Almond Buttercrunch Candy

Total Time: 40 hrs Preparation Time: 40 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 56
• 2 (11 1/2 ounce) packages milk chocolate chips, divided
• 2 cups butter
• 1 lb brown sugar
• 1 cup blanched slivered almond, divided

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 200 degrees f
• 2 grease a 14 x 18 inch cookie sheet.
• 3 sprinkle one package of chocolate chips on prepared pan and place in warm oven until chips melt.
• 4 remove from oven, spread melted chocolate over bottom of pan; set aside.
• 5 in a large heavy saucepan over medium-high heat, combine butter and brown sugar. stirring constantly, heat to 300 to 310 degrees fon a candy themometer, or until a small amount of syrup dropped into cold water forms hard, brittle threads. immediately remove from heat.
• 6 stir in 3/4 cup slivered almonds.
• 7 pour almond mixture onto pan with melted chocolate; spread mixture evenly.
• 8 sprinkle remaining package of chocolate chips over the almond layer and spread chocolate evenly once melted.
• 9 sprinkle remaining almonds over chocolate.
• 10 cut into squares, or allow to harden in a solid sheet and break it apart like brittle.
• 11 cool completely before removing from pan.