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English Toffee

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English Toffee

Yes, although there are few ingredients, this really works. This is a great item to provide as a gift.

Chop nuts and open a bag of chocolate chips in advance
Two lbs of sugar
2lbs butter don’t use margarine

Constantly stir the above mixture until it reaches 300 degrees (You will need a heavy duty thermometer) Use pans which have no coatings
Once the temperature has reached 300 degrees, spread the mixture into a large jelly roll pan. Immediately place your favourite chocolate chips on top of the toffee mixture, swirling with a wooden spoon to make certain it covers the entire pan. Then sprinkle chopped nuts of your choice. Almonds are fantastic

I suggest placing the pan in your freezer for a quick cool. Once the candy is cooled, break it into pieces and place it in your favorite containers for gifts or as a desert favour
 
Toffee.

:biggrin: My mom used to make the most beautiful toffee both english and the treacle variety. It's leathel if you get the boiling liquid on your skin. I still have her little toffee hammer. :biggrin: TTFN. Jean.
 
Open in advance

Beryl there is no way that i would open my chocolate chips in advance for fear that they would disappear:)......Cat...:D:D:D
 
re toffee

HI,all any one remember them toffee bars we had as kids,about 2"x3",come in all flavers,mine was banana split.as i like sweets i went in woolies to day and asked for some rum and butter sweets,i was told they have not sold them for years.i think the woman thought i was rip van winkle. pete
 
not a stalker

Peter, I am not a stalker, sorry:D I absolutely love toffee i like all of it but i do have favourites banana split being one of them, treakle another and just plain old toffee yummyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy trouble with me is i never know when to stop....Cat:)
 
re toffee

catkin.i love black treacle,and banana split.that is what i went to town to get today,but no joy.the woman did not know what i was on about,when i said banana split toffee. pete
 
Pete, i got my last toffee from the health food shop, )see what you have made me do) i went into my kitchen to find out the name and came bag with a little bag of naughties:D:D:D its Julian Graves they sell about four or five different ones............................Cat:)
 
Love the subject of English Toffee...Thornton's Chocolate Cabin.. They had
a store in Erdington High Street for decades..might still be there. There is one close to Grace Church Centre in Sutton Coldfield. They know me in that shop. There also used to be one in Stephenson Place decades ago.....across from New Street Station where I worked:)

One of our neighbours made great toffee just after the war and we would be given some from time to time.
 
re toffee

jennyann.when i lived in brum,i got my sweets from poolway shopping centre.a shop called candies.they had a good choice."dont forget the fruit gums mum"they were fantasic,fill your mouth with them.yum yum. pete
 
Gee Gee Jean said:
:biggrin: My mom used to make the most beautiful toffee both english and the treacle variety. It's leathel if you get the boiling liquid on your skin. I still have her little toffee hammer. :biggrin: TTFN. Jean.
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Jean my Mom was a brilliant toffee maker as well. Big slabs as you say broken with the toffee hammer. She could make excellent toffee apples too! Oh how I miss her toffee:cry:
 
Some discussion about Bluebird Toffee here:

Sweets We Used To Have

Does anyone remember after the war over the bridge inDuddeston Mill there was a shop that sold 1d Vantas drinks.He put a quarter inch square of like raspberry thing in a bottle and added Soda Water it was lovely also don't know if anyone's said but the Twisted Candy sticks
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I remember driving by the Bluebird factory in the 70's on the way from Rubery to Halesowen take the short cut through the mental hospital up and over the Beaches past the copse that could be seen for miles the it was at the bottom of the hill
 
Back in the 70s, when we were going on leave from Germany, Brummies in my regiment would ask us to bring back Thornton's treacle toffee for them. I can't, for the life of me, remember where the shop was but the toffee was gorgeous. I've got the fillings to prove it !
 
maypolebaz said:
Back in the 70s, when we were going on leave from Germany, Brummies in my regiment would ask us to bring back Thornton's treacle toffee for them. I can't, for the life of me, remember where the shop was but the toffee was gorgeous. I've got the fillings to prove it !
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There were a few around town the one I remember was in arcade below the Rotunda building, Thornton's chocey's were real good always a treat for me mum on Chrismas
 
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