Vegan Christmas Crack (paleo, gluten free)

This vegan Christmas crack tastes so good and is surprisingly easy to make. With a crunchy base, caramel, dark chocolate and white chocolate you will love how good this dessert is! Dairy free, gluten free and paleo it’s perfect for the holidays.

Vegan Christmas Crack Recipe

Why this is the best vegan Christmas crack:

• It tastes amazing! The combination of salty crackers, caramel, dark chocolate and white chocolate combine for the perfect holiday treat.
• It’s healthier than other Christmas crack recipes as it’s only sweetened with coconut sugar so it’s refined sugar free!
• It’s surprisingly easy to make and stores really well if you don’t eat it all right away.
• Besides being vegan this recipe is also gluten free, grain free, dairy free and paleo.

Key ingredients for this Vegan Christmas Crack:

• 1 box Simple Mills Fine Ground Sea Salt Almond Flour Crackers (if you tolerate grains feel free to use gluten free crackers instead)
• Coconut sugar (also known as coconut palm sugar) – you could also use brown sugar instead
• Dairy free dark chocolate bars (my favourite brands are Zazubean and Hu Chocolate)
• Coconut Manna or coconut butter

How to make this healthy Christmas crack recipe:

First you will make the caramel sauce:

• Place a small pot on the stove and add all the ingredients for the caramel sauce
• Turn the burner onto low heat and whisk the ingredients together
• Allow the ingredients to come to a low boil and stir or whisk the ingredients regularly and allow the caramel to simmer for 5-10 minutes (it will thicken while it cooks)
• Turn off the burner and allow the caramel to cool for a few minutes (it will thicken even more during this time). While the caramel is cooling move on to the cracker layer

Then you will make the other layers:

• Preheat your oven to 375F
• Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and spread the crackers out in an even layer on the baking sheet
• Pour the caramel sauce over the crackers and spread evenly until smooth (don’t worry if all the crackers aren’t completely covered as the caramel will spread more in the oven)
• Place the tray in the oven and bake for 5 minutes, until the caramel is bubbling
• While the crackers and caramel are baking, melt the chocolate by breaking the chocolate bars into pieces and placing them into a microwave safe dish. Microwave on high for 20-30 second intervals until the chocolate is melted
• When the crackers and caramel are done, remove them from the oven and let cool for a few minutes (until the bubbles disappear)
• Pour the melted chocolate over the caramel layer and spread evenly until smooth
• Melt the coconut manna in the microwave by heating the jar for 30-60 seconds on high (this will depend on how full your jar is)
• Drizzle the melted coconut manna over the chocolate layer
• Place the tray in the freezer and freeze for 1-2 hours, until hardened 
• Break it apart into desired sized pieces and enjoy!

Tips for making this Christmas Crack:

• I used coconut sugar sweetened chocolate bars for the chocolate layer but you can also use dairy free chocolate bars with cane sugar as an alternative. My favourite brands of coconut sugar sweetened chocolate bars are Zazubean and Hu Chocolate.
• Don’t try using low fat coconut milk for the caramel sauce. Low fat coconut milk has more water added and so the caramel won’t thicken enough.
• The only grain free cracker brand I know of is Simple Mills, but if you have found other grain free cracker alternatives feel free to use those instead. If you eat and tolerate grains feel free to use any other cracker brand you wish.
• Feel free to add other toppings such as chopped nuts or dried fruit.
• Coconut manna is the same thing as coconut butter or coconut cream concentrate.

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Other dessert recipes you will love:

• Vegan Peppermint Bark
• Vegan Apple Pie Bars
• Vegan Turtle Bars
• Gluten Free Lemon Bars with Cranberry
• Dairy Free Brownies with Caramel
• Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Banana Bread

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