English Toffee

Milk Chocolate bars or chips, melted
2 c roasted almonds, reserve some ground almonds

Place whole almonds on a greased cookie sheet

Combine:
1 lb real butter
2 1/2 cup sugar

On medium heat, stir at 180* until all mixed.  At 280* stir like crazy until 300*.  Immediately pour onto almonds as evenly as possible.  Cool 5 minutes and then pour on melted chocolate.  Score with a pizza cutter.  Sprinkle with ground almonds.

-start at medium heat and once it is all mixed to to high heat.
-melt butter then add sugar.
-use whisk starting at 250*.

Fools Toffee

From Cream de Colorado Cook Book

1 cup butter
1 cup packed brown sugar
36 (2x2) saltine crackers
11 ½ ounce bag milk chocolate chips
½ cup chopped pecans

In a small sauce pan melt butter and sugar. Bring to a boil and boil for 4 minutes. Cover 12x15 jelly roll pan with foil and place crackers close together. Pour sugar mixture over them and bake at 375* for 5 minutes. Immediately sprinkle chocolate chips on top. Allow to soften and spread. Sprinkle with nuts and refrigerate. Cut into pieces and store in an air tight container.