Chocolate Crack Food

CHOCOLATE CRACKED EARTH (FLOURLESS CHOCOLATE CAKE)

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter a 9-inch springform pan.
• Put the chocolate and butter into the top of a double boiler (or in a heatproof bowl) and heat over (but not touching) about 1 inch of simmering water until melted. Meanwhile, whisk the egg yolks with the sugar in a mixing bowl until light yellow in color. Whisk a little of the chocolate mixture into the egg yolk mixture to temper the eggs - this will keep the eggs from scrambling from the heat of the chocolate - then whisk in the rest of the chocolate mixture.
• Beat the egg whites in a mixing bowl until stiff peaks form and fold into the chocolate mixture. Pour into the prepared pan and bake until the cake is set, the top starts to crack and a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out with moist crumbs clinging to it, 20 to 25 minutes. Let stand 10 minutes, then remove sides of pan.
• While the cake is cooking, whip the cream until it becomes light and fluffy.
• Serve at room temperature dusted with confectioners' sugar and topped with whipped cream.

CHOCOLATE GRAHAM CRACKERS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, whisk together the graham flour, all-purpose flour, cocoa powder, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda and salt. In a large bowl using an electric mixer, beat the butter and brown sugar until combined, about 2 minutes. Add the molasses and beat to combine. Add the flour mixture to the butter mixture and beat until well combined. Divide the dough in 2, wrap each half in plastic wrap and flatten into a disc. Chill until firm enough to roll, at least 1 hour.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• On a floured piece of parchment and using a floured rolling pin, roll one of the discs to an even 1/8-inch-thick rectangle. Trim the edges and cut the dough into about twelve 2-inch-by-4-inch rectangles, but don't separate the cookies. Score each rectangle in half crosswise, but don't cut all the way through. Using a fork, make 3 indentations in each square. Transfer the parchment with the rolled dough to a baking sheet. Freeze for 10 minutes.
• Bake until the edges have darkened slightly and the dough is set and dry, 15 to 18 minutes. While the cookies are still warm, use a knife to cut them apart. Let the cookies cool completely on the sheet on a rack. Repeat with the remaining dough, rerolling the scraps once.

CHOCOLATE CRACKLE COOKIES

Steps:

• In a bowl (preferably metal) stir together flour, granulated sugar, cocoa, baking powder, salt, and blend in butter. Stir in egg and vanilla until mixture is blended. NOTE: (Some people add ¼ cup mini chocolate chips to make richer, I did not).
• Spread dough in a thin layer in bowl and freeze 10 minutes, or until firm.
• Preheat oven to 400°F and lightly grease 2 baking sheets.
• Put 4 tablespoons confectioners' sugar in a small bowl and dust hands with additional. Roll each piece of dough into a ball (small - gumball size) and then in confectioners' sugar in bowl. Arrange balls 2 inches apart on baking sheets, bake 8 to 10 minutes, or until cookies are just set. Cool cookies on racks.

CHOCOLATE TOFFEE MATZO CANDY

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• Line a rimmed baking sheet with aluminum foil and spray lightly with nonstick spray. Arrange the matzo crackers in a single layer on the foil, breaking them as necessary to fit. (Depending on their size, you may not need to use all of the crackers.)
• Melt the butter in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat. Stir in the sugar and kosher salt and bring to a full boil; the mixture should be bubbling all over, not just on the edges. Continue to boil for 2 to 3 minutes, stirring occasionally so the sugar and butter caramelize evenly. Remove from the heat and stir in the vanilla.
• Pour the mixture over the top of the matzo. Using a rubber spatula, quickly spread the toffee mixture to coat the matzo. (It does not have to be perfect; the oven will even it out). Bake until the toffee is bubbling, 5 to 6 minutes.
• Sprinkle the chocolate chips over the hot toffee in an even layer. Let sit until the chocolate is melted, about 5 minutes. Use an offset spatula to gently spread out the chocolate, then sprinkle with the sea salt, if using. Let sit at room temperature for 1 hour, then refrigerate for another hour to set completely.
• Break into pieces and serve, or store in an airtight container at cool room temperature for up to 2 weeks.

SODA CRACKER CHOCOLATE CANDY

Steps:

• Line a 15x10x1-in. baking pan with foil and coat with cooking spray. Place crackers in rows on foil. In a saucepan, melt butter; add the brown sugar and bring to a boil. Boil for 3 minutes. Pour over crackers and spread until completely covered. Bake at 350° for 5 minutes (crackers will float). Remove from the oven. Turn oven off. Sprinkle chocolate chips and walnuts over crackers. Return to the oven until chocolate is melted, about 3-5 minutes. Remove from the oven; using a greased spatula, press walnuts into chocolate. Cut into 1 in. squares while warm. Cool completely; remove candy from foil.

SNOWY CHOCOLATE CRACKLE BISCUITS

Steps:

• Melt the chocolate in a bowl set over a pan of barely simmering water (make sure the base doesn't touch the water), or in a microwave in short bursts. Set aside to cool.
• Beat the butter and sugar using electric beaters, then beat in the eggs, flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and chocolate. Pour in the milk to make a soft dough, but don't overmix it. Cover and chill for 1 hr.
• Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Line one or two baking sheets with parchment. Put the icing sugar in a bowl. Scoop heaped tablespoons of dough and roll each ball in your hands before dropping it into the icing sugar and rolling it around. Put on baking sheets and repeat, spacing the balls apart.
• Bake for about 12-15 mins until the biscuits feel firm when touched. The biscuits should puff up and cracks should open up, too. Leave to cool on the trays, then transfer to wire racks to cool completely. Will keep for up to a week in an airtight container.

SWEET AND SALTINES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F. Line 1 large or 2 small jelly-roll pans with aluminum foil, spray with nonstick spray and arrange the saltines salt-side down in a single layer. In a medium saucepan, melt the butter and brown sugar together and boil until it turns a caramel color, a few minutes. Remove from the heat and pour over the crackers, covering them evenly. Put the jelly-roll pan into the oven and bake for 3 to 5 minutes, or until just bubbly, watching carefully. Remove from the oven and pour the chocolate chips over the crackers. When the chips melt a bit, spread them over the crackers with a knife. Transfer the pan to the freezer for 15 to 20 minutes, or until completely cold. They will form one big sheet. Break up into pieces. Store in an airtight container.

CHOCOLATE-COVERED CRACKERS

Steps:

• Melt chocolate as directed on package. Use fork to dip 1 of the crackers into chocolate, turning to evenly coat cracker with chocolate. Gently shake cracker over dip container to remove excess chocolate.
• Place on wax paper-covered baking sheet. Repeat with remaining crackers and chocolate.
• Refrigerate 30 min. or until chocolate is set. Place in airtight container with sheet of wax paper between each layer. Refrigerate up to 1 week.

CHOCOLATE CARAMEL CRACKER BARS

Steps:

• Line a 9-in. square baking pan with foil and grease the foil with 1 teaspoon butter. Arrange a single layer of crackers in the pan., In a large saucepan, combine milk, brown sugar, corn syrup and remaining butter. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring occasionally. Reduce heat to maintain a low boil; cook and stir 7 minutes. Remove from heat. Evenly spread a third of the mixture over the crackers. Repeat cracker and caramel layers twice., Immediately sprinkle chocolate chips over caramel; let stand 3-5 minutes or until glossy. Spread over top. Cover and refrigerate 2 hours or until chocolate is set. Using foil, lift layers out of pan; cut into 3x1-in. bars.

CHOCOLATE CRACK -- SALTINE TOFFEE SQUARES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°.
• Line a jelly roll pan with foil. Coat with nonstick spray.
• Cover the bottom of the pan with a single layer of saltine crackers.
• Melt butter and sugar over med-low heat. Whisk until butter melted and mixture begins to boil. Boil for 3 minutes, whisking constantly. All the sugar granules should be melted.
• Carefully pour over the crackers.
• Bake for 5-6 minutes until bubbly. The crackers may bubble & lift off the bottom of the baking sheet, don't worry!
• Remove from oven and sprinkle with chocolate chips. Let rest for a couple minutes until choc chips begin to get glossy and soft.
• Spread the chocolate over the toffee, sprinkle with nuts, pressing the nuts into the warm toffee.
• Cool completely. *Best results when cooled in in the fridge.
• Cut or break into pieces.

CHOCOLATE CRACKLES

Steps:

• Mix first 4 ingredients together in a bowl, pour melted copha in and mix well.
• Put in patty cups and refrigerated until chilled.

CRACKED CHOCOLATE EARTH WITH WHIPPED CREAM (FLOURLESS CHOCOLATE CAKE)

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter a 9-inch springform pan.
• Put the chocolate and butter into the top of a double boiler (or in a heatproof bowl) and heat over (but not touching) about 1 inch of simmering water until melted. Meanwhile, whisk the egg yolks with the sugar in a mixing bowl until light yellow in color. Whisk a little of the chocolate mixture into the egg yolk mixture to temper the eggs - this will keep the eggs from scrambling from the heat of the chocolate; then whisk in the rest of the chocolate mixture.
• Beat the egg whites in a mixing bowl until stiff peaks form and fold into the chocolate mixture. Pour into the prepared pan (spray the bottom with nonstick spray) and bake until the cake is set, the top starts to crack, and a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out with moist crumbs clinging to it, 20 to 25 minutes. Let stand 10 minutes, then unmold.
• While the cake is cooking, make the whipped cream. Whip the cream until it becomes light and fluffy. Dust the cake with confectioners' sugar.
• Serve at room temperature with the whipped cream.

SOUTH GEORGIA FUDGE (AKA "CHOCOLATE CRACK"")

Steps:

• Butter an 8 x8 pan. Set aside.
• Add all ingredients except vanilla into a 3 quart saucepan. Stir to combine.
• Over medium to medium high heat, let mixture cook until it reaches the soft ball stage on a candy thermometer, stirring occasionally.
• Once it reaches soft ball stage, remove from heat and let cool slightly.
• Add vanilla extract and beat mixture with a spoon until it becomes creamy and loses some of its glossiness.
• Pour into prepared pan. Cut into squares.
• NOTE: This is very rich. Square size depends on you, but a 1 x1 square is about right. You can always go back for more!

CHOCOLATE CRACK

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a 15x10 inch jelly roll pan with foil. Place saltine crackers salt side up and side-by-side in the pan as tightly as possible without overlapping. Use saltine pieces to fill any gaps at the end of the pan. Set aside.
• 2. In a medium nonstick saucepan melt butter over medium heat stirring frequently with a spatula. Once butter has melted, add brown sugar stirring to combine. Cook on medium heat until mixture starts to boil.(when it starts boiling time about 3 minutes.) Remove from heat and pour over saltines using spatula to spread sauce.
• 3. Bake crackers for 5 minutes or until butter mixture begins to bubble. Remove from oven and sprinkle evenly with chocolate allowing the heat to melt the chocolate about 2 minutes. Spread chocolate evenly with the spatula so all of the crackers are completely covered. Sprinkle with chopped pecans if desired. I usually put nuts on half. Refrigerate until chocolate sets and hardens. Break apart and serve.

CHOCOLATE CRACKER BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Line a cookie sheet with aluminum foil and place whole crackers on sheet.
• Melt butter and sugar in saucepan over medium-high heat.
• Heat to boiling; boil until sugar is completely dissolved. Spread over crackers.
• Bake for 10 minutes.
• Remove from oven and immediately sprinkle with chocolate chips; let stand for 3-5 minutes.
• Using paint brush/barbeque brush/silicone brush or even the back of a spoon, spread melted chocolate over baked crackers.
• You can sprinkle coloured sugar crystals on top or whatever you want, red & green for Christmas, orange for Halloween, etc.
• Cool in fridge until hard.
• Break into chunks or cut into squares.

EASY CRACKER CANDY

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F.
• Place the crackers side by side in a foil-lined jelly-roll pan (I spray the foil with non-stick spray).
• Combine the butter and brown sugar in saucepan.
• Bring to a boil, stirring constantly.
• Cook for 3 minutes.
• Pour the mixture over the crackers.
• Bake 5 minutes.
• Sprinkle the chocolate chips over the baked crackers.
• Let stand 5 minutes then spread the melted chocolate over the top.
• Sprinkle with nuts if desired.
• Chill in the refrigerator until set.
• Invert onto a flat surface; remove the foil and break into pieces.
• Store, covered in an airtight container in refrigerator.
• Note: You can skip the chocolate chips- it's still delicious.