Toffee bits on the UWS?
OK, I want to make the Chocolate Toffee Wedges (here) for Thanksgiving.
I've scoured the Upper West Side for toffee bits (well, by "scour" I mean I've checked Fairway, Westside, and Fresh Direct, but you get the point). Can't find 'em.
I know that I could buy a bunch of Heath bars, strip off the chocolate to feed to my son, then pound the bejeezus out of the remaining toffee, but I'm kind of lazy. So anyone know where they could be?
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12 Comments:
I can find them at my grocerie store where the chocolate chips are. They are made by Heath bar company.
joanpieroni2 at 8:47AM on 11/24/08
Yup, same here. They are from Heath and are usually right by the other chocolate chips and similar items. If nothing else, just use broken Heath bars with the chocolate. More chocolate = more good!
Traveller at 11:06AM on 11/24/08
Thanks Joan and Traveller, but not in Fairway and not in Westside. They have gourmet chocolate chunks, they have butterscotch chips, they have mint chocolate chips, they have shredded coconut, they have good old Hersheys chocolate chips with the Toll House recipe on the back... But no toffee bits!
Dee at 11:08AM on 11/24/08
Could you have someone mail you some or you could order online if that is possible for you. If not i vote for taking health or skor bars and leaving them whole and smashing them with the chocolate.
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love2cook at 1:24PM on 11/24/08
What about using Werther's?
carolrsfMISSESTEXAS at 1:48PM on 11/24/08
She's right, unfortunately. I've been buying toffee bits for a special recipe for years and suddenly this year they are n o w h e r e to be found. Only the ones covered in chocolate which do not work with my recipe ...... = (
Babel at 7:04PM on 11/25/08
werthers would work perfectly here. last night i made chocolate cookies that are supposed to have toffee in them, but i couldn't find toffee either, so i decided to smash up werthers. SO good. they melt in the cookie and harden as it cools, but to a crunch, not a hard-candy solid.
NYCEater at 1:09PM on 11/26/08
I found Heath "bits o brickle" toffee bits at Fairway (125) in the baking aisle two weeks ago, but they were trickily not on the shelf. Rather, they were hanging on one of those clip things that I usually ignore.
When I can't find toffee bits, I buy Hershey's SKOR bars and break those up. They're thinner than Werther's, so they're easier to smash. They're coated in chocolate, which is fine for me, but if your toffee wedges are chocolate free, fear not. Chuck the bars in the fridge and the chocolate will peel off in nice big flakes for snacking.
urbanruralist at 5:09PM on 11/26/08
oy, and SKOR bars can be found in any corner deli worth its salt.
urbanruralist at 5:10PM on 11/26/08
Thanks to all for the suggestions.
I couldn't even find Heath or Skor (though since I refuse to pay the ripoff prices of the typical newsstand, I didn't check any).
I ended up using Werthers -- not really toffee but close enough. But then I woke up at 2am with anxiety about tooth breakage...
Not to fear, it turned out delicious, though it was a bit difficult getting the wedges out of the pie plate. Next time I'll bake it in a foil-lined square pan.
Dee at 9:58AM on 11/28/08
you can easily make your own toffee bits. one cup of brown sugar, one cup of sweet butter, combine and boil for a few minutes, then pour into a greased pan to cool and set up.
cybercita at 8:45PM on 12/01/08
I've been in your shoes. When I lived in the city I wanted to make cookies with toffee bits and they were nowhere to be found. I scoured every place you did and then some. Eventually my brother had to export them from Jersey for me! Now I buy them at the supermarket in Jersey City.
izzy's mama at 10:03PM on 12/01/08