EASY TOFFEE BITES

Homemade almond toffee bites made in a mini muffin pan, which is genius! This is the best homemade candy! Great for the holidays and gift giving.

I’m a firm believer that there can never be too much toffee during the holidays.

There’s what I call regular toffee (made in a sheet and broken into pieces), there’s toffee squares (thicker pieces where the toffee is completely dipped in chocolate) then there’s toffee without any chocolate.. which I don’t really consider toffee because without the chocolate it’s like naked toffee.

And now we have toffee bites! Which we could also call mini toffee cups because you make them in a mini muffin pan. If you used a regular muffin pan to make toffee bites you’d end up with GIANT toffee cups, but maybe you really life toffee and that’s how you want to make it :)

I know a mini muffin pan isn’t the most common kitchen pan but I feel like I use mine way more frequently than I use my regular muffin pan. It’s great for mini muffins (duh!) but it’s also the perfect size for homemade candy like fudge, turtle clusters, peanut butter cups, mini pies, etc.

This is a no candy thermometer required recipe – woohoo!! Instead, the color of the toffee will tell you when it’s done cooking.

And here’s the easiest part, you’re not looking for a mysterious color like dark brown or golden brown, you’re looking for your toffee to be the same color as an almond. Pretty easy comparison since you need almonds for this recipe! So put the bag of almonds next to you on the counter while making the toffee and you can easily compare the colors.

Word to the wise – if your toffee gets too dark in color, your toffee will taste burnt. Womp womp. So, err on the side of caution if you’re concerned!

I’m also showing you 3 decorating options for the toffee bites –

1. plain – topped with just chocolate
2. whole almond – topped with chocolate and a whole almond
3. chopped almonds – topped with chocolate and chopped almonds

You could also sprinkle some sea salt on the chocolate before it hardens it you like that combo!

Ingredients

•  1 cup unsalted butter (2 sticks)
•  1 cup granulated sugar
•  1/4 tsp salt
•  1/2 tsp vanilla extract
•  2 cups milk/semi-sweet chocolate chips, equal to 12 oz bag
•  1/3 cup finely chopped almonds
•  additional whole almonds or chopped almonds to top the toffee, optional

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