Name: Apple Cider Chocolate Pecan Toffee
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 24
Cuisine: British/American
Ingredients: 230g unsalted butter; 200g granulated sugar; 60ml apple cider vinegar; ½ tsp salt; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 170g milk chocolate bar; 150g pecans, roasted, roughly chopped; Apple crisps, optional

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Delicious Apple Cider Chocolate Pecan Toffee. Biting into this toffee will leave you wanting to come back for more. Crisp apple slices and crunchy pecans top a smooth layer of milk chocolate before you crunch down on the delicious apple cider toffee at the bottom. You won’t stop at one piece, I can promise you that!

I’m so excited to share my friend, Sabine Vernier’s of Also The Crumbs Please blog, brand new baking book. Called The Chocolate Addict’s Baking Book, her book is filled with 75 delicious chocolate filled recipes. She kindly sent me this copy and rifling through the pages I fell for her Apple Cider Chocolate Macadamia Toffee. I knew I had all the ingredients on hand, minus the macadamia nuts so I subbed them for pecans. Oh me oh my, is this one recipe that you have to make.

What ingredients are in this Apple Cider Chocolate Pecan Toffee

Butter – a must in toffee. When you melt the sugar and the butter together to high temperatures, the toffee will remain smooth and breakable because of the butter.
Sugar – sub for golden sugar for more rounded taste
Apple Cider Vinegar – I was intrigued by the addition of this in the toffee. When bringing the toffee up to boil the vinegar smells really strong, but once its all finished and set that smell disappears and the warming taste of apple cider shines through!
Salt – this helps balance out the sweetness of the toffee. If using salted butter then leave out the salt.
Vanilla Extract – helps with the sweetness of the toffee
Milk Chocolate – sub the milk for dark or white chocolate for an equally tasty toffee
Pecans – Pecans and apples go hand in hand well together. A perfect match
Apple Crisps – my last minute addition. I had made a jar of apple crisps the day before and decided to add these to the topping to continue on with the apple flavour

How do you make Apple Cider Chocolate Pecan Toffee?

It’s actually a really simple process to make this toffee. I was pleasantly surprised.

Two pieces of equipment that I would strongly recommend using are:

Heavy based saucepan
Candy Thermometer

The heavy based saucepan allows the butter and sugar to heat up consistently to the 290C (143F) hard ball stage. The candy thermometer allows you to accurately measure the temperature of the toffee. Using the thermometer takes away all the guess work and makes the whole experience go smoothly.

To Make The Toffee

Melt the butter, sugar, vinegar and salt in your heavy based saucepan until the mixture comes to a boil. Continue to heat for until a candy thermometer reads 290C (143F). Add the vanilla, stir through and pour the mixture into a lined 9inch square baking pan.
Wait ten minutes and then place the block of chocolate onto the top. Let it sit like this for ten minutes and the heat from the toffee will slowly melt the chocolate. Once it’s completely melted then level the chocolate with an off set spatula. Sprinkle the top with pecans and apple crisps, then set aside to harden for two hours.
Once set, lift the toffee out of the pan using the baking paper and break or cut into pieces. Enjoy!!

The Chocolate Addict’s Baking Book

I’ve been a long time admirer of Sabine on instagram and am in awe at her prowess as a photographer. Her images always stop me in my tracks and flicking through her first published book does not disappoint. Her imagery is stunning. Cohesive yet individual, the recipes flow visually from one chapter to the next.

But as we all know, images might sell a recipe but a book has to be filled with achievable, mouth watering desserts that work.

Her book divides into 8 main chapters:

Crowd-Pleasing Bars and Brownies
Irresistible Cookies
Cupcakes and Muffins for Every Occasion
Crave-Worthy Cakes
Festive Pies and Tarts
No-Bake Treats
Sweet Candies
Impressive Breads and Pastries

With such a comprehensive break up of chapters, you’ll definitely find a recipe that grabs your attention.

On my hit list to try are the S’mores Chocolate Cheesecake Bars, Chocolate Chip Streusel Muffins, Chile Chocolate Lava Cakes and the Ultra Flaky Chocolate Croissants (every baker has to master these just once!!)

For any other Autumn inspired recipes, checkout the following:

Apple Cider Caramel Cupcakes

Chocolate Pumpkin Marble Bread

Caramel Sheet Cake with Browned Butter Cream Cheese Buttercream

Apple Cider Chocolate Pecan Toffee

Author: Emma
Prep Time: 20
Cook Time: 10
Total Time: 30 minutes
Yield: 24 1x
Category: Snack
Method: No-Bake
Cuisine: British/American

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Description

Ingredients

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230g unsalted butter

200g granulated sugar

60ml apple cider vinegar

½ tsp salt

1 tsp vanilla extract

170g milk chocolate bar

150g pecans, roasted, roughly chopped

Apple crisps, optional

Instructions

1. Line a 9inch (23cm) square baking pan with baking paper.

2. In a heavy based saucepan set over medium heat, add butter, sugar, apple cider vinegar and salt. On medium heat, stir continuously until the butterhas melted and sugar dissolved and bring to the boil. Place a candy thermometer into the saucepan and heat the mixture until it reaches 143C (290F), this can take approx 10 minutes.

3. Remove the saucepan from the heat and stir in the vanilla extract. Pour the toffee into the prpared baking pan and set aside for 10 minutes.

4 Place the milk chocolate bar onto the toffee and wait for five or so minutes for the chocolate to gradually melt. Use an offset spatular to level the chocolate in the pan. Sprinkle the pecans onto the chocolate along with torn apple crisps if you are using and set aside for 2 hours or so until the toffee sets and hardens. Once solid, lift the toffee out of the baking pan using the baking paper and break or chop the toffee into pieces.