Easy Christmas Crack Cookies
With just 6 ingredients, these Christmas Crack Cookies are packed with crunch, chocolate flavor, and festive color. They’re a festive Christmas cookie that’s easy to prep (just 25 minutes hands-on) and will be devoured on any dessert table.
A Quick Look At The Recipe
- ⏲️Ready In: 25 Minutes prep, then chilling
- 👪Serves: 24
- 🍽 Calories: 2 kcals
- 📋Main Ingredients: Ritz crackers, brown sugar, unsalted butter, semi-sweet chocolate chips, toffee pieces, and Christmas sprinkles
- 📖 Dietary Notes: Nut-free
- ⭐ Why You’ll Love It: These easy Christmas crack cookies have a buttery toffee crunch on top of a salty Ritz cracker and are topped with smooth melted chocolate and sprinkles.
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Real talk, December is already a lot. Between the class party, the team party, and whatever else just got added to the calendar, nobody has the patience for rolling dough or waiting on butter to soften. These are the treats I’d grab when I need something for a tray and don’t have the time or the energy.
They’re technically more candy than cookie: a Ritz cracker, brown sugar toffee, and melted chocolate, all made in a muffin tin. If you’re already planning a prep day, they fit right in with something like my 3-ingredient peppermint chocolate fudge, and the kids can take over the sprinkles.
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- A Quick Look At The Recipe
- What Makes This Recipe Different💭
- Ingredients and Substitutions
- Flavors To Try
- How To Make the Easy Christmas Crack Cookies
- Helpful Hints
- How To Store Them
- Easy Christmas Crack Cookies FAQs
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What Makes This Recipe Different💭
Just 6 ingredients: You’re not running out to grab a bunch of ingredients. Instead, you’re using what you probably already have, similar to my 5 ingredient no bake oatmeal bars (coming soon!), and the toppings are flexible.
No mixer: The butter and brown sugar go in one saucepan, and the chocolate melts from the heat of the cookies, so there’s no separate melting step.
Old-fashioned method, easy version: This is basically an old-fashioned Christmas crack cookies recipe, but made easier. The toffee is made the classic way, but then it’s simplified. Plus, the muffin tin does the shaping so that every cookie comes out the same size.
Ingredients and Substitutions
- Ritz Crackers: This gives the crack cookies a salty, slightly crisp taste. However, you can easily use a graham cracker base instead.
- Brown Sugar: Gives a caramelized taste to them and a better texture than classic sugar. That said, use what you have.
- Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips: Roughly chop them so they melt evenly in the few minutes they sit on the hot toffee. Use any left to make chocolate chip banana bread without oil. For a fun twist, try white chocolate chips.
See the recipe card for full information on ingredients and quantities.
Flavors To Try
A few easy ways to change these up for different holidays and different tastes.
M&M Christmas Crack Cookies: Skip the toffee pieces and top with red and green M&Ms instead.
Swap the Sprinkles: Switch to red, white, and blue for the 4th of July, pastels for Easter, or orange and black for Halloween. The recipe works the same way.
Basically, you can change the toppings to make these special for any occasion, similar to these surprise strawberry crunch cupcakes with cake mix.
How To Make the Easy Christmas Crack Cookies
Step 1: Spray two muffin tins and set one Ritz cracker in each cup.
Step 2: Boil the butter and brown sugar in a saucepan for a couple of minutes, until a candy thermometer hits 300 degrees.
Step 3: Carefully spoon about a tablespoon of the toffee over each cracker and bake for a few minutes.
Step 4: Sprinkle the chopped chocolate over the top, and then add the toffee pieces and sprinkles. Let them cool,
Note
Keep the kids away from the saucepan: boiling sugar is extremely hot. Save the sprinkles and toffee pieces for them.
Helpful Hints
Pro tip: Boil Down Properly
Don’t eyeball the toffee. Boil it until the thermometer says 300 degrees, because that’s what helps it set.
If you’re hunting for the best crack cookies recipe for a busy week, it’s the one you can actually pull off, so these are the small things that keep it easy. More like this in my easy classic Christmas recipes section.
- Line everything up first: have the muffin tins sprayed and the crackers in place, the chocolate chopped, and the sprinkles open before the butter hits the stove. The toffee needs to go on right away.
- Wait for the chocolate: give it the full 4-5 minutes on the hot toffee before you spread it, so it melts instead of smearing in chunks.
- Top right away: add the toffee pieces and sprinkles as soon as the chocolate is spread, while it’s still soft enough to hold them.
How To Store Them
Fridge: Store in an airtight container in a single layer if possible or separated by sheets of parchment paper. At room temperature, they’ll stay fresh for 5-7 days and in the fridge for up to 2 weeks. This makes them a great cookie for gift-giving.
Freezer: You can freeze these easy crack cookies for up to 4 weeks. Just make sure to separate layers with wax or parchment paper and bring them to room temperature when you’re ready to enjoy.
Make Ahead: Since they need to chill anyway, they’re easy to make a day or two before a party. [Confirm how far ahead you’d make them.]
If it’s a big holiday baking weekend, my cinnamon roll energy bites without flour are another good thing to tuck into the prep.
Easy Christmas Crack Cookies FAQs
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Easy Christmas Crack Cookies
Ingredients
- 24 Ritz crackers
- 1 cup Brown sugar
- 1 cup Unsalted butter
- 1 1/2 cups Semi-sweet chocolate chips roughly chopped
- 3/4 cup Toffee pieces
- 1/2 cup Christmas sprinkles
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Spray two muffin tins with nonstick spray. (If you only have one pan, work in two batches: 12 Ritz crackers, 1/2 cup butter, and 1/2 cup brown sugar at a time.)
- Add a Ritz cracker to each muffin tin cup.
- Add the butter and brown sugar to a saucepan and heat until boiling. Boil 2-3 minutes, until the temperature reaches 300 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Carefully add about 1 tablespoon of the toffee mixture over each Ritz cracker. If you have extra, divide it among the cups.
- Bake in the oven for 4 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and sprinkle the chopped chocolate over the top.
- Allow about 4-5 minutes for the chocolate to melt, then spread it out evenly.
- Top with toffee pieces, sprinkles, or other toppings.
- Allow the candy to cool, then chill in the refrigerator for about one hour.
- To pop the candies out of the muffin tin, carefully insert the tip of a sharp knife on one side of the candy and press in until it pops loose.
Notes
Nutrition
Equipment
- Non-stick spray
- 1 Muffin tins
These dissapear so fast on the dessert table! The eprfect amount of sweet chocolate and savory crunch.