Homemade candy can be easy to make—just try this five-ingredient toffee. It's great for holiday gift-giving!
Toffee
- Prep Time 35 min
- Total 1 hr 35 min
- Servings 36
- Ingredients 5
Ingredients
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup butter or margarine, cut into pieces
- 1/4 cup water
- 1/2 cup semisweet, dark or milk chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup finely chopped pecans
Instructions
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Step1In heavy 2-quart saucepan, heat sugar, butter and water to boiling, stirring constantly; reduce heat to medium. Cook about 13 minutes, stirring constantly, to 300°F on candy thermometer or until small amount of mixture dropped into cup of very cold water separates into hard, brittle threads that break easily. (Watch carefully so mixture does not burn.)
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Step2Immediately pour toffee onto ungreased large cookie sheet. If necessary, quickly spread mixture to 1/4-inch thickness. Sprinkle with chocolate chips; let stand about 1 minute or until chips are completely softened. Spread softened chocolate evenly over toffee. Sprinkle with pecans.
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Step3Let stand at room temperature about 1 hour, or refrigerate if desired, until firm. Break into bite-size pieces. Store tightly covered at room temperature.
Nutrition
90
Calories
7g
Total Fat
0g
Protein
7g
Total Carbohydrate
7g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Candy
- Calories
- 90
- Calories from Fat
- 60
- Total Fat
- 7g
- 10%
- Saturated Fat
- 3g
- 15%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 15mg
- 5%
- Sodium
- 35mg
- 1%
- Potassium
- 15mg
- 0%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 7g
- 2%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 7g
- Protein
- 0g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 4%
- 4%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 0%
- 0%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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