English Toffee Christmas Candy Recipe

This English toffee recipe is the best! It comes out perfectly every time and has just the right amount of crunch. Not too soft, and not so hard it breaks a tooth. Make a batch and watch it disappear! It is perfect for family, friends, and gifting to neighbors. This homemade English toffee is one of several delicious options. Make up a big batch and deliver it to your friends. Believe me, once they taste it, they will be salivating over your friendship, and looking forward to many more years of knowing you! I like to make this in either a 9×13 pan or in the center of a cookie sheet. If you want to make enough English toffee to fill an entire cookie sheet, I would suggest doubling the recipe. This sized batch is perfect though because it doesn’t fill the entire cookie sheet. It makes a big circle of toffee in the center, which makes it much easier to break the toffee apart after it cools and hardens. It is simple and quick for a sweet treat!

Ingredients In Homemade English Toffee Recipe

These simple ingredients are perfect for this English toffee recipe! Create the best candy and treat that everyone loves. It is layered with sweet chocolate and a homemade toffee, with a crunchy texture from nuts all broken apart for easy snacking. It is the perfect combination!

Butter – Make it rich and creamy with all the buttery flavor. You can use either salted butter or unsalted butter depending on preference! Just don’t use margarine to replace the butter. The margarine will have too much water that will prevent the toffee from hardening. White Sugar – The granulated sugar will melt down and create a caramelized coloring and sweet flavor mixed together. Don’t use brown sugar, it doesn’t do as well with the hard crack stage. Vanilla – Just a splash adds a delicious vanilla flavor. Salt – A pinch of salt gives this English toffee a sweet and salty flavor. Nuts – Almonds, walnuts, or peanuts work great. Purchase them chopped ahead of time or hand chop them at home. Chocolate chips – The layer of chocolate can be either milk chocolate, dark chocolate, or semisweet chocolate chips work well too. We used semi-sweet chocolate chips for this recipe.

How to Make Homemade English Toffee

Let’s get ready to make the best homemade English toffee recipe! Quick and easy to make with just a few pans to dirty! Combine the ingredients and melt them together. This toffee mixture is amazingly delicious! Layer the nuts, toffee, and chocolate on a prepared cookie sheet. This combination is perfect for a quick treat everyone loves!

Tips for Making the Best English Toffee

Make the best English toffee with these super quick and easy tips! These tips are full of appearance, getting started, taking your almonds to the next level, and using a candy thermometer. All these tips are great to know and try when making this English toffee recipe!

Smooth chocolate – To ensure smooth chocolate on top, use an offset spatula or a butter knife to make it silky smooth on top. Prepare a pan – Prepare your cookie sheet with foil or parchment paper on the bottom of it before adding the layers of nuts, toffee, and chocolate. Toasted nuts – Bake the nuts in the oven at 350 degrees for 10 minutes to give them a crunchy and toasted flavor. Candy thermometer – It is best to use a candy thermometer to make sure that the temperature heats appropriately.

Candy Holiday Gifts

English Toffee serves as a great staple in any holiday candy gift basket or goodie plate. We love serving it for the holidays along with our Christmas Charcuterie, Chocolate Orange Cookies, and Christmas Apples. If you want to add even more diversity to the Christmas candy creations, you can try some of these other great recipes too!

Rave Reviews

The only problem with this dessert is having to share it with the family! Wow!

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Storing Easy English Toffee

English toffee is simple to store and even share as a gift. Store it in an airtight container at room temperature or in the fridge for one month. This English toffee is perfect for gift-giving and sharing with friends and family! Read Next: Christmas Cookie Recipes

More Christmas Treat Recipes

There is something so delightful about the holiday tradition of exchanging gifts with friends and neighbors. Try these Christmas treats to share with those you love and have close to you. They are perfect for parties or gift-giving!

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