I absolutely love holiday baking, and I’ve mentioned before that I often go overboard making sweet treats for family and friends during the holidays. But because I’m a busy mom, I do tend to favour quick and easy recipes over fussy and finicky ones. In fact, one of my favourites has always been a simple cracker brittle made with nothing more than crackers, butter and brown sugar.
So, when Kraft Canada challenged me to come up with a delicious holiday recipe featuring everyone’s favourite couple, Kraft Peanut Butter and Baker’s Chocolate, I decided to put a new twist on my old favourite by turning it into a peanutty, chocolatey treat. And the resulting Peanut Butter Chocolate Cracker Brittle was absolutely addictive! With just a few ingredients and less than fifteen minutes, you’ll have a full pan of decadence for your next holiday gathering!
I chose Ritz crackers for this recipe because I thought their buttery texture would blend well with the creamy peanut butter, and I was right! But there are plenty of other crackers that work well in this recipe too; soda crackers are another one of my personal favourites. The toffee flavour of the treat combined with the flavours of peanut butter and chocolate is so delicious and even though I still love the original brittle, I’m sure I’m going to be making this chocolate and peanut butter variation just as often!
If you’re looking for even more great Peanut Butter and Chocolate Recipes, make sure to check out the Kraft Canada What’s Cooking website! Quite a few of the website’s recipes are ones I make every holiday season and others, like the Chocolate Peanut Butter Swirled Bark, I can’t wait to try!
And if you want something that’s pure chocolate decadence, then drop everything and make this Foolproof Chocolate Fudge right now!
Of course, make sure to also whip up this quick and easy recipe, though .It’s so easy that you may just find yourself making it all year long instead of just during the holidays!
Peanut Butter Chocolate Cracker Brittle
Ingredients
- 40 Ritz crackers
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 3/4 cup butter
- 1/2 cup Kraft Creamy Peanut Butter divided
- 6 oz. Baker's Semi-Sweet Chocolate
- 1/2 cup chopped peanuts
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
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Line 9x13 inch baking pan with aluminum foil. Place crackers in bottom of pan, layering to cover the bottom.
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In small saucepan, combine butter, brown sugar and half of peanut butter. Bring to a rolling boil. Pour mixture carefully over crackers.
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Bake for five minutes. Cool completely.
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Meanwhile, melt chocolate and remaining peanut butter in small saucepan. Pour over cooled crackers to cover. Sprinkle with chopped peanuts.
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Let cool completely in refrigerator. Break into pieces and serve.
Carole Dube says
November 26, 2016 at 10:09 amThat looks delicious! I love that it only takes 15 minutes to make!
Soozle says
November 27, 2016 at 8:33 amYum! I love how easy and simple this is! I would never have thought to use Ritz in baking!
Heather Cameron says
November 27, 2016 at 10:29 amLooks so good! Will definitely have to try and make this before Christmas ?
kristy e says
November 28, 2016 at 8:46 pmOMGosh, I will be trying out this recipe!!
Heidi C. says
November 28, 2016 at 9:33 pmThis sounds so delicious. I love these flavours together!
Chandra O'Connor says
November 29, 2016 at 11:37 amI saw a YouTube video with a similar recipe and it looked very tasty. Nice gift for someone as well.
nicolthepickle says
November 29, 2016 at 1:08 pmMmmh, this sounds good. I haven’t made this in ages.
Joanne Saunders says
November 30, 2016 at 12:11 amPeanut Brittle is one of my favorites already, now add in some chocolate chips and there is an epic win.
Stephanie LaPlante says
November 30, 2016 at 8:00 amI can just tell I would totally love it!
Cheryl says
November 30, 2016 at 10:13 amEach year I see this recipe and say I am gonna try it and never have yet!! Maybe this year is the year??!!
Alison Braidwood says
December 6, 2016 at 9:04 pmI like that this is so quick to make, and that it uses ingredients most of us have on hand.
Silvia D says
December 7, 2016 at 11:10 amgreat recipe.I have all the ingredients , will have to try making them!
SS says
December 10, 2016 at 7:22 pmI will definitely be trying this out soon!!
DARCI PAICE says
December 15, 2016 at 10:52 pmI need to try this it looks amazing!!
Cheryl says
December 17, 2016 at 9:38 amLooks delicious
kathy downey says
December 19, 2016 at 8:03 amWow,just 15 minutes…I will definitely be trying this out soon!
Caryn Coates says
December 19, 2016 at 11:21 amOhh these look so good. Maybe I will try these before my company comes for the holidays 🙂
Victoria Ess says
December 29, 2016 at 9:53 amThese look delicious and so easy to make!
LeslieC says
December 31, 2016 at 1:47 pmLooks delicious!
My daughter loves baking & trying new recipes PLUS she just mentioned making a brittle!
Tava says
January 10, 2017 at 12:40 pmmy first thought was hmm weird my next thought was must make now… proof that while first instincts are valuable they aren’t always trustworthy!
Amanda says
January 13, 2017 at 3:22 pmWell this looks delicious!
Elva Roberts says
February 20, 2017 at 1:11 pmThis sounds and looks like such a delicious recipe that I have saved it to my favorites. I know, that at some point, I will probably make it. Thank you for this recipe.
Paulette says
April 3, 2018 at 8:00 amDo you have Nutrition information? Do you knpw Carbs per serving?
I am Diabetic. Thank you
Kathryn says
April 3, 2018 at 8:35 amHi Paulette! I’ve added a nutritional label to the recipe for you. 🙂 Carbs per serving would be 28.8g. Hope this helps!
Shirley OFlynn says
May 1, 2019 at 10:06 amThese are one of my favorites and they only take 15 minutes to make!