This English Toffee is an easy to make, rich, buttery-caramel candy topped with chocolate and nuts. It is a Christmas tradition in my family.
I love this recipe, rich buttery, with a touch of chocolate and nuts. English toffee really adds to the Christmas dessert table or dessert trays as gifts. I love toffee, really I will take anything that is like caramel. But the texture of this English Toffee is spot on, not to hard, yet you still get a crunch with every bite. Don’t worry you won’t break your teeth with this toffee. I think what makes this recipe the best is I use a mix semi-sweet and dark chocolate chips, making the perfect chocolate layer to top the toffee. I typically do this with most of my fudge recipes as well and I always love how it comes out. Not to worry, the chocolate does not overpower the caramel butter toffee.
While people love presents, this makes the ideal present for families, friends, and neighbors. Food prepared by loved ones is always a nice gift, but this toffee will put you on top of their “nice-list”.
Happy Holidays! XOXO San
How do you make English Toffee?
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In a heavy saucepan, combine butter, sugar, water, and salt.
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Cook to hard-crack stage (300°F) stirring constantly and watching carefully.
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Immediately pour into slightly buttered 13″ x 9″ pan.
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Cool until hard.
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Melt chocolate over hot, but not boiling water.
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Spread over toffee; sprinkle with almonds, pressing them into chocolate.
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Let stand 2-3 hours or chill 30 minutes.
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Break into bite-size pieces.
My favorite kitchen tools used to make English Toffee
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9×13 GLASS COOKING PAN: I use glass for this recipe, you could use metal as well. I would recommend glass for this.
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Check out these toffee inspired recipes: Peanut Butter Toffee Bark. Pecan Pie Toffee Bark, and 15-Minute Toffee Fudge.
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English Toffee
Ingredients
- 1 cup real butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup water
- 1/2 teaspoon salt I usually omit this if I use salted butter
- 1/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1/4 cup dark chocolate chips
- 1 cup slivered almonds
Instructions
- In a heavy saucepan, combine butter, sugar, water, and salt.
- Cook to hard-crack stage (300°F) stirring constantly and watching carefully.
- Immediately pour into slightly buttered 13"x9" pan.
- Cool until hard.
- Melt chocolate over hot, but not boiling water.
- Spread over toffee; sprinkle with almonds, pressing them into chocolate.
- Let stand 2-3 hours or chill 30 minutes.
- Break into bite-size pieces.
Nutrition
Kids review: They love this! They like how thin it is and that isn’t hard to bite. The pan could be gone within minutes but I break off a few pieces for everyone to try then set aside the rest for friends and family Christmas “cheer” plates.
This looks fantastic ! Thanks for sharing at Tasty Tuesday !
Is it okay to crave toffee at 9:00 a.m.? Pinned to my Christmas Crafts and Food board.
Sarah if I lived near you I would bring some to you, totally okay to crave these at 9am…lol.
Gorgeous and elegant gift for anyone this time of year- might add this to my homemade gift boxes full of cookies, etc! Pinning!
These will be added to our cookie plate this christmas!
Stopping by from Daily Blog Boost – pinned!
Toffee is one of my favorite things in life, and I’d love to make some for the holidays. Pinning to try!
Like you, I’m crazy about toffee, but I’ve never tried making it. Your recipe doesn’t make it sound that difficult , so I’m going to try today and have it as a little take away for tonight’s dinner guests. Wish me luck!
I love English Toffee! My mom used to make it every year for Christmas and give it to our neighbors. Of course we would get some too. I’m pinning this so I can make some!
I make English Toffee every year for gifts. To make this even easier here is my hint: immediately after pouring the molten toffee into a buttered pan sprinkle mini choco chips all over the top then wait a couple mins and spread with a frosting spatula and sprinkle with almond flakes if you wish. We have even made toffee in a electric skillet and just turned off to cool after done.