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Salted Almond Milk Chocolate Buttercrunch

December 12, 2015 By Laura 7 Comments

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Salted Almond Milk Chocolate Buttercrunch is the perfect candy for the holiday season–keep it in a Christmas tin or even exchange it at a holiday cookie party! 

Salted Almond Milk Chocolate Buttercrunch is easy and delicious. Perfect for a Christmas cookie tin or your holiday cookie party!

I have said it before and I will say it again. Food blogging when you have a GI bug sucks. So I am going to keep this short and sweet. I have posted Butter Crunch (spelled that way because it is my mother in law’s recipe and she spelled it with 2 words; however, I have recently seen it spelled as one word, buttercrunch, and so have chosen to spell it that way on this post) before, a traditional pecan version and, in the same post, a version with salted roasted peanuts. I decided this one was worthy of its own post, because it went over really well. So well in fact, that while Mama has been laid up, unable to eat anything worth the name food…

My family ate it all. And all of the pecan butter crunch. And all of the Peppermint Chocolate Biscotti. Last I heard there were 4 peppermint marshmallows left. There are still pizzelles (no recipe that I have perfected enough to share yet) and Italian Chifferi (recipe coming soon), but suffice to say there might have been grouchiness. And moping.

This bug has got to get gone so I can find my holiday cheer again and get back to baking and candy making!

Salted Almond Milk Chocolate Buttercrunch is easy and delicious. Perfect for a Christmas cookie tin or your holiday cookie party!

Until that comes, however, I have this Salted Almond Milk Chocolate Buttercrunch to keep you in the mood. Happy Holidays!

Salted Almond Milk Chocolate Buttercrunch is easy and delicious. Perfect for a Christmas cookie tin or your holiday cookie party!

Salted Almond Milk Chocolate Buttercrunch is easy and delicious. Perfect for a Christmas cookie tin or your holiday cookie party!
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Salted Almond Milk Chocolate Buttercrunch
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Candy
Servings: 1 tin
Author: TheSpicedLife
Ingredients
The base of the candy:
  • 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 hefty pinch of salt
  • 1 T light corn syrup
For the topping:
  • 6 oz 30% cacao milk chocolate, chopped
  • 2 oz 60% semi sweet chocolate, chopped
  • 1 cup sliced almonds, toasted in the oven until fragrant
  • several pinches of flaky sea salt, to taste
Instructions
  1. Prepare a rimmed cookie sheet by lining it with parchment paper.
  2. In a 2-3 quart heavy, straight-sided stainless steel or copper sauce pan melt 2 sticks of butter at a very low temperature. Attach a candy thermometer to the side of the pot.
  3. When the butter is melted, add the sugar and salt, stirring all the while. As the butter and sugar blend, gradually increase the heat to medium, stirring most of the time with a wooden spoon. When the mixture is blended, add the light corn syrup. Continue to cook with the candy thermometer in the pan until the mixture reaches 300 degrees. Stir it often, especially at the end, so that it does not burn.
  4. Working quickly, pour the mixture out onto the prepared cookie sheet. It will spread out--tilt the pan from side to side to encourage it to spread over the entire pan. Wait a few moments, maybe 1-2 minutes, then sprinkle the chocolate over the top of the toffee, mixing the semi sweet evenly into the milk chocolate. Spread out the chocolate as it melts, mixing the 2 chocolates together. Then sprinkle the almond slices over the chocolate as well as the salt. Press quickly and lightly to encourage the nuts and salt to stick.
  5. Chill until hard and cold. Break into pieces and store in cookie tin or other container. If your house is warm, you may need to store in the refrigerator but I never have.

 

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Salted Almond Milk Chocolate Buttercrunch is easy and delicious. Perfect for a Christmas cookie tin or your holiday cookie party!

Filed Under: almonds, candy, chocolate Tagged With: almonds, butter crunch, buttercrunch, candy, chocolate, confections, milk chocolate, nuts, toffee

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Comments

  1. Ali @ Home & Plate says

    December 13, 2015 at 9:35 pm

    Yum. This is the perfect treat to celebrate Christmas. Love that it is chock full of nuts and sweet chocolate. Right up my alley.

    Reply
  2. Dorothy at Shockingly Delicious says

    December 13, 2015 at 9:41 pm

    You have every enticing flavor going on here. DELECTABLE!

    Reply
  3. Marye says

    December 14, 2015 at 7:30 am

    Oh wow, this looks so good! I would eat way too much of them!

    Reply
  4. Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine says

    December 14, 2015 at 7:32 am

    Salted chocolate is always so delicious!

    Reply
  5. Marlynn @ UrbanBlissLife says

    December 14, 2015 at 11:27 am

    What a delicious flavor combo! I would need to make double batches at a time – one batch just for me, one batch to give as gifts!

    Reply
  6. lindsay says

    December 15, 2015 at 7:17 am

    adding this to my cookie exchange!! YES!

    Reply
  7. Kristen @ A Mind Full Mom says

    December 15, 2015 at 8:03 am

    So much decadence–this looks just incredible!

    Reply

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Hi! I’m Laura and I am a recovering history major who has re-channeled all of my passion for learning about the history of different countries to learning about their food culture. That doesn’t mean every dish on here is strictly authentic, but it does mean that even my adaptations are not undertaken lightly. My goal is to show you–by doing–that these dishes are possible in your kitchen. Including desserts because I have quite the sweet tooth! Read More…

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