Best Homemade Toffee Crunch Recipe
This is the Best Homemade Toffee Crunch Recipe ever! 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 personally is 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 to make your own Brown Sugar recipe it’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
Bring these 2 ingredients to a low boil for 6 minutes. Start with medium heat then turn to low heat…but keep it low boiling. If using your candy thermometer you want it to register to hard crack stage.
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 and quick gift 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 unique fun shapes and sizes! LOVE! You can use this pretty Christmas Recipe Card too if you would like to give your Toffee Crunch as a gift!
Homemade Toffee Crunch
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!
Have a super blessed day today!
we LOVE making toffee, and the simplest recipes always turn out the best!
What size pan do you pour it into?
Hi Emma! You can use a 9×9, 10×10, anything about half the size of a 9×13 😀 Enjoy and thank you for stopping by! Blessing!
Thank you for this recipe; I can’t eat nuts so this will be great.
You are so welcome! You are going to love it! Enjoy 😀
Yes still definitely great without nuts of any kind 😀 enjoy and thank you for stopping by Emma! Blessings!
I LOVE toffee, Shari. And this looks super easy! I’ll definitely try it. Visiting from A Little R&R
YUM! I can’t get enough toffee. And having some ready in 20 minutes?? Heaven! Can’t wait to try this!
Great recipe…I love toffee. Visiting from Inspire Me Wednesday. I also started following you on FB.
Hi Shari, I like the look of this toffee crunch. I may have to add to our Christmas baking list (one of the nice things about Christmas!). I do make fudge every Christmas, but it has been years since I made toffee.
Thank you for sharing this recipe, it looks a winner!
OMG that looks delicious and sinful. I’d be worried that I’d eat it all myself. Would be a great gift for my girlfriends. Thanks for the inspiration.
Stopping by via the Shine blog hop! This sounds soooooo dangerous. 😉 I’m pinning it to try later!
This looks incredible! Thanks so much for sharing your recipe. Pinning it to my Christmas board now. Blessings to you and yours this Christmas.
This recipe is perfect… Simple and looks fantastic!
I’m so glad to have spotted your post on the #SHINEbloghop …we’ll definitely be making these 🙂
Uh, oh! My stepbrother makes this for Christmas every year, and we have to wait to get it. No more waiting!!!
This looks so yummy! I am pinning
Oh my goodness, this looks and sounds absolutely fabulous! I love toffee too. I can’t wait to give this a try! Pinning!
Thanks for sharing and for linking up to the #SHINEbloghop!
Wishing you a lovely weekend.
xoxo
This looks so delicious (you photos are delicious!)
And I like toffee so much better than fudge.
I may need to give this recipe a try. Thanks for sharing it.
You are in trouble for posting this, because now I have to make it and eat it all. #yourfault
That’s a good thing right!? LOL YUM!
That looks so good! And easy! I am definitely making this before the holidays!
Definitely as easy as they look Steph and ooooh so tasty! 😀
This looks absolutely delicious! I kind of go in spurts when I like to eat toffee, so I am going to keep this recipe in mind for when I do. Thanks for sharing!
You are welcome Jennifer! Have a blessed rest of the week 😀
yay–I’m actually looking for a toffee recipe I could try this year–thanks!!
Yay! So glad Mitzi and couldn’t be easier! 😀 Have a blessed rest of the week!
Oh my goodness that looks delicious! And I think I can find 20 minutes to make some too.
I hope you can Clare because they are just too easy and deelish not to make! 😀
I love toffee, its one of my favorite candy.
Mine too!! 😀
Hi Shari Lynne,
Toffee is one of my favorites and your Toffee Crunch looks awesome! Thank you so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday and have a great day.
Come Back Soon,
Miz Helen
Don’t you just love it Miz Helen!? YUM! Thank you for stopping by and have a blessed week!
Wow – so delicious and so easy. Love me a good candy recipe! Thanks for sharing.
This looks so delicious. And so easy. I love a good candy recipe. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you for posting to Motivation Monday!
These look sooooo yummy. I think I would add the salt. I love sweet and salty together.
Thank you Heather, I love the salt too! Definitely adds a touch of sweet and salty 😀 Thank you for stopping by! Have a blessed Christmas.
Thank you for this recipe !! I have gone through a divorce and am raising my 2 sons age 12 and 15 by myself since June of 2013. (Emotionally and financially by myself!) Although I do understand the true meaning of Christmas is not about the $ you spend, I wanted to be able to give something back to the people in my life, to tell them that I love them. I am not a crafty person, and am not a baker!! But your post said “for the begining candy maker” and I saw that there was no candy thermometer needed and I knew this was for me! Also my 12 yr old loved making this Toffee, and we had fun making it together. A win win in my mommy book! So thank you once again for taking the time to put this recipe out there. And know I appreciate your time, and that you have helped me cross off a line on my ever growing “to do” list !!!!
Oh Sara you are the sweetest ever! You are the reason I love to share easy recipes, tips and lots of faith! I was a single Mom for 3 years and I have to say that it was the hardest job I’ve ever had! Thank you so much for sharing your heart and experience. You are an amazing Mom and I pray that the Lord would richly and abundantly bless you more than you can think or imagine this Christmas and beyond.
Blessings to you sweet Sara!
I am considering making these for a baby shower. How many batches do you think I would need for 40 guests? They look delicious. Thank you!
Hi Kelly! Good timing as I was just getting offline! 😀 I would say maybe 3 batches at most unless of course they a real candy lovers.
You can break the pieces as big or small as you like. Your guests will LOVE this..and it’s oh so easy. Have a blessed rest of the day and a super fun baby shower!
Oh I see…well maybe 4. It really makes a pretty good batch. blessings!
I will be filling small paper bags as favors.
I have been wanting to make something like this for some time! And perfect for the GF people in my life! 🙂 Thank you for sharing this on the Art of Home-Making Mondays!
This almost seems too easy to be true! I know what I am making tomorrow! Thanks for sharing!
Good Monday morning! Just a little note to let you know that this post has been featured today on the Art of Home-Making Mondays at Strangers & Pilgrims on Earth. Have a lovely week! 🙂
Made these yesterday and they were delicious! Thank you once again for sharing this with us! 🙂
I thank you for the recipe, I’ve never attempted candy before, this looks like something I can do.
It’s so easy Faith! You will love it! Thank you so much for stopping by, have a very blessed Thanksgiving!
Looks fantastic! Pinning! One of my favorite treats! Coming to you from #EspressosofFaith via #CoffeeandConversation! Blessings!
This looks yummy! Can’t wait to try it!
You’ll love it Tammy! So easy and so yummy! Thanks for stopping by! 😀
This looks so good, and I love how quick it is to make!
Have a wonderful Christmas!