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Almond Toffee - super easy homemade almond toffee recipe that is sweet, nutty, and crunchy. The absolute best candy for Christmas holidays.
Homemade Toffee
This homemade toffee is the best ever, and the recipe calls for only five simple ingredients!
I love toffee. It is such a perfect dessert made from caramelizing sugar along with butter and flour.
It makes an excellent recipe to use for the holidays!
Ingredients For Almond Toffee
- Unsalted butter
- Granulated Sugar
- Salt
- Semi sweet chocolate chips
- Almonds
What makes this toffee so good are the finishing touches.
The top has a generous layer of semisweet chocolate and cut up almonds, one of my favorite nuts.
See the recipe card for full information on ingredients.
Cooking Tips
- If you attempt this toffee recipe using a heavy pot, stirring constantly is a must.
- Make sure you can hover over your stove for the full 20 minutes to stir with a wooden spatula, so your toffee doesn’t burn.
- At 300 degrees F, you can easily scorch your pot if you are not attentive.
- For this particular treat, I sometimes like to cool the entire pan with the candy in the refrigerator just until the toffee comes to room temperature. Then I transfer the pan to the freezer, so the rest can set up.
Frequently Asked Questions
The difference is in how you cook it. You cook caramel at a lower temperature, while you heat toffee up at a much higher temperature in order to give it that crunch.
Yes, it should be refrigerated to be set. You can refrigerate it for up to 6 months in the refrigerator, but if it’s at room temperature, the toffee will last for 6 weeks.
This recipe has 418 calories per serving.
What To Serve With Almond Toffee
This dish is best served as a dessert. For other wholesome holiday desserts, I recommend the following recipes.
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Almond Toffee
Ingredients
- 2 cups unsalted butter
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups mini semisweet chocolate chips
- 1 cup almonds, chopped
Instructions
- Fill a pot with butter, sugar, and salt. Cook over medium heat, stirring often, until the mixture turns amber and reaches 300°F (150°C).
- Pour the mixture into a parchment-lined baking pan. Sprinkle the chocolate evenly over the top and allow it to sit until slightly melted; then use a spatula to smooth the chocolate. Top evenly with almonds, pressing gently so the nuts adhere to the chocolate.
- Refrigerate until set. Break into pieces and serve.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
This is my go-to holiday toffee. I give it as gifts, and friends and family always look forward to it.
Hi Meg thanks for trying my almond toffee, yes, they are so good!
I make this, too. I use almonds, pecans and even walnuts. I put the nuts on the parchment paper, then pour the toffee on the nuts and the the chocolate chips on top and cover for five minutes to melt, then spread the chocolate. Refrigerate for a couple hours and chop it up. Mmmm good.
Yummy!
This is great article! Thank you :)