First, a disclaimer.  Unlike most foods you’ll see around here, there is nothing remotely healthy about this.  It’s pure, unadulterated junk.  But it tastes good. 😉  And once a year, I think I can splurge on junk. 🙂

Years ago, someone at one of our old churches made this saltine candy at Christmastime for a dinner.   It was so good!  I got the recipe from her, and made it on a couple of occasions.  Fast-forward a number of years, through a couple of moves and a move to gluten-free eating, and I saw the recipe pop up on Pinterest.  “Hmmm…I wonder if that would work with Glutino crackers.”  Much to my surprise, when I went to buy crackers, I found a type of Glutino cracker our store had never carried before.

I’d never seen them.  But they’re a lot more like saltines.  So those are what I used.  These crackers are thinner than saltines, though, so I cut back the amounts of the other ingredients, and the results were just as good as the candy I remember!  Here’s the gluten-free version:

Gluten-Free "Saltine" Candy

Rachel Ramey

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Course Dessert, GF

Ingredients

  

• Glutino crackers I used about 10 crackers. See the picture for the type of cracker I used.
• 1-1/2 sticks butter 12 Tbsp.
• 3/4 c. brown sugar
• 1-1/2 c. semisweet chocolate chips

Instructions

 

• Cover a rimmed baking sheet with foil and spread crackers on it in a single layer.
• Preheat the oven to 400.
• Combine butter and sugar in a small saucepan and boil for 3 minutes. Pour this mixture over the crackers. (It's a bit thick; I spread it around with a silicone spatula.)
• Put the whole thing in the oven for about 5 minutes. Remove from the oven and sprinkle with chocolate chips. (I found that it helped if I let it sit for about a minute first, to solidify just enough that I didn't displace the syrup when I added the chocolate.)
• Let sit for 5 minutes (so the chocolate can melt), then spread the chocolate evenly with a spatula.
• Let cool completely. (This takes ages. Like...hours and hours. I finally gave up and popped it in the freezer for about 20 minutes.) Break into pieces.