Bonfire toffee

Bonfire toffee

Bonfire toffee, or treacle toffee, is a very hard, very brittle toffee that is associated with Halloween and Guy Fawkes Night in the United Kingdom. Treacle toffee was common in sweet shops, but now it is only usually available in supermarkets in October and November. Most commonly it is found as pre-made lollies that are set in small foil pie dishes. It can also be bought in slabs, which are cracked into smaller pieces with a toffee hammer.

Bonfire toffee tastes very strongly of black treacle, and cheap versions can be quite bitter in taste unlike most toffee.

Its ingredients are generally:
* Butter or margarine
* Sugar
* Golden syrup
* Black treacle
* Vinegar
* Food colourings, usually dark brown or black. This will not be required if enough treacle is used, but may be found in cheaper versions.


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