Maybe it’s my imagination, but it seems like pretzel toffee, Saltine cracker candy and matzo toffee have become more popular than ever. No complaints here! As a fan of all things sweet and salty, my favorite is this version made with pretzels.
Pretzel Toffee Making Tips
The original pretzel toffee recipe is originally from Land o’ Lakes, but I changed it a bit. I used Snyder’s “Sourdough Special” pretzels which are puffier and lighter than regular pretzels. Instead of chocolate chips, I topped the toffee with dark and milk chocolate (half on each side) and sprinkled the top with toasted pecans. The toffee is perfect and I'm already thinking about making a second batch with peanut butter cups.
UPDATE: I still make this candy all the time, especially when I'm craving sweet & salty. The fun part is choosing different kinds of chocolate to melt on the top. For instance, Pretzel Toffee with melted Cadbury Dairy Milk will give it a completely different flavor than toffee topped with Lindt or Guittard wafers. You can make it as upscale as you want.
Recipe
Chocolate Pretzel Toffee
Ingredients
- 4 cups broken pretzels**
- 1 ¼ cup firmly packed light brown sugar
- 2 ½ sticks 10 oz unsalted butter, cut into chunks
- ¾ teaspoon salt omit if using salted butter
- 12 oz chopped milk or dark chocolate or 6 oz of each
- ¾ cup toasted pecans or other nuts
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Line a 10x15 inch pan with nonstick foil or parchment paper.
- Spread broken pretzels evenly in the pan.
- Combine brown sugar and butter in a heavy duty saucepan and cook over medium heat until mixture comes to a full boil. Let boil without stirring for 2 minutes.
- Pour sugar mixture over pretzels, then bake on center rack for 10 minutes (check at 8 if using thin pretzels).
- Remove from oven and sprinkle the foamy, bubbly mixture evenly with chocolate chips or chopped chocolate (I like to put milk chocolate on one half and dark chocolate on the other).
- Return to oven 1 minute to soften chocolate. Remove from oven and let stand for about 10 minutes, then gently spread chocolate over candy. Sprinkle with pecans.
- Let cool for a couple of hours at room temperature, then chill just long enough to set the chocolate. Break into chunks.
Anna says
Why don’t you crush some up and scatter over a fraction just to see. I use peanut butter cups when I make the Frito version and it’s good.
Jennifer says
I have a few bags of peanut butter-filled pretzels from Trader Joe's sitting in my pantry. do you think crushing those and pouring the toffee mixture over that would work?
I'm wondering if it would be "too much" or if it would just end up a mess.
Anna says
Jennifer, if you liked this you have to try the Frito Candy! It's really similar but with some Fritos, peanut butter cups and other things thrown into the mix.
Jennifer says
I made this over the weekend and have probably eaten half of the batch by myself! I need to hurry up and package the rest up if I want to give any out as gifts.
It is really the best. I like it much better than the saltine or graham cracker versions.
Sue says
That looks wonderful!
Belated Merry Christmas. I made your nine inch version of my Butterscitch Pie and it was a big hit. Thanks for the updated version!!
Sonya says
Mmmmm! Pb cups sound great too!