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    Treacle toffee

    This smooth, sweet treat has a rich treacly taste and deliciously chewy texture.

    This smooth, sweet treat has a rich treacly taste and deliciously chewy texture.

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    (68 votes)
    Cooking Time

    Cook: 45 Mins

    Cooking Time

    Serves: 20

    Cooking Time

    Price: 8p per serving

    Nutritional Information

    Each 34g serving contains

    Energy
    502kj
    120kcal
    6%
    Fat
    0.2g
    Low
    <1%
    Saturates
    0.1g
    Low
    1%
    Sugars
    29.6g
    High
    33%
    Salt
    0.1g
    Low
    2%
    of your reference intake.
    Typical energy values per 100g:
    1476kj/353kcal

    Ingredients

    Butter, for greasing

    450g dark brown sugar

    1/4 tsp cream of tartar

    115g black treacle

    115g golden syrup

    Method

    1
    Line a square tin, about 23cm x 23cm, with baking paper, then grease well.
    2
    Put the sugar and 125ml water in a pan. Heat until dissolved. Add the cream of tartar, treacle and syrup, and boil gently. Don't stir or it may crystallise. Watch all the time because it burns easily; it will take 15 to 30 minutes to become toffee.
    3
    After 15 minutes, test it by dropping 1/4 tsp of the toffee into a large bowl of very cold water. It's ready if it form a ball that's hard but changes shape when firmly squeezed; this will give you a chewy toffee. For a harder toffee, keep boiling until it forms hard but bendable threads when dropped in cold water. Test every few minutes until ready.
    4
    Immediately pour into the tin and leave to cool. Once almost set, mark into segments with a greased knife. Cut or break into pieces when cold.