Christmas Crackle

Have you heard of Christmas Crack? A few years ago someone at my church gave us some stuff called Christmas Crack. No it is not a drug although it is addicting so maybe? I didn't like the name of Crack so I started calling it Christmas Crackle. I have lost the original recipe and keep forgetting to ask for it. So of course I scoured the internet for a Christmas Crack recipe. There were ton's of them but none of them were the one I was looking for. They all had saltine crackers, chocolate and other stuff. Really? Saltine's in a dessert. Anyway, I knew the basics of the recipe so I experimented! This is one of the easiest and quickest recipes ever. Almost as easy as making rice crispy treats!

Can you see the gooey goodness this has? Now if you have any new crowns or fillings be careful!!

Christmas Crackle

Ingredients:

12 to 14oz of Golden Grahams Cereal
1 cup Butter
1 cup Light Karo Syrup
1 cup White Sugar
1 tsp Vanilla
Candy Thermometer

Directions:

1. Pour 12 oz of Golden Grahams Cereal in to a large mixing bowl. Set aside.
2. Boil together Butter, Light Karo Syrup and White Sugar. Insert candy thermometer and boil to almost firm ball stage. About 245 degrees. (From experience don't boil it longer. It will will literally become Crack and will break your teeth!) Don't walk away from the pot. It only cooks about 5 minutes.
3. Once it has reached 245 degrees take off of burner and stir in vanilla. Then pour onto cereal and stir till mixed really well. If it looks like it is a little to gooey add more cereal.
4. Pour out onto a greased cookie sheet. Let cool. Break apart and store in an air tight container. (It is almost better to store in a big rectangle container as apposed to a bowl. If it is in a bowl it tends to stick all together and  a little hard to take apart. )

Scotcheroos!

I few weeks ago my son went to a local cafe and brought back this wonderful dessert and he shared a bite with me. I was almost in heaven. Usually I prefer caramel over butterscotch but these were pretty awesome. I looked online for a recipe and to my surprise there were not that many and they weren't the same recipe. After making the first batch they were OK but not as good as the cafe. So after a little trial and error here is the recipe I came up with.

Scotcheroo's

Ingredients

1 cup Brown Sugar

1 cup Light Corn syrup

1 teaspoon Vanilla

1 1/2 cup Creamy Peanut Butter

1/2 cup Butterscotch Chips

5 1/2 cups Rice Krispies Cereal

1 1/2 cups Butterscotch Chips

1 cup Semi Sweet Chocolate Chips

Directions

1. In a medium sauce pan, combine Brown Sugar, light Corn Syrup and bring to a boil. Boil for 1 minute..

2. Remove from heat.

3. Mix in Vanilla and Creamy Peanut Butter and Butterscotch chips.

4. Pour Rice Krispies Cereal into a large bowl.

5. Pour mixture over the cereal and mix well.

6. Pour cereal mixture into a 9 X 13 pan and press firmly into pan.

7. Melt Butterscotch Chips in microwave safe bowl for 1 minute. If not melted completely, cook for an additional 15 seconds until melted.

8. Spread melted Butterscotch Chips over cereal mixture.

9. Melt Semi Sweet Chocolate Chips in microwave safe bowl for 30 seconds. If not melted completely, cook for an additional 15 seconds until melted.

10. Put melted Semi Sweet Chocolate Chips into a pastry bag and drizzle over the Butterscotch Chips.

11.Refrigerate for 15 minutes until firm.

12. Cut into bars and store in an air tight container. 

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