Hard Toffee

torbrex

I have some really hard toffee (it was a gift) and was wondering if there was anything I could do to soften it a bit to make it 'chewable' rather than 'suckable'.

I was going to heat it in a saucepan and beat it for a while to try and get some air into it and possible add some condensed milk during the process but I am unsure if this would work or if I am as well just throwing it away.

Any suggestions welcome (be nice)

babyshoes

Not sure your plan would work, but I can't think of what else would! Perhaps instead of condensed milk a bit of butter / cream might help?

Mumto2

What about a few minutes in the microwave on a low setting . You'd probably have to eat it straight away though.

torbrex

babyshoes wrote: »

Not sure your plan would work, but I can't think of what else would! Perhaps instead of condensed milk a bit of butter / cream might help?

I was just wondering what if anything I could add to keep it from going hard again once it cools down.

Mumto2 wrote: »

What about a few minutes in the microwave on a low setting . You'd probably have to eat it straight away though.

I could heat small portions in the microwave but its not always handy and I dont relish the idea of warm toffee.

Sunnygirl_2

No suggestions to make it softer but couldn't you pass it on to someone else as a gift who does like hard toffee?

reehsetin

I'm far from an expert but I'd be careful about heating and eating it straight after, I imagine it's capable of easily getting very very hot

SallyForth_2

Not sure you could make it softer, as heating it up is more likely to make it even harder when it cools. If it's brittle, maybe popping it into a blender and make a toffee sugar which you could use, or you could melt it into some cream and make a sauce to go over ice cream or something like that.