Christmas Toffee

I realized the other day that I hadn't made any goodies for Christmas that contained chocolate, and chocolate is one of my primary food groups.  I had decided to skip the fudge this year as I'm the only one in my family who eats it.  Still, I needed something with chocolate, so I made a chocolate-topped toffee.

A friend gave me this recipe a number of years ago.  She said it came from Betty Crocker.  It's quite easy to make, just involves a lot of stirring.  Also, you need to work quickly once you put the warm butter/sugar mixture in the pan.  If you are too slow putting on the chocolate chips, they will not melt.  If that happens, and you are using a glass pan, you can run it in the microwave for 10-15 seconds to help melt the chips.  I used Hershey's dark chocolate chips this year, which turned out extra yummy!

Toffee

from Betty Crocker

1 cup chopped pecans

¾ cup brown sugar (packed)

½ cup butter

½ cup chocolate chips

Butter a 9x9 or 8x8 square pan.  Spread pecans in pan.

Heat sugar and brown sugar to boiling, stirring constantly.  Boil over medium heat for 7 minutes, stirring constantly.  Immediately spread mixture evenly over nuts in pan. 

Sprinkle chocolate chips over hot mixture and cover with a baking sheet so the heat will melt the chips.  Spread the chocolate evenly over candy mixture. 

While hot, cut into squares.  Chill until firm.  Store in refrigerator.

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