English Toffee Bars

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English Toffee Bars are chocolaty and perfect – amazingly beautiful too. Just imagine biting into thicker layers of a classic favorite. It’s impressive!

One of my mothers favorite candies was English Toffee and I learned this from her when she bought it on Main Street in Disneyland. When I was old enough to go without my mom I never came home without a bag from the Candy Palace. Just for her. It still holds special memories in my heart and this is what I was thinking about as I made these English Toffee Bars.

They are chocolaty and perfect. I was amazed at how beautiful they looked too. Now that mom has passed I also have the memory of pushing her in her wheelchair around Disneyland. An additional generation of loved ones all around her. We bought English Toffee.

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 25 minutes

Total Time: 40 minutes

Yield: 15 bars

Serving Size: 1 Bar

Ingredients

For the Base:

2 cups graham cracker crumbs

1/4 cup coconut sugar

1/4 cup vegan butter

For the Topping:

1/2 cup vegan butter

1/2 cup brown sugar

1-1/2 cups pecan and almond mix, chopped

3/4 cup semi sweet chocolate chips

Directions

Lightly oil a 13" x 9" x 2" pan.

Turn on the oven to 350° to bake your graham cracker base.

To make the base:

I was taught in high school, the way to make crumbs was to put the graham crackers in a big baggie, seal and then roll with a rolling pin. Works great and I still do it but you can use the food processor if you prefer.

Mix the graham cracker crumbs, 1/4 cup sugar and melted butter together.

Press evenly into your prepared pan.

Bake at 350° for 8 minutes.

While this is baking make the topping because you want to add the top as soon as you take the base out of the oven.

To make the topping:

In a saucepan melt the butter and add the brown sugar.

Bring to a slow boil and boil 1 minute. Stirring.

Add the nuts and boil another minute.

Spread the sugar and nut mixture over the hot baked base.

Bake 15 more minutes.

Remove from oven and sprinkle the chocolate chips over the top.

The chips will melt a bit, automatically, into the base..

Let stand for 5 minutes.

Cut into bars and let cool about 10 more minutes before removing from the bar.

Cool completely on wire rack.

TO FREEZE:

After they have cooled you may freeze them in any of the methods shown in my article Preparing Food for the Freezer

They defrost quickly so it really doesn't take any planning. Just put them on a plate for an hour or two and enjoy.