Best Homemade Toffee Crunch Recipe (2024)

This is theBestHomemade Toffee Crunch Recipeever! It’s super easy to make and is PERFECT for beginning candy makers. It turns out delicious and perfect every single time. There are only 5 simple inexpensive ingredients in this Old-Fashioned candy recipe. You’ll be the envy of all when you hand this delicious candy out for gifts! I think you’ll LOVE it!

We don’t have a crazy amount of traditions in our family, but candy-making is one of those that has been passed down to me by my Grandmother, and Mother. Our homemade Toffee Crunch Recipe is a family favorite because of its buttery toffee flavor. What I like personallyis the crunchy toffee because I’m such a crunchy girl!

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Helpful Tools for Best Results:

Candy thermometer~ This is needed to make sure that you reach the correct temperature to have a crunchy candy. They are pretty cheap…you can pick one up almost anywhere. If you don’t have one, this recipe has details and tips that will show you what to look for when candy is done cooking to hard crack stage.
Wooden Spoon or Silicone Spatula~ Wood or the silicone spatula’s are best used when working with candies. This is because you will be cooking candy at a very high temperature and metal spoons just get too hot.
Non-Stick Pan~ not totally necessary but easier for clean up!

Here is a step-by-step tutorial to walk you through this easy candy-making process.Made in about 20 minutes this buttercrunch toffee is the place to start for first time beginners, so simple!

Best Homemade Toffee Crunch Candy Recipe

My Toffee Crunch Recipe does not call for Corn Syrup.Toffee is simply a combination of Molasses or in this case brown sugar and butter.Did you know that Brown Sugar has molasses in it? If you want tomake your own Brown Sugar recipeit’s so easy!

INGREDIENTS:

Light Brown or Dark Brown Sugar
Unsalted Butter
Vanilla Extract
Milk Chocolate Chips or Dark Chocolate Chips (your choice)
Nuts ~ Almonds or Walnut are best
Salt to Sprinkle on after ~ Optional

Baking tips for making Toffee Crunch Candy

If not using Parchment Paper for pouring your candy onto, use a GLASS baking dish. You’ll be happier than if you use a metal baking sheet.
You don’t have to add nuts if you don’t like them!
DON’T TEST CANDY WITH YOUR FINGERS. Might not have to say that…but it WILL burn badly.
Be careful when adding Vanilla at the end…it sort of zizzles and spurts!
Start with small batches until you are used to making your candy

Be sure to check out the full recipe below for more tips along the way

DIRECTIONS:

Before you start, prepare your baking sheet either by laying out a layer of Parchment Paper or you can give your baking sheet a light spray with cooking oil ~ very light spray.

Chop up your choice of nuts. I love almonds but walnuts are great too! Whatever nuts you don’t use this time, you can try them out next time.

Sprinkle your chopped nuts on top of the parchment paper.

Now we will begin by adding your Butter and Brown Sugar to your sauce pan

Why is my toffee separating?

It is perfectly alright and normal for your toffee to separate. As the butter and sugar are cooking it looks like it’s not mixing at first, but it will! Just keep stirring and it will mix up.

VERY IMPORTANT You must stir constantly or it can burn!

The brown sugar and butter will go through a couple of stages while boiling, this is normal. It will start to pull away from the side of the pan when it’s nearing the time to remove from the heat. If your mixture starts smelling like it’s burning, remove from heat…it’s done.

Add Vanilla…be careful as the Vanilla kind of makes a big sizzle when poured into this very hot candy mixture.

Is Toffee Hard or Soft?

This butter Toffee recipe is hard and crunchy. It may look soft when you are cooking it but it will quickly harden. Toffee is more like a brittle but not quite as crunchy…kind of an in-between texture of a soft caramel and brittle.

Pour the Toffee mixture over the Nuts on your baking sheet.

Carefully spread the toffee mixture around with your spoon or spatula if needed. The toffee candy will start to harden quickly.

Quickly top with your Chocolate Chips. Now cover your dish for 1 ~ 2 min. with anything. I use a cookie sheet over my pans. This will hold in the heat and allow the Chocolate Chips to soften super fast. If you don’t have anything to put on top of your pan, it’s ok! Just let it sit for a couple more minutes until your chocolate chips are soft.

Remove the Cookie Sheet and spread the melted chocolate.

Put your pan into the frig for about 5 minutes so that the chocolate hardens faster.

Break up into pieces and eat! OR break up into tiny Toffee Crunch Pieces and put on top of your ice cream!! Deeelish!

This Homemade Toffee Crunch Candy is perfect for the holiday season and makes a super sweet andquickgift for neighbors, co-workers, teachers, hostesses, and coaches gifts! Guaranteed EVERYONE will LOVE it! It’s a decadent treat and the easiest candy ever to make!

How long is homemade toffee good for?

How long will Toffee last? Store your Toffee Crunch Candy in an airtight container in a cool place. If stored at room temperature Toffee will stay fresh for about 2 weeks. If you put it in the refrigerator it will last about 4 weeks. You can also freeze this Toffee Crunch Candy.

I usually don’t freeze for more than a couple of months because the chocolate can start to get weird. I love this candy recipe because I can make several small batches ahead of time and freeze them for the holidays or busy times of the year and give them as gifts!

I personally love putting Homemade Candy into Mason Jars. There are just so many cool Candy Jars that come in such uniquefun shapes and sizes! LOVE! You can use this prettyChristmas Recipe Cardtoo if you would like to give your Toffee Crunch as a gift!

Homemade Toffee Crunch

Shari Lynne

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Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Cook Time 6 minutes mins

Total Time 11 minutes mins

Course Dessert

Servings 1 batch

Ingredients

1 Cup Light or Dark Brown Sugar
1 Stick of Butter
1 pkg. Milk Chocolate or Dark Chocolate Chips ~ Any kind
1/2 tsp Vanilla
1 cup Almonds or Walnuts ~ Optional
Salt to Sprinkle on after ~ Optional

Instructions

Before you start, prepare you pan either with Parchment Paper or you can give a light spray with cooking oil ~ light
If using nuts, chop them up and sprinkle in pan that you will be using.
In a sauce pan, put Butter and Brown Sugar,
Bring to a low boil for 6 minutes.
You must stir constantly! The brown sugar and butter will go through a couple of stages while boiling, this is normal. It will start to pull away from the side of the pan when it’s nearing the time to remove from heat. If your mixture starts smelling like it’s burning, remove from heat…it’s done.
Add Vanilla at the end of cooking and stir
Pour over Nuts
Carefully spread around a little if needed.
Then top with Chocolate Chips
Now cover your dish for 1 ~ 2 min. with anything. I use a cookie sheet over my pans. This will hold in the heat and allow the Chocolate Chips to soften super fast.
Remove Cookie Sheet and spread chocolate chips
I like to put mine into the frig for about 5 minutes so that the chocolate hardens faster.
Break up into pieces and eat or give as a wonderful gift!

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FAQs

Why isn t my toffee crunchy? ›

Simmering the syrup for English toffee to the requisite 300°F temperature can (and should) be a slow process — up to 20 minutes or so. Don't hurry this gradual transformation; syrup that doesn't reach 300°F, or close to it, will make candy with timid flavor and chewy (not crunchy) texture.

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What can go wrong when making toffee? ›

Stirring too quickly or too often can cause the toffee to separate. Moderate the heat as needed – turn it down if the toffee is boiling or cooking too fast so it doesn't burn. Cook until the toffee registers 285-290 degrees on an instant-read or candy thermometer and is deep amber brown in color, about 20-25 minutes.

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What is toffee crunch made of? ›

Prep: Butter 15x10 inch sheet pan, or line it with parchment paper, or a silicone mat. Mix the ingredients for the toffee: Combine 1 cup sugar, 3 tbsp water, 1 Tbsp corn syrup and 1 cups butter in a heavy 3-quart saucepan. Cook over medium heat, whisking until the butter is completely melted and fully incorporated.

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What's the difference between Buttercrunch and toffee? ›

What's the difference? Primarily, the difference rests in the ingredients. Toffee in Britain is made with brown sugar, whereas buttercrunch is made with white granulated sugar. The differences do not stop there, however, since the delectable buttercrunch is usually made with a nice variety of nuts and other flavorings.

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Why is my toffee not set and why is it's texture grainy and not smooth? ›

As the toffee cools and the molten sugar crystals become solid again, they are attracted to the 'seed' forming new lumps of tiny crystals – hence the grainy texture. This can also happen if the toffee is stirred, or agitated, after it has begun to boil or on cooling (as happened with this pink-tinted toffee).

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What is the hard crack stage of toffee? ›

Toffee is a hard candy made by cooking a sugar syrup with butter to the hard crack stage, 300–310°F (149–154°C), and then pouring it out to cool. It can have inclusions or not, and it can be made either very dense and hard or can be lightened by adding baking soda when the candy is almost done cooking .

Is light or dark brown sugar better for toffee? ›

Taste is obvious: sweets made with dark brown sugar will have a slightly deeper flavor with those notes of caramel and toffee I mentioned.

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How do you keep butter and sugar from separating when making toffee? ›

Rub the cube of butter around the sides of the pan before adding sugar. This will help keep sugar crystals from clinging to the sides. When adding the sugar, place it in the center of the pan to keep sugar crystals off the pan sides. During cooking, occasionally wash the sides of the pan with a brush dipped in water.

What kind of butter is best for candy making? ›

Use unsalted butter so you can add a small amount of salt (¼ teaspoon per stick of butter) to the sugar/liquid mixture. Salt tends to stabilize the mixture and keep it from foaming as much.

Why do you put baking soda in toffee? ›

Brittles and toffees accumulate small amounts of acid from the browning reactions that occur during cooking. This is one reason why the baking soda is added at the end of cooking. The soda reacts with the acid to make bubbles, and the syrup foams.

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Which is the best toffee in the world? ›

Lotte Coffy Bite Toffee

This is the best toffee in the world that has a rich flavor of coffee. Its creamy texture makes it mouthwatering to all of us.

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Is butterscotch the same as toffee? ›

Simply put, toffee is an overcooked butterscotch — easy to break and with little to no elasticity. Webstaurant Store calls toffee a "hard-crack" candy, which must be heated to a temperature between 295 and 304 degrees F. This allows even more water to evaporate from the mix, increasing the sugar content to 99%.

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Is there a difference between taffy and toffee? ›

Is toffee the same as taffy? Taffy is in no way, shape, or form toffee. Taffy describes chewy fruit candies, whereas toffee is closer to caramel.

Should toffee be hard or soft? ›

Toffee is a candy made by caramelizing sugar with butter. The mixture is heated until it reaches the hard crack stage (at least 300 degrees F), hardened, then broken into pieces.

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What texture should toffee be? ›

Ideally toffee has a nice snap when you bite into it, but then it gives way to a tender texture that immedietly crumbles and dissolves in your mouth. Even though I add a tremendous amount of butter to my recipe, the texture I end up with is more like a hard candy that ultimately sticks to your teeth.

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How do you fix butter separating in toffee? ›

If the sauce has separated then warming it gently and stirring occasionally should help it to come back together. If it still has a film of fat on the surface after warming then whisking in a tablespoon of hot water (from a freshly boiled kettle) can also help.

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