Individually shaped and no nuts, B.T. McElrath's ginger toffee does’t look like what most Americans think of as toffee (which is actually almond buttercrunch). We love it!  
     
  	         
		
	    
	  March 2005  
Updated March 2007  
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The Best Toffees In A Toffee Toss-Up  	            
How To Decide? Have All Of These Gourmet Toffees To Decide Your Favorite!   
  	            
    	            
Of course, sometimes you just have to make a decision. So here’s a comparison of our favorite gourmet toffees. Note that some toffee-makers have selections that are nut-free, although they are made in facilities with nuts. If you’d like to recommend what you think is the best toffee in America, send us a note.  
  
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	B. T. McElrath  
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        review   | 
	
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Almond Toffee, Macadamia 
          Toffee
          and Ginger Toffee  
   
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Individual formed toffee squares enrobed in chocolate  
   
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Light accent of chopped nuts  
   
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The sweetest (in a good way)  
   
	 			      
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	Enstrom’s 
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        for our 
        review  | 
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Milk or dark  
          chocolate 
   
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Kosher   
   
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Must be refrigerated  
   
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	Lake Champlain  
  LakeChamplainChocolates.com  | 
	
  - Almond Buttercrunch
 
  - Enrobed in chocolate
 
  - Dusted in almonds 
 
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	Lillie Belle Farms  
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        review  | 
	
  - Cocoa Nib, Pistachio
 
        Almond, and Spicy 
        Pecan Toffee  
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Broken from thin slabs 
     
  - Coated with
 
        chocolate and 
    chopped nuts or  
    nibs on one side  
  - Most unusual flavors 
 
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All are  dark chocolate 
   
  - Cocoa Nib is nut-
 
        free  
  - Partially organic
 
        (chocolate and 
        sugar are, butter 
        and nuts are not)  
  - Cello bags only (no
 
        gift boxes) 
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	Lula Belle  
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        review  | 
	
  - Pecan Toffee
 
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Broken from thin slabs 
   
  - Coated with
 
        chocolate and  
        chopped pecans 
        on one side  
  - The nuttiest (pecan
  
        flavor)  
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  - Milk, dark, and
 
        white chocolate  
  - White is rare: a
  
        great wedding favor 
  - Refrigeration recommended 
 
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	Wiseman House  
  WisemanHouseChocolates.com  | 
	
  - Almond Buttercrunch
 
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Broken from thin slabs 
     
  - Totally coated with
  
        crushed almonds on  
        both sides 
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  - Lots of milk chocolate
 
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Tons of almonds  
     
  - An excellent menage à trois among all three flavors: chocolate, nuts and toffee 
 
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        An Oldie But Goodie 
          Farrah’s Harrogate Toffee, from England, is a rich, brittle, buttery toffee with a hint of lemon oil. It is reputed to be the Queen’s favorite toffee...although it never hurts any company to start rumors like that. Made in Harrogate since 1840, the company claims to be the oldest toffee in the British Isles. 
            
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