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Prep Time: 0 Minutes Cook Time: 20 Minutes |
Ready In: 20 Minutes Servings: 6 |
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A delicious candy bar-like recipe that originally came from Hershey's Kitchen years ago. Its a tried and true recipe and is a great treat for gift baskets, bake sales and holiday desserts. Another family favorite! Read more ! I hope you'll like it, too. Ingredients:
2 cups bittersweet or semi-sweet chocolate (the orig. recipe used milk chocolate chips.) |
1 cup chopped salted macadamia nuts |
1 cup chopped salted cashews |
1/2 cup sugar |
1/2 stick softened butter - do not substitute margarine |
2 tb corn syrup |
*options |
this can be made with walnuts, pecans or even peanuts. you can use nuts that are not salted in this recipe. |
Directions:
1. Line a 9 inch pan with release aluminum, making sure that the foil goes over the edge of the pan so that you can pick the candy out of the pan with ease. You can butter regular foil and use that instead.
2. Sprinkle the bottom of the pan with the chocolate chips.
3. Place your butter, sugar, corn syrup and nuts in a large and heavy skillet and cook over low heat.
4. Stir constantly until the butter melts and the sugar dissolves. (10-12 minutes on my stovetop)
5. Increase the heat to medium and stir constantly until the candy turns into a light golden brown color.
6. Watch the candy carefully and stir when the candy starts to stick together. It will get harder to stir at this point.
7. Pour the mixture over the chocolate in the pan.
8. Spread the candy evenly over the chips. Do not mash the chips and allow them to melt on their own.
9. Let this all cool for at least one hour and then refrigerate until firm.
10. Remove from pan, peel off the foil and break into pieces or cut into squares.
11. ***** I have to add this. I over-cooked this once because I could not get a golden brown color out of the sugar mass. It came out like a thick brittle after I refrigerated it and tried to cut it. So watch your candy while it cooks. It was still good but be careful!
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