butter toffee

Creamy brittle candy

Butter toffee is a candy made by cooking butter and sugar to the hard-crack stage, producing a brittle, caramelized confection.

The high butter content gives it a rich flavor and distinguishes it from plain toffee.

Often coated in chocolate and crushed nuts: She made butter toffee for the holidays.

Related

golden · sweet · crunchy · brittle · sugar · molasses · candy thermometer · chewy · confection · crackle · English · old fashioned · hard candy · melt · rich · creamy · vanilla · sea salt

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Opposites
confection texture

butter toffeemarshmallow

Spongy sugar confection

cotton candy · Turkish delight · jelly beans · nougat · taffy

flavor richness

butter toffeesugar candy

Crystallized confection

fruit drops · rock candy · lemon drops · peppermint candy · licorice

confection type

butter toffeefruit leather

Dried pureed snack

chocolate · dark chocolate · licorice · marzipan · candied fruit

Family

butter, toffee, butters, buttered, buttering, buttery, butterier, butteriest, toffees

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G