variants
or less commonly toffy
plural toffees also toffies
: candy of brittle but tender texture made by boiling sugar and butter together
Examples of toffee in a Sentence
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The shop also stocks ice cream and sorbet in flavors like orchid, jasmine or coffee toffee crunch, as well as handmade Loukoum candies — otherwise known as Turkish delight — available in rose or miske, a pine-like flavor derived from the mastic tree.
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Laura May Todd, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2024
Demerara sugar has toffee and caramel notes while cinnamon, clove, and star anise adds bold fall spice.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 28 Mar. 2024
Or go wild: Pile all the cupcakes on a platter with scoops of ice cream, drown it all in sauce, and let everyone go to town.
Tiny but mighty, these individual buckwheat cakes are rich and dense and bring big sticky toffee pudding energy.
—Shilpa Uskokovic, Bon Appétit, 15 Mar. 2024
Examples: Guinness Foreign Export Stout, Modern Times City of the Dead.
Irish Red Ale: Maroon hues, caramel/toffee notes, dry finish, low to moderate alcohol.
—Peter Rowe, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2024
Best to order simply: dishes like the straightforward, well prepared short rib and a delectable sticky toffee cake for dessert.
—Laurie Werner, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2024
Also in that neighborhood: upscale ice cream at The Scoop, where the flavor rotations range from passionfruit cheesecake to caramel coffee toffee and Hostess Ding Dong.
—Amber Turpin, The Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2024
Bright and balanced bouquet of beautiful red fruit that includes red and black cherries as well as toffee and tobacco.
—Tom Mullen, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2024
More of a rich and buttery toffee than Park Avenue blonde, Jolie’s glossy new hair color – accentuated by a bouncy blow dry–looked the epitome of health and (ahem) wealth.
—Lauren Murdoch-Smith, Vogue, 22 Feb. 2024
Laura May Todd, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2024
Demerara sugar has toffee and caramel notes while cinnamon, clove, and star anise adds bold fall spice.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 28 Mar. 2024
Or go wild: Pile all the cupcakes on a platter with scoops of ice cream, drown it all in sauce, and let everyone go to town.
Tiny but mighty, these individual buckwheat cakes are rich and dense and bring big sticky toffee pudding energy.
—Shilpa Uskokovic, Bon Appétit, 15 Mar. 2024
Examples: Guinness Foreign Export Stout, Modern Times City of the Dead.
Irish Red Ale: Maroon hues, caramel/toffee notes, dry finish, low to moderate alcohol.
—Peter Rowe, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2024
Best to order simply: dishes like the straightforward, well prepared short rib and a delectable sticky toffee cake for dessert.
—Laurie Werner, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2024
Also in that neighborhood: upscale ice cream at The Scoop, where the flavor rotations range from passionfruit cheesecake to caramel coffee toffee and Hostess Ding Dong.
—Amber Turpin, The Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2024
Bright and balanced bouquet of beautiful red fruit that includes red and black cherries as well as toffee and tobacco.
—Tom Mullen, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2024
More of a rich and buttery toffee than Park Avenue blonde, Jolie’s glossy new hair color – accentuated by a bouncy blow dry–looked the epitome of health and (ahem) wealth.
—Lauren Murdoch-Smith, Vogue, 22 Feb. 2024
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“Toffee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/toffee. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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toffee
noun
tof·fee
variants
also toffy
ˈtȯ-fē 
ˈtäf-ē
plural toffees also toffies
: candy made by boiling sugar and butter together
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