Best Homemade Toffee Recipe

Robyn Stone

on Nov 29, 2024

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This easy homemade Toffee is rich, buttery, and delicious! Made with only four simple ingredients, this easy recipe makes the best toffee! A favorite candy to make in minutes for nibbling, sharing, and gifting!

Photograph of homemade buttery toffee with a layer of chocolate and roasted pecans.

This toffee is easy to make and absolutely delicious! It’s such an easy candy to make – and while it does have to set to harden, it only involves a few minutes of hands-on mixing time! It makes delicious gifts to share with friends and family or to serve throughout the holiday season or anytime you wish!

My Christmas candies always include many delicious confections such as my Peppermint Bark, Divinity, and this. But I don’t save this Toffee to make only during the holidays! It is perfect year-round and can be made with just a few ingredients.

The holidays and making this easy, delicious toffee recipe go hand-in-hand for me. Candy-making is always something I do around the Christmas holiday season! But don’t save this tasty toffee to enjoy only during the holidays!

Believe me, though, this toffee is so scrumptious and tempting that you want to make it and invite some friends to enjoy it. Or immediately wrap it into gift packages. Otherwise, you just may be tempted to eat it all yourself. Promise.

How to Make Homemade Toffee

You’ll be shocked at how easy this toffee recipe is to make! With four simple ingredients you probably have on hand, you could have a batch made soon for sampling.

Here’s how I make it.

Ingredients

You’ll need:

Roasted Pecans (optional)
Brown Sugar
Butter
Chocolate Chips

Step by Step Instructions

Prep. First, line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat, such as a Silpat, to make this toffee. If you are using nuts, sprinkle 1/2 cup roasted pecans on top and spread evenly.
Heat. Then melt brown sugar and butter in a heavy-bottomed saucepan over medium heat, stirring constantly. Boil until a candy thermometer reaches 300 degrees Fahrenheit. Then immediately remove from heat and pour over roasted nuts.
Spread. Top with chocolate chips and allow the chips to begin melting. Spread chocolate evenly over the top of the toffee with a silicone spatula.
Cool. Allow to cool for about five minutes before adding the remaining roasted pecans. If omitting the roasted pecans from your recipe, consider sprinkling the top of the chocolate with sea salt. Allow toffee to cool completely to harden – overnight on the counter or for about 20 minutes in the freezer.
Serve. Lift hardened toffee off the parchment paper or Silpat baking mat and break it into candy pieces.

For Thicker Toffee Pieces

If you want the thicker toffee pieces similar to those I have shared in my pictures, you will line a 7 x 11-inch casserole dish with parchment paper rather than using a baking sheet. The freezing time increases to 30 minutes if you use that method to harden the toffee.

Do You Have to Use Nuts in the Toffee?

You don’t have to use nuts if you don’t want. But they are so delicious!

I use roasted pecans in my toffee recipe, but you could easily substitute another roasted nut or completely omit the nuts. If you omit the nuts, add a heavy sprinkle of sea salt on top of the melted chocolate as it begins to firm up. You really do need that little bit of salty-sweet combination that comes from this toffee. I promise you’ll be glad you did.

Toffee Makes Great Gifts!

And since I’m full of promises today, here is another one…If you give this toffee as a holiday gift, you will be asked for the recipe and have people singing your praises. Promise.

Make Ahead and Storage Tips

This toffee makes the perfect make ahead recipe!

To Make Ahead: Prepare as directed and store in an airtight container.

To Store: Place in an airtight container and store at room temperature or in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks.

To Freeze: You can also easily freeze toffee. Freeze in an airtight, freezer-safe container for up to 3 months.

More Favorite Candy Recipes

Some of these candies are traditional holiday favorites, but all are delicious and can be enjoyed anytime!

Fudge

Peanut Brittle

Oreo Truffles

Homemade Marshmallows

Chocolate Truffles

Saltine Cracker Toffee

Here’s my favorite homemade toffee recipe. I hope you make it soon!

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Toffee Recipe

Robyn Stone

4.87 from 15 votes

Prep Time: 10

Cook Time: 10

Freezing Time: 20

Total Time: 20

Servings: 24

Ingredients

▢ 1 cup roasted pecans, divided (optional)
▢ 1 cup packed brown sugar
▢ 1 cup butter
▢ 1 cup chocolate chips

Instructions

Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicon baking mat, such as a Silpat. If using nuts, sprinkle 1/2 cup roasted pecans on top and spread evenly.
Using a heavy-bottomed saucepan over medium heat, melt brown sugar and butter, stirring constantly. Boil until a candy thermometer reaches 300º F. Immediately remove from heat and pour over roasted nuts. Top with chocolate chips and allow chips to begin melting. Spread chocolate evenly over top of toffee with a silicon spatula. Allow to cool for about five minutes before adding remaining roasted pecans.
If omitting the roasted pecans from your recipe, consider sprinkling top of chocolate with sea salt.
Allow to cool completely to harden – overnight on counter or about 20 minutes in the freezer. Lift hardened toffee off parchment paper or silpat and break into candy pieces.
Optional: for thicker toffee pieces (as pictured), I line a 7×11 casserole dish with parchment paper rather than using a baking sheet. Freezing time increases to 30 minutes.