Chocolate Brittle
A vintage handwritten recipe from the December 1983 issue of Southern Living. This Chocolate Brittle recipe is made with butter, sugar, water, milk chocolate bars, and chopped pecans. A perfect recipe to add to your Christmas Candy collection.
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Ingredients
- 2 Cups Butter
- 2 Cups Sugar
- 1/4 Cup Water
- 2 Tbsp Water
- 12 1.05 oz Milk Chocolate Bars
- 3 Cups Chopped Pecans
Method
- Combine butter, sugar, and water in a Dutch Oven.
- Cook over low heat until a candy thermometer registers 300 degrees.
- Remove from heat, immediately pour into 2 12-inch pizza pans; spreading to edges of pan.
- Melt chocolate in top of a double boiler.
- Spread chocolate over the brittle, sprinkle pecans evenly over the top.
- Press pecans into chocolate.
- Let stand until chocolate is firm.
- Break candy into pieces.
Kitchen Helper 2
Dutch Oven
Candy Thermometer
Pizza Pan - 12 inch
Double Boiler
Notes
Yield about four pounds.