Salty and Sweet Chocolate Butter Toffee

A sweet and salty combination is sprinkled with toasted chopped almonds. This decadent treat features melted chocolate morsels spread over homemade toffee and crispy crackers.

Prep: 15 min | Cook: 20 min | Yield: 30 servings

Ingredients

• Parchment paper or aluminum foil
• 30 saltine crackers
• 1 cup (2 sticks) butter
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 cups (9 ounces) Nestlé® Toll House® Semi-Sweet Chocolate Morsels
• 1/2 cup finely chopped toasted almonds

Instructions

1. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or foil; place crackers on prepared baking sheet 5 across and 6 down to form a 10 x 12 inch rectangle.
2. Combine butter, sugar and salt in a 2 quart, heavy duty saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally with a wooden spoon, until candy thermometer reaches 300 degrees F (this should take about 20 minutes from the time you turn on the burner). It should be a rich, golden amber color.
3. Remove from heat; immediately pour mixture over crackers.
4. Sprinkle evenly with morsels. Let stand for 5 minutes.
5. Spread melted morsels over toffee with metal spatula or back of spoon.
6. Sprinkle with almonds.
7. Cool for 2 hours before breaking into 30 pieces.
8. Store in airtight container for up to 2 weeks.

Attribution

Recipe and photo used with permission from: Nestlé and meals.com