Skor Bars Contest

Clockwise: Christmas Crack, Skor Squares, Quick and Easy Skor Bars

In terms of hits, this blog has some popular recipes (The rock star status of Imperial Cheese Cookies is a complete mystery to me.) But second in popularity are Quick and Easy Skor Bars, a delectable ditty I featured last June, using saltines, chocolate and a whole lotta butta.

Last month, I featured a tuna casserole recipe from a reader. When she sent me that recipe, she also included a recipe for Skor Squares made with 65 Ritz crackers.

That got me thinking.

Then a Caker Cooking reader named Kittyn recently commented that she'd had Quick and Easy Skor Bars, only they were called "Christmas Crack" and were made with pretzels instead of saltines. 

That got me thinking again. 

Then I had to stop thinking because it hurt real bad.

After much soul-searching, I decided to do what any caker worth his sodium would do – make all three versions. Now, me + three batches of Skor Bars = guilt, tears and a marathon of The Facts of Life, so I brought everything to work and asked my colleagues to vote.

In the end, the chewy toffee decadence of Skor Squares took the crown with saltines coming in at a close second. In a distant third, sadly, was Christmas Crack. (Although the people who voted for it were very passionate. They also seemed a little fidgety.) Sorry, Kittyn.

This might be the shortest recipe I’ve ever featured – and in the world of caker cuisine, that’s quite the accomplishment.

Do you have a different Skor bar recipe? God help me, but send it along to caker cooking at gmail dot com and I'll do my best to feature it. 

Skor Squares

Mix together approximately 65 crushed Ritz crackers (See Note 1), 1 can condensed milk and 1 package of Skor bits. (Keep ¼ cup for topping.)

Pour into a 8” x 8” square pan (see Note 2) and bake for 25 minutes at 325º.

Note 1: I wasn't sure if a regular-sized box had 65 crackers, so I bought a larger one. But I only used about 3/4 of it, so you could probably go with a regular-sized box.

Note 2: Line your pan with some parchment paper as my squares stuck.