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December 17, 2013 10 Comments

Homemade Toffee with Chocolate and Almonds

Homemade Toffee with Chocolate and AlmondsHomemade Toffee is so delicious! Especially around Christmas for some reason!

Every year I forget how much I love toffee until I make a batch and realize I have eaten half the pan before it’s even completely cooled.

Besides its addictive flavor, another great thing about Homemade Toffee is that it’s gluten-free. If you have someone in your family who requires a gluten-free diet, this is a great alternative to cookies. My sister’s husband is celiac, and rice crispy treats and toffee are her go-to treat recipes for him.

Gluten-free or not, there is no denying homemade toffee is delicious and ridiculously addicting. So make this at your own risk.

I made toffee and some other holiday treats with a few friends this morning. It was so fun! We made Merry Widow Caramels, fudge, and toffee. I even tried a new recipe for maple and walnut fudge that I found online. It totally bombed. Sad!!! If any of you have a tried-and-true Maple Walnut Fudge recipe, I would love it. It is one of my favorite flavors of fudge.

I digress….back to the toffee!

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Homemade Toffee with Chocolate and Almonds
 
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Prep time
5 mins
Cook time
10 mins
Total time
15 mins
 
This toffee when made with toasted almonds, has a similar taste to the popular candy, Almond Rocca.
Recipe type: Homemade Toffee with Chocolate and Almonds
Serves: 8
Ingredients
  • 1 cup butter, room temperature
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 tsp water
  • chocolate chips, I use milk chocolate
  • whole or slivered toasted almonds
  • coarse salt (optional)
Instructions
  1. Combine butter, sugar, and water in a 2 or 4 quart saucepan on low heat until sugar is dissolved. Use a wooden spoon to stir with.
  2. Turn burner up to medium heat and bring mixture to a boil, stirring constantly
  3. Stir constantly, paying close attention to hitting every part of the pan so you will not scorch any of the toffee mixture.
  4. It will take approx 5-7 minutes (once it is boiling) for the toffee to turn a light caramel color.
  5. It will get thicker and thicker when it is boiling and it is crucial to stir constantly during that time.
  6. If you are using a candy thermometer it needs to get to 300 degrees
  7. If you aren't watch for the color to change (look at the color of the toffee in the picture, it should be that color.)
  8. Dump mixture out onto an ungreased metal cookie sheet, spread. You want it to be about as thick as a soda cracker.
  9. *Sometimes I prep the cookie sheet with whole roasted almonds and a sprinkle of coarse sea salt when I am in the mood for almonds in the toffee.
  10. While it is hot, sprinkle with a half a cup or a whole cup of chocolate chips.
  11. Once the chocolate chips look melted, spread them around with the back of a spoon and sprinkle with slivered or toasted almonds. You can also sprinkle it with a little coarse sea salt at this point if you like the flavor a little salt gives it.
  12. Let cool completely before breaking into pieces.
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Favorite Christmas Recipes

Rainbow Clusters {Five Minute Recipe}Layered Christmas Jello SaladLayered Christmas Jello Salad {TMH}Holiday Snowball Cookies {Mexican Wedding Cookies w/out Pecans}

I have made this toffee a hundred times, but today when I was partying with friends, I think I had a brain lapse. I forgot the importance of heating the sugar and butter on low until the sugar dissolves, and we had a failed batch. Oops!

KiddosI am surprised we had anything turn out with our little friends distracting us. They look so innocent here.

LadiesHere are the ladies with their spoils. So much fun! (They were good sports to let me take their picture.)

Ladies 2…and what kind of friend would I be for posting pictures of my friends without make-up on if I wasn’t willing to post one of myself. Good thing you guys have already seen this face sans make-up before, so you shouldn’t be too scarred for life.

Happy Candy Making!

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10 Comments

  1. kim

    December 18, 2013 at 8:14 am

    I’ve always used finely chopped walnuts…why have i never thought of almonds? Yum! I may have an excellent maple nut fudge recipe but i’m holding it hostage ’til i get a caramel lesson. teehee

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    • Maria

      December 18, 2013 at 10:05 am

      Ha ha, you are so funny! And now I am thinking I should try walnuts sometime. 🙂 As much as I am sure you could school me in making caramels or anything else for that matter, I will gladly give you a caramel lesson any time!!!

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  2. Elizabeth

    December 10, 2015 at 7:51 am

    Thank you for sharing !

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    • Maria

      December 10, 2015 at 10:22 pm

      You are welcome!

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  3. Kimberly

    December 10, 2015 at 7:53 am

    Thank you for sharing !

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    • Maria

      December 10, 2015 at 10:22 pm

      You are so welcome Kimberly!

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  4. Nichole

    December 24, 2016 at 11:17 am

    Yummy! Turned out perfect! I love that I didn’t need to use a candy thermometer. “Look at the color of the toffee in the picture, it should be that color.” I felt like you were in my kitchen coaching me. 🙂

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    • Maria

      March 7, 2017 at 1:41 pm

      Yay! That makes me so happy! We should do a video for this recipe. 🙂

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    • Carol

      November 11, 2021 at 5:56 pm

      Can this be doubled?

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      • Maria

        November 22, 2021 at 9:41 am

        I’ve never doubled it so I can’t say.

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