Comments on: Homemade English Toffee

By: Cydney

Cydney — Sat, 24 Dec 2022 17:29:21 +0000

Mine separated with a candy thermometer and the ball test .. I can’t understand why? Is there anything I can use this expensive waste of butter and sugar on !

By: Latrina

Latrina — Fri, 23 Dec 2022 16:47:01 +0000

In reply to Patricia. I did this twice waste if butter sugar and time. I follow the direction and still turn out bad both times.

By: JoAnn Dressler

JoAnn Dressler — Fri, 23 Dec 2022 01:31:16 +0000

In reply to Deb McGuire. I made it just now for the first time it turned out absolutely wonderful.. when it says to stir occasionally -I started stirring more often. To keep it from separating no need to add any other ingredients. I turn down the heat so that I could stand there for 45 minutes and stir every few minutes constantly until the color turn an amber color and I used up the whole 45 minutes. It turned out the best candy I’ve ever made

By: JoAnn Dressler

JoAnn Dressler — Fri, 23 Dec 2022 01:24:24 +0000

It was the easiest and best recipe I’ve ever made -thank you so much standing there for 45 minutes stirring more than occasionally-made the Candy turned out absolutely perfect. I did half with walnuts and the other half with sparkles. Cover on top with chocolate. No need to add anything if you have the candy thermometer and turn down your heat if it heats up too fast and wait till it totally turns Amber in color- thanks

By: Marti

Marti — Thu, 22 Dec 2022 23:14:21 +0000

I read everything, and followed all directions, spent $5 for Challenge Butter, and it separated anyway and is a big mess. Dang it! Shoot shoot shoot. Unfortunately, I didn’t read about the 2 TB corn syrup until AFTER the disaster. Oh well. I’m glad I wasn’t “counting” on it, but just making it for fun.

By: Cindy

Cindy — Thu, 22 Dec 2022 23:01:06 +0000

My first batch burned😞but luckily I had just gotten another pound of Challenge butter the second batch separated somewhat but I bet it’ll still taste delish!! Set it outside to harden for a minute.

By: Deb McGuire

Deb McGuire — Thu, 22 Dec 2022 04:37:02 +0000

I’ve just wasted two batches of the butter/sugar combo. The first time I thought maybe heating too fast was what caused it to separate. The second time I think it just got too hot by the time it reached 285 on my candy thermometer, as it didn’t seem to be separating until it was approaching that temp. So disappointing!

By: Kathy

Kathy — Wed, 21 Dec 2022 23:50:30 +0000

In reply to Stephanie. If you followed instructions and it still did not harden then look out your window. Is it a cloudy, humid or rainy day? Brittles and fudge do not like humidity and they will be hard to set and sugar will get grainy. I always set aside candy day for days that have less than 50% humidity per our weather station.

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Wed, 21 Dec 2022 20:32:05 +0000

The toffee layer did not seem to harden. What does that mean?

By: Paula

Paula — Tue, 20 Dec 2022 23:15:45 +0000

Followed the recipe step by step. Butter separated terribly. The recipe looks yummy, but couldn’t make it work twice. Waste of time an money. Really wanted this to work.