These Ritz Cracker Toffee Bars are an easy 4-ingredient dessert made with Ritz crackers, toffee bits, sweetened condensed milk, and chocolate. These sweet and salty bars are hard to resist!
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If you love that sweet-and-salty combination, you need to try these Ritz Cracker Toffee Bars. Made with just four ingredients – Ritz crackers, toffee bits, sweetened condensed milk, and chocolate – they come together quickly and make the perfect easy dessert. The buttery crackers balance the rich, chewy toffee mixture, while the layer of melted chocolate on top makes them completely irresistible.
I originally called these Skor Squares, but you don’t actually need a Skor bar to make these. (Do they even make those anymore?) Use your favorite toffee bits, and you’ll have a simple dessert that’s perfect for cookie trays, holiday baking, parties, or whenever you need something sweet without a lot of work.
Ingredients
- Ritz Crackers: I use a full 11.8 oz box of crackers. Just make sure you are using plain Ritz crackers, not flavored. And I like the original over a low salt version, as well, because the salty/sweet combo is one of my favorite things about this recipe.
- Toffee Pieces: I can usually find these in the baking aisle in the grocery store. You want the plain toffee bits, not the bits covered in chocolate. They do sell them online if you aren’t able to find them in store.
- Sweetened Condensed Milk: Make sure you are using sweetened condensed milk, not evaporated milk. This binds the ingredients together and gives the bars their chewy, rich texture.
- Chocolate Chips: I use milk chocolate, but you could definitely use semi-sweet chocolate.
How to Make Ritz Cracker Toffee Bars
STEP 1: Place all of the crackers in a food processor.
STEP 2: Process until they are fine crumbs. You want to make sure there aren’t any big chunks.
STEP 3: Combine the cracker crumbs with the sweetened condensed milk and one cup of the toffee bits. Mix this together well.
STEP 4: Press this mixture into an 8×8-inch baking dish that is sprayed with nonstick cooking spray or lined with parchment paper. Bake these for just 10 minutes.
STEP 5: Right when you take the bars out of the oven, sprinkle the chocolate chips over the top. You want to make sure they are hot! Let them sit for a couple minutes, then spread the chocolate into an even layer.
STEP 6: Sprinkle the remaining toffee bits over the top. Let the chocolate set up completely before cutting into bars to serve.
Tips and Tricks
Making these in an 8×8 inch pan gives you a decently tall bar. You could do a 9×9-inch pan and the bars just wouldn’t be as tall.
If the chocolate isn’t melting after sitting for a minute or two, you can pop the pan back in the oven for a minute or two.
I store these at room temperature in an airtight container. The toffee bits will start to soften up over time, but I actually think the flavor of the bars gets better.
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Ritz Cracker Toffee Bars
Ingredients
- 1 (11.8 oz) box Ritz Crackers
- 1 (8 oz) bag toffee bits
- 1 (14 oz) can sweetened condensed milk
- 1 cup milk chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350ºF. Spray an 8×8-inch baking dish with nonstick cooking spray or line with parchment paper.
- Place all of the Ritz crackers in a food processor and process until they are fine crumbs. Pour them into a bowl.1 (11.8 oz) box Ritz Crackers
- To the bowl of crackers, add 1 cup of the toffee bits and the can of sweetened condensed milk. Stir until combined. Press into the prepared baking dish. Bake for 10 minutes, then remove from oven.1 (8 oz) bag toffee bits, 1 (14 oz) can sweetened condensed milk
- Immediately pour the chocolate chips evenly over the top of the bars. Allow them to sit for a few minutes to melt, then spread evenly over the top. Sprinkle on the remaining toffee bits.1 cup milk chocolate chips
- Allow to cool completely before cutting into squares.
Roz says
I love these. Make them every year for Christmas!
Ang Brown says
I’m curious,, have you frozen these?
Deborah says
I have never tried freezing them, but I think they should freeze just fine.
terrie hooper says
I buy my ritz bulk how many cups crumbs are made from one box?
Deborah says
Hi Terrie – I’m not sure how many cups of crumbs you’d get, but I would just weigh out 11.3 ounces of the crackers to crush.
April Dore says
This recipe is great. Made these type of bars before but never with the chocolate melted on top. It takes it to a new level. Everyone loved them.
Shainu says
Have you tried baking it in a baking pan (metal)?
Angie says
Easy dessert preparation and a really good skor square is all my kids like the most.
Shan says
How long does these last for In the fridge without going bad? Covered in 9×13 container??
mary says
How much are you reserving of the skor bits for the top (like your photos)? Do you put the just about the whole bag in the square mix?
Deborah says
You’ll end up using the whole 8 oz bag. 1 cup of the toffee bits go in the bars, and the remaining bits go on top.
brenda says
The are so very easy to make and really, really good. I doubled the recipe and put in
a 9 x 13 pan. Everyone asked for the recipe. Thank you so much!
Deborah says
I’m so glad they were a hit!!
Kristl Story says
Thanks so much for putting an end to my search! I also found this recipe on Pinterest and was disappointed to discover no directions. My internet search yielded lots of dead ends until I found you! P.S. – The search was worth it, these are so quick, easy & yummy!
Deborah says
Yay!! So glad I could help!
LL says
Do these need to be refrigerated as I would like to make a batch and send to my Mom in Tulsa… THX!
Deborah says
LL – I didn’t refrigerate them. I think they would probably travel just fine.
Mary says
Wonderful bars!!
Amy says
I just made these, but I like a thinner crust, so I put it in a 13 x 9 pan and doubled the chocolate chips. It is delicious! I couldn’t even wait for them to cool completely. Thanks for the recipe!
Mary says
Thank you for taking the time too figure this out! Some said bake, some not too, found one recipe that had condensed milk, oh what to do! But you figured it out for all of us!, one lady frosted hers with Cream Cheese Icing too.
Pat Eavenson says
I am making these for my grandchildren who I babysit 2 days a week (they are a 4 year old and 2 1/2 year old twins)…..they love treats….and to you and my daughter you are super stars….
Kathey says
I love this recipe so much! I know what you mean by having your hand full with 3 children. I have 2 autistic grandbabies & they are a handful sometimes, but the one thing that seems to calm them down is cooking, baking, or shopping for the ingredients used to make fantastic goodies. We’ve been trying to figure out many different recipes for this yummy edible & you have come up with the winning combination. Thank you for all of the other recipes on your blog, because now when ever my grandbabies come to Mama’s for the weekend there is always something we haven’t tried yet, but will before the weekend is out. Please keep doing what you do, so that I look like a rock star to my beautiful grandbabies.