Description
Cinder toffee brings British candy magic to sweet-seeking souls, delivering a crisp honeycomb crunch that shatters with delightful caramel whispers. Homemade confections like this invite curious cooks to explore delectable sugaralchemy with simple ingredients and minimal kitchen effort.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Ingredients:
- 2 cups (400 grams) granulated sugar
- 1 1/2 cups (439 grams) light corn syrup or golden syrup
Leavening Agent:
- 2 teaspoons baking soda (bicarbonate of soda)
Optional Coating:
- 4 ounces (113 grams) milk or dark chocolate
Instructions
- Prepare an 8-inch square baking tin by lining it completely with parchment paper, ensuring full coverage of the base and sides.
- In a heavy-bottomed saucepan, gently merge sugar and golden syrup, positioning over medium heat without stirring.
- Allow the mixture to gradually caramelize, monitoring temperature carefully until it reaches precisely 295°F, which indicates the hard crack stage.
- Immediately remove the saucepan from heat source and rapidly whisk baking soda into the molten mixture, creating an instantaneous foamy, volcanic-like expansion.
- Quickly pour the aerated golden mixture into the prepared tin, allowing it to naturally settle without manual spreading or manipulation.
- Leave the toffee undisturbed at ambient room temperature for approximately two hours, enabling complete solidification and structural development.
- Once fully set and hardened, fracture the toffee into irregular, rustic shards using gentle pressure or the back of a heavy utensil.
- Optional: Melt chocolate and elegantly dip or artfully drizzle over the cinder toffee fragments for enhanced flavor complexity and visual appeal.
Notes
- Choose a heavy-bottomed saucepan to prevent burning and ensure even heat distribution.
- Monitor temperature closely with a candy thermometer for perfect toffee texture.
- Whisking baking soda creates dramatic honeycomb-like bubbles that give the candy its signature airy crunch.
- Avoid touching or moving the mixture while heating to prevent sugar crystallization.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Boiling
- Cuisine: British
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 8
- Calories: 306
- Sugar: 56 g
- Sodium: 125 mg
- Fat: 2 g
- Saturated Fat: 1.2 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 0.8 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 78 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 1 g
- Cholesterol: 5 mg