variants
or less commonly toffy
plural toffees also toffies
: candy of brittle but tender texture made by boiling sugar and butter together
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Tasting notes: Nose: Gorse, malt, toffee, baked apples, and a hint of peat
Palate: Follows through on aromatic promises.
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Felipe Schrieberg, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025
The vanilla chiffon cake was praline-flavored with layered hazelnut toffee caramel meringue buttercream.
—Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 16 June 2025
But the business also has peanut butter, coconut macaroon, double chocolate caramel, coffee toffee and more to choose from, too.
—Chyna Blackmon, Charlotte Observer, 10 June 2025
And it is so sensually written—don’t worry about keeping it nice, the pages should be slick with sticky toffee fingerprints and globules of oil.
—Hayley Maitland, Vogue, 7 June 2025
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Felipe Schrieberg, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025
The vanilla chiffon cake was praline-flavored with layered hazelnut toffee caramel meringue buttercream.
—Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 16 June 2025
But the business also has peanut butter, coconut macaroon, double chocolate caramel, coffee toffee and more to choose from, too.
—Chyna Blackmon, Charlotte Observer, 10 June 2025
And it is so sensually written—don’t worry about keeping it nice, the pages should be slick with sticky toffee fingerprints and globules of oil.
—Hayley Maitland, Vogue, 7 June 2025
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“Toffee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/toffee. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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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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