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Old Fashioned Toffee

Here's how you make Old Fashioned Toffee
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  • Servings: 36
  • Prep: 15m
  • Cook: 15m
    • The following recipe serves 36 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 1 pound butter, melted
  • 2 cups sugar (ground)
  • 2 teaspoons light corn syrup
  • 5 tablespoons water
  • 12 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips
  • 1/8 cup chopped walnuts
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: Melt butter in saucepan. Spread foil over 2 large rimmed cookie sheets and brush with some of the melted butter. Measure chocolate chips into two equal parts. Measure half the nuts into two equal parts.

  • Step 2: To saucepan, stir in sugar, corn syrup, water and nuts, slowly bring to a boil.

  • Step 3: Watch for 209 degrees (soft crack stage) on candy thermometer. Pour onto foil and quickly spread and reshape to fill cookie sheet.

  • Step 4: Let set for 2 minutes, then sprinkle half the chocolate chips on top. After another 2 minutes, spread the softened chocolate chips and sprinkle with half the nuts.

  • Step 5: Flip toffee over onto second foil-lined cookie sheet and immediately sprinkle remaining chocolate chips on top. Wait 2 minutes then spread softened chocolate. Sprinkle remaining nuts on top.

  • Step 6: When completely cooled, break into pieces and store in tightly covered container.

Tips & Variations

Don't forget the following tips and variations.
  • Candy thermometer

We hope you enjoy this recipe!

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