Gluten Free Bonfire Toffee

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I don't half love this teeth cracking toffee and it is so much fun to make. Come bonfire night you can usually buy it in supermarkets and it is normally gluten free but where is the fun in buying it! Jam packed with treacle and golden syrup is it both sickly and sweet but it tastes so nice and looks like it's come straight off the bonfire.

This recipe is...

  • Preparation Time: 10 Mins
  • Cooking Time: 2 Hours 40 Mins
  • This recipe makes roughly 40-60 pieces

This recipe contains:

  • Dairy

Last updated 9th October 2023

Added 4th November 2016

Recipe by Alison Wheatley

Gluten Free Bonfire Toffee

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Ingredients

450g dark brown sugar
125ml water
70g butter
100g black treacle
100g golden syrup
1tbsp white wine vinegar

Method

  1. Melt together all ingredients in a large saucepan over a medium heat until butter is melted and sugar has dissolved.

  2. Using a sugar thermometer, keep the saucepan on a medium heat and leave the syrup to hit hard crack or 146°C, this will take a good 40 minutes or more, if the thermometer sticks at a lower temperature for a while, don't worry it will move again eventually! The sugar will bubble up a fair bit in the pan, so it is advisable to use a deep saucepan. Try not to stir the syrup too much while you wait for it to hit the correct temperature at it will knock the temperature back each time.

  3. While waiting for the syrup to reach temperature grease a square or rectangle cake pan with either butter or oil (I use a swiss roll tin size so it not too thick when poured). Once you have reached hard crack pour the mixture into the tin and leave to cool for at least an hour, then place in the fridge for at least another hour to set it firm.

  4. Once set solid, take either a toffee hammer or a rolling pin and firmly hit the toffee to break it into chunks, it should lift out of the tin pretty easily once you've got that first bit out.

Nutritional Information (Per piece)

Cals
48
Carbs
10g
Fibre
0g
Fat
1g
Sugar
10g
Protein
0g
Alison Peters
Alison Peters has been Coeliac since June 2014 and launched Coeliac Sanctuary in August of that year, and since then has aimed to provide a one stop shop for Coeliacs, from blogs, to recipes, eating out guide and online shop.

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