Heath Bar Candy

Like the candy bars you buy only better. A real buttery English toffee taste.

• Ready In: 40 mins
• Serves: 16
• Yields: 1 recipe

Ingredients

• 1  cup sugar
• 1⁄2 lb butter
• 1⁄2 cup pecans, chopped
• 5 -6  Hershey Bars
• 1⁄4 cup pecans, chopped

Directions

1. Mix sugar, butter, and 1/2 cup nuts in a medium iron skillet and stir constantly over medium-low heat.
2. Mixture will become light brown, smell caramelized, and spoon tracks will show as you stir.
3. Cook until it reaches the hard crack stage when dropped in cold water (300 degrees on a candy thermometer).
4. Pour mixture on a cookie sheet with sides.
5. Unwrap Hershey's Bars and place on hot candy - then spread it all over as it melts a bit.
6. Sprinkle with remaining pecans. Let cool completely then break into pieces.
7. Store covered at room temperature.