Sweet, crunchy, and irresistible – this Toffee Brickle recipe is the perfect treat for any occasion. Whether you’re hosting a dinner party or just want a sweet snack, this recipe has got you covered.
Ingredients
- unsalted soda crackers
- 3/4 c. packed brown sugar
- 2 sticks butter
- 12 oz. bag chocolate chips
Baking Instructions
- Line bottom of lasagne size pan with soda crackers.
- Boil sugar and butter for about 8 minutes.
- Pour over crackers. Bake at 350° for 15 minutes.
- Remove and sprinkle with chocolate chips. Spread melted chocolate chips with a knife.
- Cool and crack into pieces.
- Store in an airtight container.
Calorie: 310
Total cooking time:30 minutes
Difficulty level: Easy
The Unforeseen Tale of Toffee Brickle
The Toffee Brickle Casting Call
In the realm of my kitchen, a motley crew of ingredients gathers, ready to partake in the culinary equivalent of a Broadway show. The stars of the day? Unsalted soda crackers (a.k.a. the understudies waiting for their chance to shine), 3/4 c. packed brown sugar (the sweet diva), 2 sticks of butter (the smooth operators), and a 12 oz. bag of chocolate chips (the crowd pleasers).
Rehearsal: Setting the Stage
To set the scene, I first line the bottom of a lasagne-sized pan with unsalted soda crackers. It’s like laying down a red carpet for the other ingredients, but it’s beige and crunchy, and wouldn’t look out of place at an under-budgeted high school prom.
Act One: The Sweet and Sticky Drama
Our diva, brown sugar, and the smooth operators, butter, are up next. Boiling them together for about 8 minutes creates a performance so steamy, so sizzling, that it could be its own soap opera. But we’re not stopping there. Oh no, we’re pouring this saucy scene stealer all over our unsuspecting soda crackers. It’s shocking, it’s scandalous, it’s… incredibly easy to do.
Intermission: The Oven’s Solo
With everything in place, it’s time for the oven’s solo. At a balmy 350°, it serenades the pan for 15 minutes. It’s a beautiful performance, really. Standing ovation worthy, if only my oven mitts had hands.
Act Two: The Chocolate Finale
And now, the moment we’ve all been waiting for. The curtain rises on our baked crackers, now glazed with the golden caramel of our diva and operators, and it’s time for the crowd-pleasers to make their entrance. Sprinkling the chocolate chips over the hot toffee is like watching a snowfall in a chocolate factory, a sight I’m sure Willy Wonka would approve of.
As the chocolate chips melt, I spread them out with a knife, creating a beautiful, glossy finale. It’s not quite a standing ovation, but it’s definitely a sitting-down-and-eating-it-all kind of applause.
Encore: The Cool Down and Smash Up
The show isn’t over until the toffee brickle cools down. This is the time for the cast to take a breather, for the fans to calm down, and for me to find a way to clean the caramel off my stove top. Once cooled, it’s time for the smash up. I crack the toffee into pieces, a move that feels both liberating and slightly criminal.
Curtain Call: The Storage Scene
In the aftermath of the show, the toffee brickle is stored in an airtight container, ready to be enjoyed by all my friends (and by friends, I mean me at 2 a.m. when a sugar craving hits).
The Toffee Brickle Farewell
And so ends the saga of the toffee brickle. It’s been a rollercoaster of unsalted soda crackers, brown sugar, butter, and chocolate chips. It’s been a journey, a spectacle, a… okay, it’s been a pretty normal Wednesday in my kitchen. But hey, who said cooking can’t be a show?
