Things I Love — Hollingworth Toffee

One of our friends runs an great service for other moms (and dads) with things that she loves and she does it each Thursday.  So I am linking to her and adding my own personal Christmas favorite for all of you to try.  Check out her site thediaperdiaries.net for many other great things to love.

I am a connoisseur of fine toffee….I try toffee everywhere I see it and I believe that the best toffee in the world is made right here in the Chicago land area by a company called Hollingworth  Candies.

Started as a family business in the early 1980′s, they began selling their Signature English Toffee through local craft shows, and as corporate gifts through mail orders. In 1989, it was tiemt to move out of their kitchen and into a charming storefront in Lockport, Illinois. As the company grew, help came from neighbors and church friends, and Hollingworth Candies contineud to expand. In 1993, daughter Wendy, joined the family business and it is Wendy’s creativity and expertise that continues the tradition now, bringing Hollingworth Candies home to you.

My favorites are their Signature Toffee, made by blending pure butter and sugar and cooking it with care, in a large copper kettle, to just the right temperature that brings out the rich, buttery flavor. It is then poured in pans and cut precisely into squares. Each toffee square is enrobed in creamy, premium milk chocolate and then covered in fresh pecans.

If you want the best, order some here!

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