Chocolate toffee candy
1 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| ½ | cup | Coarsely chopped pecans |
| ½ | cup | Butter |
| ¾ | cup | Brown sugar, packed |
| ½ | cup | Semisweet chocolate pieces |
Directions
Sprinkle pecans in bottom of buttered 8 inch square baking pan.
Combine butter and brown sugar in 2 quart heavy saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture comes to a boil.
Continue cooking, stirring constantly, until mixture reaches hard crack stage (295F) on candy thermometer. Immediately pour hot mixture over pecans,spreading evenly. Sprinkle with chocolate pieces. Let stand 5 minutes. Spread melted chocolate evenly over all. When chocolate is set, break up into pieces. Makes about ¾ of a pound.
Origin: Farm Journal's Choice Chocolate Recipes Shared by: Sharon Stevens.