Chocolate Butter Toffee With Mixed Nuts Recipes

TRIPLE NUT CHOCOLATE BUTTER TOFFEE

Steps:

• Butter 13x9-inch pan. Line with parchment or waxed paper. Butter paper.
• Sprinkle 3/4 cup milk chocolate chips, 3/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips, 2 tablespoons almonds, 2 tablespoons pecans, and 2 tablespoons walnuts over parchment paper; set aside.
• Combine sugar, butter, water, and salt in heavy 4-quart saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, 10-12 minutes or until mixture comes to a full boil. Continue boiling, stirring often, 20-25 minutes or until candy thermometer reaches 305°F or small amount of mixture dropped into ice water forms a hard brittle strand.
• Remove from heat; stir in vanilla.
• Pour mixture into prepared pan. Immediately sprinkle with remaining almonds, pecans, and walnuts; swirl into toffee with knife.
• Sprinkle remaining milk chocolate chips and semi-sweet chocolate chips evenly over toffee, pressing gently into toffee. Cool completely. Break into pieces.

CHOCOLATE-COVERED BUTTER TOFFEE

Steps:

• In a heavy saucepan, combine sugar, salt, water and butter. Cook until mixture reaches 285° (soft-crack stage). Add 1/2 cup nuts. Pour onto a well-greased jelly roll pan or baking sheet; cool. Melt half of the chocolate chips in a double boiler or microwave. Spread over cooled toffee and sprinkle with 1/4 cup nuts. Cool. Turn over onto another sheet of waxed paper; repeat with remaining chocolate chips and nuts. When cool, break into pieces.

MIXED-NUT SPICED TOFFEE

Steps:

• Butter small rimmed baking sheet. Melt butter in heavy medium saucepan over low heat. Add next 6 ingredients; stir until sugars dissolve. Attach clip-on candy thermometer to pan. Increase heat to medium; boil until thermometer registers 290°F, stirring slowly but constantly and scraping bottom of pan with wooden spatula, about 20 minutes. Remove pan from heat. Mix in 1 1/2 cups nuts. Immediately pour candy onto sheet. Spread toffee to 1/4-inch thickness. Immediately sprinkle chocolate atop toffee. Let stand 1 minute. Using back of spoon, spread chocolate over toffee. Sprinkle with 1/2 cup nuts. Chill 1 hour. Break toffee into pieces. (Can be made 2 weeks ahead. Chill in airtight container. Let stand at room temperature at least 30 minutes and up to 1 hour before serving.)

TOFFEE NUTS

Steps:

• Place sugar and water In small pot over medium heat.
• Stir to dissolve sugar, bring to the boil.
• Cook 8 - 10 minutes or till dark golden.
• Remove from heat, carefully add butter and cream.
• Stir to combine.
• Add nuts and stir.
• Spoon immediately over a pound cake and serve.