Christmas crack, an addictively delicious treat, has gone viral on TikTok. The sweet treat, often made with saltines, caramel, chocolate, and m&ms, is crunchy, sweet and balanced. It’s perfect to add to your holiday baking and share with your family. And if you don’t love the toppings of the recipe you’re following, it’s customizable to fit your tastes.
Not only can it be made to fit your tastes, but each recipe’s baking time is under ten minutes so you don’t have to spend hours making this sweet treat. Here’s a couple Christmas crack recipes so you can create your own personalized version.
CHRISTMAS CRACK 🎄✨ Ingredients: • 1 sleeve saltine crackers • 1 cup butter (2 sticks) • 1 cup brown sugar • 1 bag chocolate chips (milk or semi-sweet) • Toppings: sprinkles, crushed Heath, M&Ms Instructions: Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment and lay crackers in a single layer. In a saucepan, melt butter + brown sugar and bring to a simmer for 3 minutes, stirring constantly. Pour caramel over crackers and spread evenly. Bake 5–7 minutes until bubbly. Immediately sprinkle chocolate chips on top, let melt 1–2 minutes, then spread smooth. Add sprinkles, Heath, and M&Ms on top. Chill in the fridge or freezer until fully set. Break into pieces and enjoy! #easyrecipe#christmascountdown#christmastreats#christmasbaking#fyp
If you want to keep a more traditional recipe, you can follow TikTok creator @kimberlyj_king. With one sleeve of saltine crackers, some butter, brown sugar, and chocolate chips you can create the most basic, but flavorful Christmas crack. For toppings you can follow the video and include sprinkles, Heath Bars and m&ms or keep reading for some more variation ideas.
Does Christmas baking have anyone else in a chokehold or is it just me living in the kitchen? 🤭🎄🍫✨ #christmasbaking#festivefood#HolidayTreats#christmassnacks#mummade @Arnott’s Biscuits Christmas Crack Recipe Ingredients Salada crackers 1 cup butter 1 cup brown sugar 1 cup chocolate chips Sprinkles, crushed pretzels & M&M’s (or whatever else you’d like to decorate with!) Instructions Line a tray and cover with Saladas Melt butter and brown sugar until bubbling Pour over crackers and bake 5 minutes at 180C Sprinkle chocolate chips, let them melt and spread Add sprinkles, let it set and crack into pieces 🎄🍫✨
If you’re someone who likes to add a salty undertone to your sweets, you can make your Christmas crack a little more savory with TikTok user @abbeyfwebbers recipe. The recipe calls for the same base as before, crackers, brown sugar, butter and chocolate chips, but this time adds some pretzels.
the yummiest version of christmas crack: recipe 🫶🏼🫶🏼 – 250g brown sugar – 250g salted butter -9 salada crackers – 200g salted pretzels -1 bag of christmas mnms – 250-350g white chocolate -half a jar of @pistachiopapiofficial – Preheat oven 180°C – Melt butter in saucepan – Add brown sugar to melted butter and bring to a boil and allow to boil for 4-5 mins – Pour over salada crackers – Add melted chocolate and all toppings on top after taking out of oven – set in fridge #christmascrack#christmasrecipe#christmascooking#christmas
For those who aren’t a big fan of chocolate, but still want to enjoy the crunchy Christmas crack, TikTok creator @maya.andrejev came up with a variation that has white chocolate and pistachio. It’s totally on brand for this year’s pistachio dessert trends and can be topped with just about anything.
24 days of Christmas recipes 🎄✨♥️ Day 15: Potato chip Christmas crack Ingredients: Sea salt potato chips 125g butter 1 cup brown sugar 180g chocolate, melted Christmas Sprinkles Flaky Sea salt Method: 1. Place chips on a lined baking tray, crushing them down slightly. 2. Add brown sugar and butter to a saucepan over medium heat. Stir until butter melts then bring to the boil. Stir continuously until it has thickened then remove from the heat. 3. Spread mixture evenly over the chips and bake at 180°c for 5 minutes. 4. Spread over the chocolate and top with sprinkles, crushed potato chips and a pinch of flaky sea salt. Leave in the freezer to set. 5. Break up and enjoy! #christmascrack#easyrecipes#christmasrecipes#festiverecipes#christmasbaking
If you’re not a huge fan of saltines, but still want to add something salty as a base, TikTok user @kizactivelife created a Christmas crack variation with potato chips. It’ll still have the salty crunch of the saltine base, but will be a bit lighter than the crackers it’s usually made with.
trust me when I tell you the viral biscoff christmas crack is even better than you think 🤤🍫🎄 Ingredients: 1 pack lotus @Biscoff cookies 1 cup (2 sticks) butter 1 cup brown sugar 2 cups white chocolate chips creamy biscoff cookie butter spread (melted) @Maldon Salt flaky sea salt @CadburyAU mini snow balls chocolate candies Instructions: Arrange biscoff cookies in a single layer and baking sheet lined with parchment paper. In a saucepan, melt butter and brown sugar together, stirring until bubbly (about 3–4 minutes). Pour over cookies and spread evenly. Bake at 400° for 5 minutes then immediately sprinkle white chocolate chips on top. Let melt and spread smooth. Top with melted cookie butter, sea salt, chopped cookies, and chocolate candies. Chill until set, break into pieces, and enjoy! 😋 #biscoff#chocolate#dessert#recipe#creatorsearchinsights
For those who are huge fans of the Biscoff cookies, this recipe’s for you. Instead of saltines or potato chips, you can use a biscoff cookie base, topped with biscoff cookie spread, some white chocolate chips and snowball candies. It sounds like a perfect crossover between cookies and Christmas crack.
day 4: christmas crack cookies!! bc when is toffee + chocolate + saltines not delicious?? these are always one of my favorite holiday cookies, salty & sweet, soft with lots of crispy crunch. #christmascrack#christmascookies#chirstmasbaking#holidaybaking
If you’re looking for a true crossover of Christmas crack and cookies, look no further than TikTok user @thepalatablelife. It combines all the ingredients into cookie dough so you can enjoy all the sweet and salty flavors of Christmas crack in one cookie.
Samantha is a contributor for the National Writers program for Spoon University. She enjoys writing about food culture, restaurant reviews and her all-time favorite “How-To” articles.
Outside of Spoon University, she is a student at Boston University. She is a junior studying English with a minor in journalism. At Boston University, she spends time writing for the school's newspaper, The Daily Free Press. At the Daily Free Press, she is a senior contributor in the lifestyle section and focuses on writing fashion reviews, rating restaurants, and covering recent trends. She recently joined the Pre-Law Review at Boston University and hopes to contribute law-related articles to the publication this year.
In her free time, she enjoys attending hot yoga classes, going to the gym with her friends, and finding the best gluten-free spots in Boston.
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