The Top Toffee of 2024 and Awards Winners Announced

We are proud to present the results of the 2024 TOFFEE AWARDS Competition.

The International Chocolate Salon Awards for the 2024 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.

Tomo Toffee Dark Chocolate Toffee
The Toffee Merchant Bourbon Pecan English Toffee
Lulubee Artisanal Chocolates Dark Chocolate Pecan English Toffee
Belle Toffee Roasted Hazelnut Espresso Toffee in Belgian Dark Chocolate
Stony Lake Toffee Dark Chocolate Sea Salt Toffee
CRAFIAN Artisanal Toffee Dark Chocolate Salted Almond
The Toffee Merchant Salted Espresso Toffee
The Toffee Store Peppermint Toffee
Belle Toffee Almond Toffee in Belgian Milk Chocolate
Gold Coast Candy LLC Ruby Cherry Almond Toffee
Deep Fork Foods Karamella Marble Toffee

Sonoma Chocolatiers 3 Seed Chili Toffee
The Toffee Merchant Salted Espresso Toffee
Rainy Day Chocolate Dark Chocolate Almond Sea Salt Toffee
Tomo Toffee Dark Chocolate Toffee
Lulubee Artisanal Chocolates Dark Chocolate Pecan English Toffee
Belle Toffee Bourbon Pecan Toffee in Belgian Gold Chocolate
The Toffee Merchant Tart Cherry Amaretto Toffee
Tomo Toffee S’mores Toffee
Belle Toffee Almond Toffee in Belgian Milk Chocolate
Fritz Toffee Company Bourbon Pecan
Sonoma Chocolatiers Autumnal Toffee
Nuts for Toffee White Chocolate Pistachio

FAVORITES

Sonoma Chocolate 3 seed chili.
Nuts for Toffee it takes two to Mango
Crafian Dark Chocolate Almond, I couldn't put it down until the package was empty!
Rainy Day English Toffee w/ Dark Choc. Toasted Almond & Pink Sea Salt
Crafian Coconut Curry and Cashews
Belle Gold & Nuts for Toffee Squeeze
Both Tomo and Rainy Day swept me away.
Tomo’s S’mores Toffee was addictive
Fritz Toffee Company Bourbon Pecan
Sweet P's Pantry Ruby Cherry Almond (not on your list, but one of the entries)
Nuts for Toffee - It Takes Two to Mango
It's a tie between The Toffee Merchant's Tart Cherry Amaretto Toffee and Rainy Day's English Toffee With Milk Chocolate, Macadamia Nut, and Toasted Coconut.

QUOTABLE COMMENTS FROM JUDGES

They were all wonderful. Found this category difficult to judge this time.. Very similar taste profiles, but some rose above, such as the sonoma Chocolatiers Toffiess and the Toffee Store Tart Cherry Amaretto which had several unique flavors.
Sweet P's Cherry Almond was exceptionally fruit forward. All of the Nuts for Toffee had strong flavopr profiles and excellent texture.The two Sonoma Chocolatiers entries were unique, different, and delicious. While I do not usually appreciate the addition of whiskey, I did greatly enjoy the Fritz Bourbon Toffee. The Karamella Marble was both beautiful and delicious. The Toffee Merechant's Cherry Amaretto had a great balance of fruit and chocolate. Tomo's smore was a good alternative to a regular fire roasted s'more
Crafian: Brilliant use of lime zest in the Curry Toffee. Toffee Merchant: Salted Espresso had great flavor and savoriness. Tomo continues to make excellent toffee, great flavors, quality, and texture. Rainy Day: I love that their bag is compostable. Rainy Day: Not too sticky, generous amount of chocolate, nice and crunchy, and the almond dusting was really nice. Sonoma Maple Pecan: One of the best toffees! Great flavor, texture, and pecans were so fresh and crunchy. I couldn't stop eating it!
I love Belle Toffee's square, but the chocolate is not as good as the toffee.
Everyone: "Delicious"
Belle Toffee Almond Toffee in Belgian Milk Chocolate almond pieces in toffee, chocolate has more flavor, softer bite, sweet M intensity;
CRAFIAN Artisanal Toffee Coconut Curry and Cashew Double coated, exotic, balanced and intense flavors, well distributed toppings, crisp bite, a meal in a bite, very satisfying;
Fritz Toffee Company Bourbon Pecan Single coated, light, crisp bite, topping well distributed, nuts incorporated into the toffee, simple, clean, balanced flavors;
Gold Coast Candy LLC Ruby Cherry Almond Toffee Enrobed bar, well crafted with textured coating covered in fine-textured almonds, dried fruit and almonds incorporated into the tofffee, balanced flavors, unique;
Lulubee Artisanal Chocolates Dark Chocolate Pecan English Toffee Single coated, well distributed, finely textured topping, crisp to tacky bite, superb buttery flavors, Lulubee Artisanal Chocolates Milk Chocolate Almond English Toffee Single coated, well distributed, finely textured topping, crisp bite, sweeter, less complex, buttery flavor;
Nuts for Toffee It Takes Two To Mango Double coated, truly exotic, intense spice flavors that linger through the finish, well distributed toppings, crisp bite, nuts and mango bits incorporated into the toffee, very satisfying and unique, label should indictate level of spice;
Nuts for Toffee You're My Squeeze Double coated, lovely orange flavors that linger through the finish, well distributed toppings, crisp bite, nuts and candided orange bits incorporated into the toffee, on the sweeter side but very satisfying, refined;
Rainy Day Chocolate Dark Chocolate Almond Sea Salt Toffe Single coated with powdered almond topping, superb dark chocolate flavor, crisp, light bite, perfect balance; clean balanced finish; Rainy Day Chocolate Milk Chocolate Macadamia Nut Toasted Coconut Toffee Single coated, well distributed toppings, crisp, light bite, balanced, buttery flavors, pleasing flavor combination due to toasted coconut;
Sonoma Chocolatiers 3 Seed Chili Toffee Double coated, toppings high quality and evenly distributed, crisp bite, almost savory, buttery and mild chili flavors, rich and satisfying; Sonoma Chocolatiers Autumnal Toffee Double coated, toppings high quality and evenly distributed, crisp bite, very dark toffee with balanced, pecan flavor, rich and satisfying;
Stony Lake Toffee Cathy’s Original Butterscotch Single coated, well distributed topping, thin, crisp bite, corn syrup is an undesirable ingredient, simple, clean flavors;
Susi Toffi LLC Smoked Salt S'more Toffee Double coated, dusted with crumbs, unique layered textures, sweet and salty balance, candy bar like, would benefit from more intense chocolate flavor, downright addictive;
;Sweet-A-Licious Gourmet Toffee & Nuts Chai Almond Toffee Bark Single coated, even coating, lots of nuts in the toffee, crisp bite, delicate chai flavors, finished on the sweet side;
Tania's Toffee Tania's Toffee Double coated, even topping, light, crisp bite, combo of almonds and walnuts, clean, tasty;
The Toffee Merchant Bourbon Pecan English Toffee Single coated, textured toppings, crisp bite, complex and balanced buttery flavors, bourbon is felt nicely on the finish, satisfying; The Toffee Merchant Salted Espresso Toffee Single coated, textured almond and pecan toppings, crisp bite, complex and balanced, salty and sweet with medium intensity flavors, nice touch with the espresso in the toffee itself, satisfying;
The Toffee Merchant Tart Cherry Amaretto Toffee Single coated, evenly coated topping, crisp bite, appealing cherry flavor but overt with almond extract which pushed the balance to sweet, lingering finish
Compliments to Sweet Pea's Pantry for using that unique ruby chocolate. It's as lovely as it is luscious!

INDIVIDUAL JUDGES' RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CHOCOLATIERS

Great job all!! Toffee is one of my favorites, and this category is hard to judge due to the many similar (but all delicious) toffees. Adding new flavor profiles was great..
There were so many delicious toffees that the scoring was quite close. In general, for me, the addition of whiskey is often not appreciated by me.
Best Brands in general were: Crafian (incredible taste & quality), Tomo, Lulubee, and Rainy Day.
Have Rainy Day put their brand name or logo on the bag,
Consider using the nuts in the toffee as well as on top and larger chunks of nuts are always better than smaller crumbles.
Toffee needs to melt not stickin your teeth
There were a LOT of good to excellent entries this year, it was hard to limit choices to
Very well done!
High fructose corn syrup is an undesirable ingredient;

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