White Trash Bars
Don’t get offended.
It’s just a name.
These bars are pretty crazy.
Simple, and yes, trashy.
When I tell you what’s in them you’re gonna die…
So maybe I shouldn’t?
I don’t want you to die.
Well, I guess I’ll chance it. I’m sorry, playing with your life is not something I take lightly.
Ok here goes…Ritz Crackers. Sweetened Condensed milk and Toffee Bits.
That’s it.
Are you still there?
Hellerrrr?
Ok, phew.
So yeah.
Let’s get trashy…
White Trash Bars.
These are really absurd. Stupid, really.
But you have to make them.
Just once. At least.
I let my kiddo crush up the Ritz crackers…
Also, he would like me to point out that he was wearing a wizard costume…just in case you were wondering about his hooded vest.
Moving on…
Once you have the Ritz crushed mix them with a bag of toffee bits and pour into a greased baking pan…
Then pour a can of sweetened condensed milk on top…
You can do this right in the pan, or in a separate bowl.
Stir it all together and press evenly into the pan.
Bake it for 15-20 minutes.
Let it cool completely and then trash it up a little more with frosting.
You can eat it right away or even let it sit overnight. It’s great the next day!
Description
makes 16 bars
Ingredients
- 2 sleeves Ritz crackers, 60 crackers total
- 1 1/2 cups toffee bits
- 1 (14 oz) can sweetened condensed milk
- 1 1/2 cups frosting
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°
- Spray a 8×8 pan with cooking spray
- Crush the Ritz crackers in a large zip-top bag.
- Pour toffee bits into zip-top bag and combine with cracker crumbs.
- Pour cracker/toffee mix into prepared pan.
- Pour entire can of sweetened condensed bars into cracker mixture.
- Stir until evenly Incorporated, press gently into pan.
- Bake for 15-20 minutes until edges start to become golden.
- Remove and allow to completely cool.
- When cooled, frost with buttercream or dust with powdered sugar.
- Cut into squares.
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Haha… this post.
The wizard costume, the name, the absurdity… 🙂
I have a can of open sweetened condensed milk and I happen to have some Daim, too. Now I just need some Ritz crackers and then I can make like, an 1/8 of this. Yay!
Oh my, I love the simple list of ingredients in these! An easy recipe for over-the-top results! These bars look fantastic.
haha love the name! I’m all over these bars!
Well, I once made a pie out of Twinkies, so I am all about the trash. I’ll take the whole pan, please.
sounds trashy fabulous!
sometimes we all need to get a little trashy right?
I’d like to take out that trash!!! It sounds awesome!!!
I’ve made these and when they came out of the oven, I put some Hershey bats on top. As the chocolate melted, I spread it evenly. Let cool and enjoy.
I’ve made these and when they came out of the oven, I put some Hershey bats on top. As the chocolate melted, I spread it evenly. Let cool and enjoy.
Bars not bats
Okay, these just sound deee-lish-us to me. Does that make me trashy?
Err… don’t answer that.
Ok, I am OFFICIALLY intrigued and officially making these! How could you not? These sound amazing and I’ve never had such a thing. Gotta make this happen asap!
Interesting, I need to try these!
I love the name and I love ritz crackers! These sound awesome!
I love the name you gave these bars!!! I’ve been making these for years! Never had a name for ’em though… They are really great. When I first saw the ingredients I couldn’t believe it, so simple, but tastes nothing like you’d think! Glad to see I’m not the only one with this easy recipe up my sleeve 😉
Awesome! When I first had them at my friend’s house I couldn’t believe what they were! Mine came out a little more dense than hers, though, but just as yummy!
Whatever it is called it looks and yum! And so easy to make!
It’s all in the name! Love these. Who would have thought Ritz crackers?
Oh my gosh these look delicious!
Oh my god, I just died. Seriously…love love this!!
Ok, so I totally get it. In the South, for Christmas parties, people dip Ritz in chocolate (sometimes a blob of pb on the Ritz then the chocolate) and call it made, so this makes total sense. And the salty sweet thing is totally to die for. Easy peasy 🙂
Oh honey boo boo…… 😉
DUDE! I was going to make these last week but didn’t have any toffee bits!
I had never even HEARD of these bars until just recently! I had no idea they were such a thing!
O. Ma. Ghee. You can call these WHATEVER you want, as long as I get to have them in my life. Seriously – Ritz crackers and toffee bits? You had me at white trash.
This is the good kind of trashy. Definitely.
these sound beautiful but when you say toffee do you mean soft sticky toffee or hard toffee pieces? would like to know so i can make these little trashy bites lol!
Toffee pieces..they are also called “Bits O’ Brickle”
The wizard cape thing had me laughing. Oh kids are funny. These bars sound fabulous.
Ha! I never would have guessed. They look delicious and so easy.
I have seen these before, but never actually made them. They sound so good!
That would be my son in some kind of costume, helping me out as well 🙂
If I can’t find any toffee pieces, what else can you use? I don’t like to bake (I just like to read this blog for entertainment & drooling) but I might give these a try. Could you top these with some white chocolate, maybe? What do you guys think?
These look like they would be hard to stay away from! I’ve never heard of this recipe before. Thanks for being the recipe tester! I will make these, and have everyone try and guess what is in them! What a fun recipe!
I hope you don’t mind, but I put a link to your blog on mine!
I’m surprised they look as dense, chewy and gooey as they do! Would have guess w/ the crackers and just 1 can of sweet milk, they’d be more crumbly, i.e. no butter used. But I love the chewy look and I want one!
This is now the second time in my life I’ve heard a food called ‘white trash (whatever)’. Last one was brownies frosted. Kind of funny but seriously, who cares about the name if it tastes good – right? 🙂
White trash in a bar form? Yes, please!!!
Could you be cuter? Love the story and the name.
YUM- bet the kiddos loved helping with the smashing!
These look GOOD!!! What do they taste like? 🙂
Like a dense cookie bar!
Sound delish! Could you use crushed up Heath bars? Do they sell toffee and the grocery store?
absolutely! I bet that would be great!
and yes, they sell it down the baking aisle usually neat the chocolate chips.
The.Boy is such a ritz cracker fiend so I have no doubt he’ll just about collapse with happiness when I make these for him!
I am waiting for your take on “Slutty Brownies” – but these bars will do in a pinch!
I love them name and will be making them soon.
I love funny/maybe offensive but I don’t care names. It just sounds so interesting like I HAVE to click to see what it is. And these looks fabulous. I think I would even like some melted chocolate on there.. MmmMm good!
Aww hell, I’m totally in.
the name alone has me cracking up so I must try them so i can pass them out and tell everyone what they are! thanks for sharing…
These are going to make my kidos happy, happy, happy 🙂 Can’t wait to try
I love the name of these bars! Haha, loving how simple the recipe is and they look really yummy, I have some condensed milk and ritz crackers, just need to find toffee bits in the UK :/
If making these makes me trashy, then bring on the trash!! Or something like that. I want them 😀
All I could find are toffee bits with chocolate (Heath eng. toffee bits, but I’m going to try it ????
Pretty much the most amazing bars I have ever seen. That is all.
These look incredible and my kind of treat!!!! Yum!
These look perfect Shelly! Can’t wait to try!! 🙂
Yum – I made these with dark chocolate on top. They’re phenomenal! I just called them Toffee Ritz Bars, I like your name more! Haha
Holy Crap these are amazing… made them tonight.
There are no words to describe the aroma. These are incredible! I used the chocolate toffee bits. No need for icing. I plan to make the plain bits today. These are the best treats! Thanks, and I love your blog!
We don’t seem to have toffee bits in Sydney, Australia. The Gourmet Nut Co. have a product that is called “Gourmet English Toffee Almond / Cashews Blend”. Do you think I could use that instead?
O-M-GEEEEE
I just pulled these out of the oven.. and i am currently eating them piping hot.. with a spoon. No real need for icing.. but I suppose I will add it later!
Thanks for an awesome recipe!
What type of frosting did you use? These look amazing!
Just my basic buttercream!http://cookiesandcups.com/vanilla-buttercream/
I made these because the name of them just made me laugh. OMG, these are NOT good for my diet! I had to take them to my school so I can get the rest of my colleagues fat too. These are INSANE! Yum. I’m already planning on adding these to my bake sale fundraiser (I bake at least 12-15 different kinds of cookies/bars for my class field trip–I teach special ed and a lot of my students’ parents can’t afford to pay fees so I do the fundraising and everyone in my school line up to buy stuff!). I predict these will sell out in the first 15 minutes! =) I’m also going to try these with the chocolate toffee pieces… Still drooling over these! =)
Have you ever tried making them with chocolate frosting? I am a complete chocoholic. These look so fun, I will definitely be making them today!
I bet they would be GREAT!
Hi, wow I want to make these, but I don’t have the toffee chips. Can I SUB chocolate chips instead?
Yes, I bet that would work!!
Have you tried it with cream cheese icing. Just wanted to know because I have a serious addiction to cream cheese icing
That would be amazing!!
I melted chocolate chips over the top and then coveted in chopped butterfinger bars ?
Ooh! That sounds fantastic!!
Wondering how many cups the crushed crackers make? I have a box of graham wafer crumbs I’d like to try this with…
What a great find these were for the holidays! I made several batches with my grand kids and we played with the recipe a bit adding chopped cashews, coconut or chocolate chips. I like the original myself! Everyone wanted your recipe and could not believe how simple it is! I ate so many of these over the holidays, I could feel the sugar sludging up my veins. Thank you for sharing your “sweet life” with us!
Tommye
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Thank you!!
I have two questions, the first one being do you have to use toffee chips because I can’t find them anywhere! And would cream cheese frosting work for the top?
Thanks x
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You do need to use Toffee chips, but you could use Heath Chips instead.. they are coated in chocolate, but that would be good too! If you can’t find those, you could easily crush up some whole Heath bars!
These look so good!! I can’t find toffee pieces anywhere! What can I use instead? Thanks
They are hard to find sometimes! They can’t really be replaced, but you could use Heath Bits! They are coated in chocolate but that wouldn’t be bad!
There is a pin floating around on pinteresr that has high jacked your photo of you pouring the condense milk, cause when you click it it takes you to some weird website & no recipe. I reported it, but thought I’d let you know.
Thank you so much for letting me know!
I’ve had this recipe for years and can you imagine? The name of the top of the recipe card is Ritz Squares!! Fancy that! ????
What kind of frosting would you use?
Just vanilla buttercream is what I used!
These look delish. Would add the chocolate bits and crushed pecans.
ooh good idea!!
Hi Shelly,
These look awesome! I would love to put some in the teacher’s lounge…have you ever doubled the recipe and used a 9×13 pan?
I haven’t, but I am sure it would be fine!
Wanted to like these but, they were just too sweet. I cut them super small and was able to enjoy them with coffee. Won’t make them again, I may exchange the toffee chips for chocolate chips. They were super easy to make and I could use another quick and easy bar cookie for church events. Thanks for sharing your recipe.
could you use chocolate chips in place of the toffee bits?
sure!
I’d bet these would be really good with chocolate drizzled on top instead of the frosting, too!
I put cream cheese frosting on top. Nice flavour contrast. In a pinch I use canned. I could eat the whole pan!
how about graham crackers instead of ritz?
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