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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The group decided on a butter toffee popcorn with a sweet, crunchy coating that’s as addictive as your favorite potato chip.
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Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2024
There will also be new desserts, like sticky toffee pudding and homemade chocolate chip cookies, the ultimate comfort dessert.
—Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 6 June 2024
Based on a taste test, grandma liked to have some butterscotch hard candies in her purse and maybe some toffee hard candy, too.
—Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 21 May 2024
The pudding list goes back to basics, though—Bakewell tart, sticky toffee pudding, sherry trifle—giving that final hit of pub-lunch nostalgia before the clever diners who booked one of the rooms upstairs roll off to bed for a snooze.
—Sarah James, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Mar. 2024
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Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2024
There will also be new desserts, like sticky toffee pudding and homemade chocolate chip cookies, the ultimate comfort dessert.
—Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 6 June 2024
Based on a taste test, grandma liked to have some butterscotch hard candies in her purse and maybe some toffee hard candy, too.
—Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 21 May 2024
The pudding list goes back to basics, though—Bakewell tart, sticky toffee pudding, sherry trifle—giving that final hit of pub-lunch nostalgia before the clever diners who booked one of the rooms upstairs roll off to bed for a snooze.
—Sarah James, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Mar. 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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