Almond Buttercrunch Candy
Recipe: #26752
July 28, 2017
Categories: Almond, 5 Ingredients Or Less, Christmas Potluck, Oven Bake, Gluten-Free, No Eggs, Vegetarian, Kosher Dairy, more
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Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (25.9 g)
- Calories 127.5
- Total Fat - 10.7 g
- Saturated Fat - 4.6 g
- Cholesterol - 18.1 mg
- Sodium - 64.1 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 8.4 g
- Dietary Fiber - 0 g
- Sugars - 8.4 g
- Protein - 0.3 g
- Calcium - 8.7 mg
- Iron - 0 mg
- Vitamin C - 0 mg
- Thiamin - 0 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Preheat oven to 200 degrees F
Step 2
Grease a 14 x 18 inch cookie sheet.
Step 3
Sprinkle one package of chocolate chips on prepared pan and place in warm oven until chips melt.
Step 4
Remove from oven, spread melted chocolate over bottom of pan; set aside.
Step 5
In a large heavy saucepan over medium-high heat, combine butter and brown sugar. Stirring constantly, heat to 300 to 310 degrees on a candy thermometer, or until a small amount of syrup dropped into cold water forms hard, brittle threads. Immediately remove from heat.
Step 6
Stir in 3/4 cup slivered almonds.
Step 7
Pour almond mixture onto pan with melted chocolate; spread mixture evenly.
Step 8
Sprinkle remaining package of chocolate chips over the almond layer and spread chocolate evenly once melted
Step 9
Sprinkle remaining almonds over chocolate.
Step 10
Cut into squares, or allow to harden in a solid sheet and break it apart like brittle.
Step 11
Cool completely before removing from pan.
Tips
No special items needed.