Pretzel Christmas Crack
Pretzel Christmas Crack is like the classic Christmas crack recipe but it is made with pretzels instead of crackers.
Ingredients
- 2 sticks salted butter
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 8 oz mini pretzels
- 2 cups chocolate chips semi sweet
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- christmas sprinkles optional
- flaky sea salt optional
Instructions
- line a baking sheet with parchment paper and preheat the oven to 400F
- add the pretzels to the baking sheet, while gently crushing the pretzels into smaller pieces using your hands. make sure they are spread out evenly.
- melt the butter in a medium size saucepan and then add the brown sugar. mix well and let it come to a boil. Let it continue to cook for another 3-5 minutes until it looks thicker and turns a beautiful caramel color. Add in the vanilla and mix well.
- Remove the caramel from the heat and slowly pour it over your pretzels making sure to get them all covered. You can mix them all up in the center of the baking sheet as well and then evenly distribute the pretzel mixture on the baking sheet once all of the pieces have a little caramel on them.
- Put the pretzel mixture in the oven for 3-4 minutes and then remove it so you can add your chocolate chips.
- Without giving the mixture time to cool, add your chocolate chips on top of the pretzel mixture. Add it to the oven for another 3 minutes. Remove it from the oven.
- Using a silicone spatula, blend all the chocolate into a nice chocolate layer on top of the pretzels and caramel. Top with flaky sea salt (optional) and sprinkles.
- Add it to the freezer to cool for an hour or two. Then take it out, break it into pieces, add it to a container, and keep it in the fridge until you are ready to eat it.