Stop whatever your doing, write this recipe down (or print it, whichever you prefer) and make it. Immediately. It is seriously SO good! I made some the other day because hubby and I were craving it, and had to take it to work because if not, I would not have been able to button my pants the next day.
This makes a great, easy, and affordable recipe to make as gifts for the holidays, because lets be honest, we would all rather have something loaded with butter and sugar than some stinky body wash we plan to re-gift the following year
Ghetto Toffee
1 cup butter
1 cup brown sugar (I use light)
1 sleeve saltine crackers (with salt, the sweet/salty combo makes it so much better!)
12 ounces chocolate chips (you can use milk chocolate or semi-sweet, or a mix of both, whichever you prefer)
6 ounces of heath toffee bits (that's half the bag for the not-math-savvy)
Line cookie sheet with foil. Spray foil with non-stick cooking spray. Place entire sleeve of saltines, salty side down, in a single layer. They may not fit perfectly, but its ok because they will separate after baking anyway so don't worry about it looking perfect. Unless your like me and do it anyway, even though you knowit will separate when it bakes.
Pre-heat oven to 350. In a medium sauce pan, over medium heat, melt butter, add brown sugar once melted and stir to combine (it will never really look combined until after it boils, but its what the recipe says so just pretend it does and stir away). Once mixture begins to boil (and not a second sooner), stop stirring, and let boil for 3 minutes. By boil I don't mean bubbling over the top of the pot, but to where you can see bubbles forming and popping out of the mixture, if that makes any sense. It will begin to "puff up" and that's ok, don't turn the heat up or down, just let it do its thang for 3 minutes.
Remove butter/sugar mixture from heat. Pour immediately over crackers. You will need to use a rubber spatula most likely to ensure this yummy buttery goodness covers every inch of your crackers. Once they are covered, turn off the burner the pan was on, because you don't want to do what I did and place it back on the stove top, with butter/sugar running down the side, and burn it onto your glass surface so badly that you are still scrubbing it off
Place cookie sheet in oven and bake for 6-10 minutes, if your oven tends to run hot you may take it out after 6, you just don't want the sugar to get too browned.
Right after removing from oven, sprinkle chocolate chips evenly over tops, let them set for 5 minutes, then take rubber spatula and spread evenly over crackers. If you don't let it stand 5 minutes, the chips wont melt properly and you will have clumpy looking toffee stuff. Sprinkle toffee bits over chocolate. Place in fridge for 1-2 hours to set.
To break apart, I just use my hands, but have read others using a pizza cutter. It may be a wise idea to brush your teeth, chew gum, pull out your old headgear, anything to keep your mouth busy while cutting because seriously, every crumb will make its way into your mouth.
Enjoy!
Note: You could mix this recipe up however you wanted. White chocolate, dark chocolate, dark brown sugar instead of light, you could use nuts in place of toffee bits, candy cane pieces, the possibilities are endless!
Next up: Green Chili Burritos!