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English Toffee – Grandma’s Recipe

Wednesday, December 19, 2012 by Lolli 15 Comments

Grandma's English Toffee Recipe

It’s not really the holidays until I start making candies and cookies. If you’ve been following my Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter accounts, you’ve probably noticed that I’ve been baking like crazy.

This English Toffee is not only one of my favorite candies to eat, but it is full of good memories. Several years ago, I got my hands on Grandma’s own hand-written recipe and it is one of my treasures.

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English Toffee
 
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Grandma used to always have a batch of this candy around, waiting for visitors. Although Grandma made her English Toffee year-round, I love to make it for the holidays. It's a highlight of the Christmas cookie plate!
Author: Lolli
Recipe type: candy
Ingredients
  • 1 ½ sticks butter (3/4 cup butter)
  • 1 cup sugar
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • ½ tsp vanilla
  • About ½ of a 12-ounce package of chocolate chips
  • ½ cup ground nuts (walnuts or pecans work great!)
Instructions
  1. Prepare cookie sheet ahead of time (I like to line mine with aluminum foil). Sprinkle nuts over cookie sheet.
  2. Melt butter in pan. Add sugar and salt. Cook over medium high heat, stirring constantly, until medium brown stage is reached (caramel color). Note: this is what Grandma's recipe said. I never use a candy thermometer for toffee and just judge it by sight and consistency, but I believe you'd want your sugar mixture to reach approximately 310°.
  3. Take pan off heat. Add vanilla.
  4. Pour hot candy mixture on cookie sheet over sprinkled nuts. While hot, spread candy out by pressing with back of large spoon until candy is the desired thickness.
  5. Sprinkle chocolate chips over hot candy and let them melt. Once they’re softened, spread the chocolate out with a spatula. Sprinkle with remaining nuts.
  6. Let cool completely, then break into bite-sized pieces. Keep dry.
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English Toffee

Note: Candies are not as easy to make as, say, cookies. I got the hang of candy making by watching my mom from an early age, and then helping her for years, and finally moving on to doing it on my own. This recipe is NOT hard, but don’t get discouraged if it doesn’t turn out perfectly the first time. It’s totally worth the effort!

Also…If you’re not a nut fan, leave them out. Caramel and chocolate are still amazing together. Once, I even tried this recipe with white chocolate chips instead of semi-sweet. Yum!

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I became a mom in 1996, and in 2005 I had my fifth. Yes, 5 kids. In 2007, this blog was born (my 6th baby that will never grow up) and I've been sharing recipes, photography tricks, parenting tips, and everything in between. (Formerly Better in Bulk)

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Comments

  1. Lolli says

    Monday, December 11, 2017 at 10:51 pm

    That’s awesome! I made a batch this weekend, too :) Yum!

  2. Dixie says

    Sunday, December 10, 2017 at 4:31 pm

    i just made this this afternoon. It came out perfect!!

  3. Lolli says

    Friday, December 8, 2017 at 8:44 pm

    I use either walnuts or pecans, but you can really use any nuts!

  4. Carma Jackson says

    Friday, December 8, 2017 at 12:48 pm

    I’ll b making toffee for sure this year. Looks absolutely delicious, and so easy! What kind of nuts do you use?

  5. Heather says

    Wednesday, December 6, 2017 at 8:16 pm

    This looks amazingly good!! I am going to ave to put this on my Christmas candy list to make!

  6. Dana Rodriguez says

    Wednesday, December 6, 2017 at 10:56 am

    I have never made toffee before. This would make a great gift!

  7. Lolli says

    Wednesday, November 15, 2017 at 1:47 pm

    That’s all about personal preference. I like my toffee to be pretty thin, but I see most toffee made really thick (for my taste).

  8. Don says

    Tuesday, November 14, 2017 at 12:00 pm

    About what should the “desired thickness” be?

  9. Danai @ Living, Learning, Eating says

    Sunday, December 18, 2016 at 10:32 am

    Those look delicious! It’s good that English toffee is a seasonal treat – like pecan pie and spekulatius cookies, they’re too good to have around all year!

  10. Lolli says

    Sunday, December 20, 2015 at 4:43 pm

    I use a 12 ounce bag of chocolate chips. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a smaller size (I usually go with the jumbo bags if anything!). But…since I use about 1/2 the bag, I suppose using an entire 6 ounce bag would make a lot of sense. :)

  11. Janet says

    Sunday, December 20, 2015 at 1:35 pm

    1/2 of 6 or 12 oz. bag of chocolate chips?

  12. Stefanie says

    Thursday, December 20, 2012 at 10:38 am

    Looks delicious!!

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