Chocolate Covered Animal Crackers Recipes

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.

MISO CARAMEL CRACKER COOKIES

Steps:

• In a medium pot, combine the caramels and heavy cream. Heat over medium low, stirring, until the caramels are melted and the mixture is smooth, about 7 minutes. Stir in the miso and remove from the heat. Let cool for a few minutes, so the caramel can thicken slightly.
• Arrange half of the crackers salty-side down on a baking sheet lined with parchment and dollop on about 1 teaspoon caramel per cracker (or as much as will fit without spilling over the edges...but it's ok if it spills off a little). Top each with another cracker salty-side up. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.
• In a double boiler or a microwave in 30-second increments, melt the chocolate, stirring until smooth. Let cool slightly.
• Dip the crackers halfway into the chocolate and place back on the baking sheet. Sprinkle with flaky salt and sprinkles. Let set in the refrigerator or at room temperature until the chocolate is firm, about 30 minutes.

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.

CHOCOLATE COVERED SALTINE CRACKERS

Steps:

• Arrange 40 saltine crackers on a non-stick foil in a jelly roll pan.
• Melt butter and brown sugar in pan and boil 3 minutes.
• Pour over crackers.
• Bake at 350°F for 5 minutes.
• Pour chocolate chips over and let stand 5 minutes to melt.
• Spread around with knife and then sprinkle nuts and toffee bits over top and or raisins.
• Garnish with colored sprinkles.
• Place in refrigerator until hard.
• Break into bite-size pieces.

CHOCOLATE-COVERED ANIMAL CRACKERS

Steps:

• In a double broiler, start melting your chocolate on medium-low heat. Do not burn! Reduce heat if necessary.
• Line one or two cookie sheets with parchment paper or waxed paper.
• Drop 3 cookies at a time into the melted chocolate, turning gently to coat all sides then carefully remove with a fork. *My change*: I only coated one side of each cookie.
• Place the coated cookies directly on the parchment paper. Immediately sprinkle the non pareils on the chocolate covered cookies while the chocolate is still soft. Repeat until all the cookies are coated with chocolate.
• Place the cookies in the refrigerator or freezer to harden.
• Yield is estimated allowing for broken cookies which is inevitable.
• Have fun trying to determine which animals are which through that thick layer of chocolate!