This recipe has made its rounds in several different forms, but one thing remains the same, it's completely addictive. I was introduce to it by my lovely friend Amy and she called it chocolate crack, due to its addictive nature. Well I was soon concocting my own batches of the stuff in my kitchen and becoming quite the addict myself. At some point I decided I needed to bring this stuff to school and "share the wealth" or I'd be 2000 pounds soon! I asked my colleague Jason if he'd like to be my guinea pig and try some treats I brought. He misunderstood, mostly on purpose, and looked appalled that I wanted him to try guinea pig. Well the "guinea pig" was tasted, adored and laughingly renamed, "Guinea". Now I'm asked, "You got the guinea" on a regular basis.
So Jason, this one's for you! Everyone else, beware! This is shockingly easy to make and way too good to stop eating once you've succumbed!
Ingredients:
Graham Crackers (about 2 bags)
Butter (1-2 cups)
Brown Sugar (1-2 cups) - hey, I never said this was healthy!
1 tsp. vanilla extract
Chocolate Chips (1 -2 cups - depending on how much chocolate you want)
** Toasted Coconut, Toffee bits, Nuts, etc (optional)
Method:
- Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees
- Line a baking sheet with foil
- Lay graham crackers down over the foil. I like to break mine along the perforations and line them up. It makes breaking them apart later, easier.
- On stove top, melt butter in a medium saucepan. Here's where you can decide to do the "healthy" version or the "over the top" version. I have not yet been brave enough to do the over the top. My mind resists anything that calls for 2 cups of butter. I just can't do it.
- Once butter is melted add the brown sugar (1 cup if you did 1 cup of butter, and 2 cups if you did 2 cups of butter). Stir until sugar incorporates into the butter. The mixture will bubble and thicken a bit.
- Once the brown sugar melts and incorporates add vanilla and stir.
- Next pour the mixture over the graham crackers.
- Now bake 5-7 minutes or until the "toffee" becomes bubbly.
- Now remove from oven and sprinkle chocolate chips over - I typically use 1 cup. Otherwise I feel like the chocolate overwhelms the toffee flavor.
- Now return to oven for 1 minute and remove again, spreading melted chocolate chips over the graham cracker/toffee with a spatula.
- Now you can add the "optional" extras if you'd like
- At this point you can let it cool or refrigerate or freeze it until it hardens, then break it up and store in an airtight container.
*Note: My friend Stacy has made this substituting pretzels for the graham crackers. Another delicious alternative!!!
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