Chocolate Almond Brickle

By SewingDragonfly

From foodnetwork.com

My note: The recipe does not say what to do with the rest of the nuts. After reading other recipes similar to this, my guess is to sprinkle them on the melted chocolate.

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups almonds, toasted and coarsely chopped, divided
• 1 cup (2 sticks) butter
• 1 1/2 cups packed brown sugar
• 1 3/4 cups (from 11.55 oz package) milk chocolate morsels

Preparation

Step 1

Sprinkle 1 ¼ cups nuts over the bottom of a well-greased 13” x 9” baking pan.

Melt the butter in a medium, heavy-duty saucepan over medium heat. Stir in the sugar. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly, until the mixture reaches 280 degrees on a candy thermometer, about 7 minutes.

Pour the hot mixture over the nuts; let stand for 5 minutes. Sprinkle with morsels. Let stand until morsels melt and become shiny and soft, about 5 minutes. Spread evenly.

Refrigerate for about 20 minutes. Break into bite-size pieces.