off the candy and break the candy in random size pieces.
Enjoy.  And if you have any left to store, keep in an air tight container.


Just a tip.  Be sure and boil the mixture for exactly 5 minutes.  If you do not boil it long enough you get a sticky, gooey, mess and if you boil it too long it will burn.  5 minutes and you get a nice brittle.

P.S.  Vanilla Crack is basically the same recipe.  Only it is white sugar and saltine crackers, sprinkled with any chopped nut before baking.  It is YUMMY also.