The Best Toffee of 2021 and Awards Winners Announced

We are proud to present the results of the 2021 TOFFEE AWARDS Competition.

The International Chocolate Salon Awards for the 2021 TOFFEE AWARDS are based on the combined total number of votes received by each entrant from the Judging Panel.

The Judging Panel consists of National and Regional Magazines, Newspaper and Blog Editors, plus Topic Experts, Local Chefs and Food Gurus.

The award winners below have the honor of being able to display and use the Official Award Winner title and award logos, as well as use items (such as the Award Product Stickers, Award Winner lapel pin), as well as use Custom Award Certificates, and logo award merchandise.

2021 TOFFEE AWARD RESULTS

• The Toffee Merchant Bourbon Pecan English Toffee

• Karamella Toffee Company Coffee Almond Toffee
• The Toffee Merchant Mexican Hot Chocolate Toffee

• The Toffee Merchant Mexican Hot Chocolate Toffee

• Tomo Toffee Dark Chocolate Toffee

• DGZ Chocolates Toffarazzi

• Belle Toffee Bourbon Pecan Toffee in Gold Chocolate

• Tomo Toffee White Chocolate Macadamia Toffee
• The Toffee Merchant Key Lime Toffee

• The Toffee Merchant Mexican Hot Chocolate Toffee

• Tomo Toffee White Chocolate Macadamia Toffee
• The Toffee Merchant Bourbon Pecan English Toffee

• DGZ Chocolates Toffarazzi

• The Toffee Merchant Bourbon Pecan English Toffee

• Tomo Toffee Dark Chocolate Toffee
• The Toffee Merchant Mexican Hot Chocolate Toffee
• DGZ Chocolates Toffarazzi

• Stella's Confectionery Butter Pecan Toffee
• Tomo Toffee White Chocolate Macadamia Toffee
• Karamella Toffee Company Coffee Almond Toffee
• Nantucket Faraway Chocolate Dark Chocolate Almond Toffee
• Belle Toffee Dark Chocolate Almond Toffee
• Stella's Confectionery Almond Hazelnut Toffee

• Belle Toffee Bourbon Pecan Toffee in Gold Chocolate
• Belle Toffee Roasted Hazelnut Espresso Toffee in Dark Chocolate
• Toffee Traditions LLC Traditional~Dark Chocolate with toasted pecans and sliced almonds
• JensenToffeeCo Signature white chocolate toffee
• Karamella Toffee Company Pecan Toffee
• Kwoka Caramel Milk chocolate toffee with almonds
• The Toffee Merchant Key Lime Toffee
• JensenToffeeCo Signature milk chocolate toffee
• Karamella Toffee Company Spicy Almond
• SELEUSS Chocolates Eileen's Butter Toffee
• Sweet-A-Licious Gourmet Toffee and Nuts Sweet-A-Licious Espresso Almond Toffee Bark

• EHChocolaiter Brown Butter Toffee
• Crack'd Toffee Company Dark Chocolate Toffee
• Naked Toffee Almond Toffee
• Hazelnut Hill Hazelnut Toffee
• ALDI-exclusive Moser Roth Toffee Chocolate
• Naked Toffee Cacao Bourbon Toffee

FAVORITES

QUOTABLE COMMENTS FROM JUDGES

INDIVIDUAL JUDGES' RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CHOCOLATIERS

• I like toffee to shatter when bitten, due to high butter content. Some of the toffees - particularly Naked's offerings - wanted to shatter my teeth instead! A couple of toffees tasted too burned, with an unpleasant molasses note. Two of the offerings with coffee/espresso let coffee grounds overpower the flavor and texture of the toffee - but Belle Toffee got the toffee/coffee combo just right.
• The level of quality of the Toffee has increased. Most were good, but in this case one has to elevate expectations. I found that citrus and chocolate make for an appealing flavor combination.
• Crunchy is not a requirement t be called toffee.. A few exceeded my sweetness requirement, but none of them were cloying sweet. it is always difficult to pick the best and I had a tie. I just could not decide which was the best.
• Belle was superb
• Nantucket Faraway Chocolate would benefit from a little less burnt sugar taste. It might overwhelm all the good stuff that's already on the ingredient list.
• I know its about the toffee but there still needs to be a decent amount of Chocolate on it to work in a chocolate store
• Toffee Merchant Mexican Hot Chocolate - delicious, balanced spices, but a bit too much sugar that overshadowed the other flavors.
• Toffee Merchant Key Lime - good lime flavor, but a bit in conflict with the extreme sweetness. Such good base toffee from this company!
• Karamella - Spicy Almond Toffee is wayyy too hot (for me, at least). Its hotness distracts from the rest of the (delicious) flavors. I would tone that hotness down just a touch.