Easy and Delicious English Butter Toffee
Handmade Farmhouse
Rich and buttery melt-in-your-mouth toffee topped with chocolate and pecans.
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 Pound salted butter (2 sticks)
- 3 Tablespoons water
- 1 Teaspoon Vanilla extract
- 4 Hershey's Chocolate Bars
- Pecans, slivered almonds, Walnuts or peanuts Chopped
Butter a baking sheet and set aside.Combine sugar, butter, water and vanilla. Bring to a boil and stir consistently until mixture turns a light golden brown (grandma described it as the color of coffee with cream, very light brown). She always boiled hers exactly 10 minutes, for me it only takes 8 (this could be simply the difference in stovetops or pots). *TIP* if you have over-boiled the mixture it will start to separate and crystalize.Remove from heat and carefully pour mixture onto buttered baking sheet. Unwrap 4 Hershey's chocolate bars and set them on top of the toffee. Wait a minute or two and you will be able to spread the chocolate over the toffee. Sprinkle with chopped slivered almonds, pecans, nuts or walnuts. Allow to set until chocolate is cooled or you can chill in the fridge. Use a butter knife to chop toffee or lift edges and break apart.