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Grandpa Walter’s Chocolate-Covered Toffee With Pecans Recipe

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Ingredients
6
Count
Nutrition
374
Calories
Total time
60
Minutes
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Ingredients:

  • 1 1/2 cups butter
  • 1 1/2 cups sugar
  • 4 1/2 tbsp water
  • 3 cups pecan halves (or enough to cover a cookie sheet that has 4 sides)
  • 1/4 tsp baking soda (makes a less chewy break) (optional)

Directions:

  1. Cover cookie sheet with heavy duty foil.
  2. Toast pecans at 350 F for 5-7 minutes.
  3. Arrange pecan halves in orderly rows on cookie sheet.
  4. Melt butter on medium heat in pan/pot.
  5. Add sugar and water.
  6. Boil at low/medium heat, stirring with wooden spoon or heat-resistant spatula until temp is approx 290/300°F.
  7. (Optional: Quickly stir in baking soda.).
  8. Pour quickly over nuts, spreading evenly with rubber spatula.
  9. Immediately spread 1-1/2 cup “cocoa light” over hot toffee.
  10. When cocoa starts melting, spread gently, but firmly, with spatula over entire surface.
  11. Place cookie sheet of toffee in refrigerator space.
  12. Leave until glaze is completely gone over the entire surface. (approx. 30 minutes).
  13. Heat water to boiling in bottom of double boiler.
  14. Melt second 1-1/2 cup of “cocoa light” in top of double boiler, stirring with regular tablespoon or spatula.
  15. Remove from refrigerator and turn toffee over onto the reverse side, intact.
  16. Pour melted cocoa over toffee, spreading with spatula.
  17. Place back in refrigerator until chocolate glaze is completely gone.
  18. Remove from refrigerator and break into pieces (do not cut).
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 373.97 Kcal (1566 kJ)
Calories from fat 274.39 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 30.49g 47%
Cholesterol 24.4mg 8%
Sodium 207.33mg 9%
Potassium 181.24mg 4%
Total Carbs 26.58g 9%
Sugars 15.82g 63%
Dietary Fiber 2.6g 10%
Protein 3.9g 8%
Vitamin C 0.2mg 0%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 4%
Iron 1.9mg 11%
Calcium 55.5mg 6%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 558.76 Kcal (2339 kJ)
Calories from fat 409.97 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 45.55g 47%
Cholesterol 36.46mg 8%
Sodium 309.78mg 9%
Potassium 270.8mg 4%
Total Carbs 39.72g 9%
Sugars 23.63g 63%
Dietary Fiber 3.89g 10%
Protein 5.83g 8%
Vitamin C 0.4mg 0%
Vitamin A 0.2mg 4%
Iron 2.8mg 11%
Calcium 83mg 6%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.

Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 9.5
    Points
  • 11
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • good source of fiber

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