Potluck Toffee

As I unloaded groceries to the pantry shelf I saw this recipe on the side of the generic saltine cracker box. They called it Saltine Chocolate Pieces and as I read the recipe I saw that I had all the ingredients, I bet you do too.

1 sleeve saltine crackers

3/4 c brown sugar

1 c butter

12 oz. (2 cups) semi-sweet chocolate chips

3/4 c chopped nuts (I like pecans)

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Line cookie sheet with foil and spray lightly with cooking spray. Cover cookie sheet with saltines. Boil sugar and butter for 3 minutes (do not let this burn!). Pour mixture over saltines and spread evenly. Bake at 400 degrees for 5 minutes. Remove from oven. Sprinkle with chocolate chips. Let set for one minute, then spread melted chips with spatula. Sprinkle chopped nuts over this and press down lightly to set. Cut on diagonal immediately or cool until firm, then break up. (I couldn't wait for it to set up so I put the whole cookie sheet in the freezer, worked great. Start to finish done in 10 minutes!)

My variation: After I made these once I thought I would like to control the amount of salt involved. Not because I wanted less salt, but because I wanted more. Have you ever had Trader Joe's salted chocolate almonds? Salt + chocolate = awesome. So the second time I made these with unsalted-tops saltines and sprinkled course sea salt on the melted chocolate chips just before adding the nuts. It was perfect.

I thought the name Chocolate Saltine Pieces was pretty lame and didn't give justice to how amazing these are. They taste like Roca Buttercrunch Toffee, except the main ingredient is crackers, so I wanted to name them Ghetto Toffee. Then Olen said it reminded him of something that would be brought to a church potluck. I agreed and we decided to rename this recipe Potluck Toffee. After you make these yummies, let me know what you would call them.