Almond Buttercrunch Candy
- Ready In:
- 40hrs
- Ingredients:
- 4
- Serves:
-
56
ingredients
- 2 (11 1/2 ounce) packages milk chocolate chips, divided
- 2 cups butter
- 1 lb brown sugar
- 1 cup blanched slivered almond, divided
directions
- Preheat oven to 200 degrees F
- Grease a 14 x 18 inch cookie sheet.
- Sprinkle one package of chocolate chips on prepared pan and place in warm oven until chips melt.
- Remove from oven, spread melted chocolate over bottom of pan; set aside.
- In a large heavy saucepan over medium-high heat, combine butter and brown sugar. Stirring constantly, heat to 300 to 310 degrees Fon a candy themometer, or until a small amount of syrup dropped into cold water forms hard, brittle threads. Immediately remove from heat.
- Stir in 3/4 cup slivered almonds.
- Pour almond mixture onto pan with melted chocolate; spread mixture evenly.
- Sprinkle remaining package of chocolate chips over the almond layer and spread chocolate evenly once melted.
- Sprinkle remaining almonds over chocolate.
- Cut into squares, or allow to harden in a solid sheet and break it apart like brittle.
- Cool completely before removing from pan.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Alia55
Canada
After several floods to my basement, I am starting to input all of the many many recipes that I've been collecting for years. I didn't realize just how many I had saved up... must make note to self.. step away from the cookbooks!