Toffee Crunch - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 2/3 cups sugar
2 cups margarine or butter
6 Tbsp water
2 Tbsp light corn syrup
2 cups toasted almonds, coarsely chopped
12 oz (2 cups) semi-sweet chocolate chips

Preparation

Butter cookie sheet and set aside.
In medium saucepan, combine sugar, butter, water, and syrup.
Cook over med-low heat, stirring occasionally, until mixture reaches hard crack stage (about 300\u00b0 on candy thermometer), about 30 minutes.
Stir in half of almonds. Pour mixture into prepared cookie sheet.
Immediately spread to 1/4 inch thickness.
Sprinkle with chocolate.
Let stand 1 minutes. Spread evenly to cover hot candy.
Sprinkle with remaining almonds before chocolate sets.
Refrigerate until candy has cooled completely.
Break into pieces.
Store in air-tight container.