Old-Time Butter Crunch Candy

Old-Time Butter Crunch Candy

  • Prepare: 15M
  • Cook: 25M
  • Total: 40M
Old-Time Butter Crunch Candy

Old-Time Butter Crunch Candy

Diets

  • Vegetarian
  • Gluten free

Ingredients

  • Condiments

    • 2 tbsp Corn syrup, light
  • Baking & Spices

    • 1 1/4 cup Sugar
  • Nuts & Seeds

    • 2 cups Almonds, toasted
  • Dairy

    • 1 cup Butter
  • Desserts

    • 8 Milk chocolate candy bars
  • Liquids

    • 2 tbsp Water
  • Time
  • Prepare: 15M
  • Cook: 25M
  • Total: 40M

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Description

Both my children and my grandchildren say the season wouldnt be the same without the big tray of candies and cookies I prepare. This ones the popular part of that collection. We love the nutty pieces draped in chocolate. —Mildred Duffy, Bella Vista, Arkansas

It tastes good, but next time Id make a few adjustments. As I break the candy, the coating comes off. It also took about fourteen years (more like six hours) since the candy took so long to cool, and then the chocolate to solidify as a coating. Id probably break up the candy and then dip the pieces in the chocolate, and Id use less chocolate, since this needed only six chocolate bars rather than 8. Replace the almonds with another kind of nut if you like--I used pecans.

Ive made this for a number of years and it is a must for my parents every year at Christmas! It is easy to make and MUCH BETTER than any heath bar ever thought of being!

Ingredients

  • 1 cup butter
  • 1-1/4 cup sugar
  • 2 tablespoons light corn syrup
  • 2 tablespoons water
  • 2 cups finely chopped toasted almonds
  • 8 milk chocolate candy bars (1.55 ounces each)

Directions

  • Directions Line a 13x9-in. pan with foil; set aside. Using part of the butter, grease the sides of a large heavy saucepan. Add remaining butter to saucepan; melt over low heat. Add sugar, corn syrup and water. Cook and stir over medium heat until a candy thermometer reads 300° (hard-crack stage). Remove from the heat and stir in almonds. Quickly pour into the prepared pan, spreading to cover bottom of pan. Cool completely. Carefully invert pan to remove candy in one piece; remove foil. Melt half of the chocolate in a double boiler or microwave-safe bowl; spread over top of candy. Let cool. Turn candy over and repeat with remaining chocolate; cool. Break into 2-in. pieces. Store in an airtight container. Yield: about 2 pounds. Originally published as Old-Time Butter Crunch Candy in Country Woman Christmas Annual 1997, p37 window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: thumbnails-i, container: taboola-native-stream-thumbnails, placement: Native Stream Thumbnails, target_type: mix });

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Old-Time Butter Crunch Candy

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Both my children and my grandchildren say the season wouldn't be the same without the big tray of candies and cookies I prepare. This one's the popular part of that collection. We love the nutty pieces draped in chocolate. —Mildred Duffy, Bella Vista, Arkansas

Old-Time Butter Crunch Candy

  • Condiments

    • 2 tbsp Corn syrup, light
  • Baking & Spices

    • 1 1/4 cup Sugar
  • Nuts & Seeds

    • 2 cups Almonds, toasted
  • Dairy

    • 1 cup Butter
  • Desserts

    • 8 Milk chocolate candy bars
  • Liquids

    • 2 tbsp Water

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Old-Time Butter Crunch Candy

Both my children and my grandchildren say the season wouldn't be the same without the big tray of candies and cookies I prepare. This one's the popular part of that collection. We love the nutty pieces draped in chocolate. —Mildred Duffy, Bella Vista, Arkansas