Chocolate Butter Toffee With Mixed Nuts

Submitted by MARIA MAC

"Delicious toffee. Use any kind of nuts you have on hand."

 

• Ready In: 35mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Yields: 60 pieces

ingredients

• 1 1⁄2 cups milk chocolate chips
• 1 1⁄2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1⁄4 cup chopped almonds, toasted
• 1⁄4 cup chopped pecans, toasted
• 1⁄4 cup chopped walnuts, toasted
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 cups unsalted butter
• 1⁄2 cup water
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons vanilla

directions

1. Butter 13x9-inch pan; line with parchment or waxed paper. Butter paper.
2. Sprinkle 3/4 cup milk chocolate chips, 3/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips, 2 tablespoons almonds, 2 tablespoons pecans and 2 tablespoons walnuts over parchment paper; set aside.
3. Combine sugar, butter, water and salt in heavy 4-quart saucepan. Cook
4. over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture comes to a full boil (10
5. to 12 minutes). Continue boiling, stirring often, until candy thermometer
6. reaches 305°F or small amount of mixture dropped into ice water forms a
7. hard brittle strand (20 to 25 minutes).
8. Remove from heat; stir in vanilla.
9. Pour mixture into prepared pan.Immediately sprinkle with remaining almonds, pecans and walnuts; swirl into toffee with knife. Sprinkle remaining milk chocolate chips and semi-sweet chocolate chips evenly over toffee, pressing gently into toffee.
10. Cool completely. Break into pieces.