I’m not too fond of hard candy, but I’ve been determined to make my own toffee for a few months now. I kept putting it off because, like a lot of others, I was scared of using the candy thermometer! In my search for an easy toffee recipe, I came across Paula Deen’s, which looked super easy.
So I gave it a go and was surprised at how easy it actually was. The only part of the recipe that wasn’t entirely clear was adding the vanilla and salt – I found that I needed to really stir the vanilla in there to get it evenly mixed and for it turn that beautiful caramelly-toffee color.
After spreading the toffee in the cookie sheet and spreading out the chocolate with an offset spatula, I topped about 1/4 of the toffee with M&M’s, for the kids, another 1/4 with chopped pecans, and the rest I left plain. After it was completely cool (I ended up putting it in the refrigerator for about 30 minutes!) and the chocolate was hardened, I chopped it into pieces.
Obviously I did not strictly follow Paula Deen’s recipe – she had mixed the pecans into the actual toffee and left the top of the chocolate plain.
The toffee tasted fantastic and was absolutely perfect! I’d highly recommend this super easy recipe for toffee and don’t be scared of using a candy thermometer! :)
Ohhh…these look delicious! I will definitely have to give these a try soon :)
I really like the look of the toffee. I might make some
thanks ( :
I love toffee, I’m going to try this recipe.
Great job! Kudos for getting over your “fear” of the candy thermometer!
~ingrid
Oh I have been wanting to try this, but I am pretty sure if t comes out as good as you made it sounds I will eat the whole pan…I, as well, am a little scared of the candy thermometer…I am pretty sure mine is not accurate but for this, I might have to dust it off again! Thanks!