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salted hazelnut toffee
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Salted Hazelnut Toffee

The perfect sweet and salty snack! Salted hazelnut toffee bark layers together toasted hazelnuts and melted dark chocolate over homemade toffee.
Yield: 9x13-inch pan
Prep Time20 minutes
Total Time20 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Servings: 12
Author: Maryanne Cabrera

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ cup hazelnuts (220 g) skinned, toasted and roughly chopped
  • 1 ½ cup semi-sweet or dark chocolate chips (255 g)
  • 1 cup unsalted butter (113 g)
  • 1 cup granulated sugar (200 g)
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla paste or high quality pure vanilla extract
  • Maldon salt or fleur de sel as needed

Instructions

  • Line a 9'' by 13'' baking sheet tray with parchment paper.
  • In a small sauce pot, melt butter over medium heat. Turn off heat and add sugar.  Stir to combine.  Heat mixture over medium-high heat until butter-sugar solution reaches 300°F on a candy thermometer.
  • In the meantime, sprinkle ½ cup of chocolate chips and ½ cup of toasted, chopped hazelnuts onto prepared parchment paper.
  • Once butter-sugar solution has reached 300°F, remove from heat and let cool for 3 minutes.  Stir in vanilla paste.  Then pour over chocolate/hazelnut on the parchment lined sheet.  Let cool for 5 minutes
  • Pour remaining cup of chocolate chips over parchment.  Let chips sit for a couple minutes until slightly melted.  Using an offset spatula, spread chocolate into an even layer.  Sprinkle remaining chopped hazelnuts on top.  Sprinkle maldon salt or fleur de sel as desired.   Let sit at room temperature until chocolate sets.  Once chocolate and toffee have cooled, cut to your desired shapes and sizes.

Notes

  • You may certainly use your choice of chocolate. Milk chocolate and white chocolate does work. However, keep in mind that the resulting English toffee will be much, much sweeter with milk chocolate or white chocolate.
  • Customize the English toffee with your choice of nuts.
  • Store in an airtight container at room temperature away from heat or direct sunlight. Will keep fresh for about a week. 

Nutrition

Calories: 426kcal | Carbohydrates: 31g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 33g | Saturated Fat: 15g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 13g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 42mg | Sodium: 4mg | Potassium: 234mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 26g | Vitamin A: 487IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 36mg | Iron: 2mg