Break Out the Heath Bars for This Toffee Cookie Recipe (2024)

Calling all toffee lovers! Heath Bar cookies are a delicious toffee cookie recipe accented with chocolate and walnuts. In about an hour, you’ll have ooey, gooey chocolate toffee cookies made from a classic candy bar.

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Updated February 06, 2022

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For the Best Toffee Cookies, Use Heath Bars

Praise be to mom who delivered Claire's recipe a few days later.

Heath Bars. The secret ingredient was Heath Bars.

Well no wonder! If you like toffee as much as I do, you'll love these cookies.

Break Out the Heath Bars for This Toffee Cookie Recipe (5)

What Are Heath Bars?

Heath Bars are popular American chocolate-covered-toffee candy bars. They contain toffee, almonds and milk chocolate.

They were originally made by L.S. Heath (hence the name) in 1914. A former school teacher, Mr. Heath bought a candy store for his sons, who expanded it to an ice cream parlor and a factory.

In the 1980s, after years of family squabbling, the Heath Bar was sold to Leaf, Inc., a Finnish company. That company and the Heath Bar was later bought by The Hershey Company in 1996. Hershey, who made the Skor bar as competition to the Heath Bar, now owns both.

The Heath Bar is perfect for this recipe, because it contains toffee and nuts, resulting in delicious toffee cookies. You can also find Heath Bar bits in the baking aisle of your grocery store.

Tips for Storing Leftover Cookies

You can store leftover Heath Bar toffee cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for up to week (if they last that long!).

It's best not to refrigerate the baked cookies since the toffee can absorb moisture and lose its crunch.

How to Freeze Heath Bar Cookie Dough for Later

You can freeze the dough before baking. The best way to do so is to shape the cookie dough balls in advance and freeze them on a baking sheet. Then, transfer the frozen cookie balls into a freezer-safe, zip-top bag. They'll keep for about a month or so, as long as they are kept airtight.

You can place them directly from the freezer to your lined cookie sheets. You'll need to bake them a couple of minutes longer.

Alternately, you can defrost the dough the fridge the day before you plan on baking them. Then, bake as directed.

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More Toffee Recipes to Try!

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Banoffee Cheesecake
Coffee Heath Bar Ice Cream
Carmelitas
Homemade Almond Roca

From the Editors Of Simply Recipes

Heath Bar Cookies

Prep Time20 mins

Cook Time12 mins

Ingredients

2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup (8 ounces) unsalted butter
3/4 cup brown sugar, light or dark
3/4 cup granulated sugar
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/2 cups chopped Heath Bar pieces (8 [1.4-ounce] bars)
1/2 cup chopped walnuts

Method

Whisk together the dry ingredients:
In a medium bowl, vigorously whisk together the flour, salt, and baking soda. Set aside.
In a separate bowl, combine the Heath Bar pieces and chopped walnuts. Set aside.
Beat the butter, sugars, and vanilla, then add eggs:
In a large bowl, beat together the butter, brown and white sugars, and vanilla. Beat in the eggs one at a time.
Make and chill the dough:
Add the flour mixture a third at a time, beating after each addition. Mix in the Heath bar walnut mixture. Chill cookie dough for at least 30 minutes (better to chill for an hour or longer).
Spoon the dough onto the cookie sheet:
Preheat oven to 350°F. On cookie sheets lined with parchment paper or a silicon baking mat, like Silpat, spoon out the cookie dough in small 1-inch diameter balls (the size of a large marble).
Place dough balls 3 inches away from each other on the cookie sheets. (Make sure there is plenty of room between the cookie balls, and that the cookie balls aren't too big. These cookies spread!)
Bake:
Bake at 350°F for 10 to 12 minutes, until the edges are just starting to brown. Remove from oven and let cool for a few minutes.
Then transfer the cookies to a wire rack to cool completely. Enjoy!

Nutrition Facts (per serving)
61	Calories
3g	Fat
7g	Carbs
1g	Protein

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Nutrition Facts
Servings: 72
Amount per serving
Calories	61
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 3g	4%
Saturated Fat 2g	8%
Cholesterol 12mg	4%
Sodium 50mg	2%
Total Carbohydrate 7g	3%
Dietary Fiber 0g	1%
Total Sugars 4g
Protein 1g
Vitamin C 0mg	0%
Calcium 5mg	0%
Iron 0mg	1%
Potassium 14mg	0%
*The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a food serving contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.

Nutrition information is calculated using an ingredient database and should be considered an estimate. In cases where multiple ingredient alternatives are given, the first listed is calculated for nutrition. Garnishes and optional ingredients are not included.

Break Out the Heath Bars for This Toffee Cookie Recipe (2024)

FAQs

Can I substitute butterscotch chips for toffee bits? ›

Yes, if you can't find toffee bits, you could substitute them with chopped caramel, butterscotch chips or even Butterfinger baking bits. Keep in mind, however, that these will give a slightly different flavor than toffee.

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What is Heath toffee made of? ›

Current ingredients are milk chocolate, sugar, vegetable oil, dairy butter (milk), almonds, salt, and soy lecithin. The wrapper's vintage brown color scheme has a small seal proclaiming Heath the "Finest Quality English Toffee".

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What are brickle toffee bits? ›

If your recipe calls for the “Bit o' Brickle” toffee pieces, those are just chopped up hard toffee.

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How do you chop up toffee? ›

Let cool and harden for about 20 minutes. Place the sheet of toffee on a cutting board or in a zip top bag. Use a mallet, rolling pin, or heavy object to crack it into small pieces. You can also cut into bits with a sharp serrated knife.

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What's the difference between toffee and butterscotch? ›

Toffee vs Butterscotch

While butterscotch is cooked to a soft-crack stage, toffee is produced by allowing that same butter and brown sugar mixture to reach the hard-crack stage. Butterscotch tends to be chewy and pliable; toffee is brittle and more breakable.

What is the difference between toffee and brickle? ›

Brittle: a sugar/water mix cooked to the hard-crack state. Then nuts, corn-syrup, and butter added and brittle is cooled. It is hard and brittle, thus the name. Toffee: starts with a combined sugar/butter/ nut mix cooked together, reaching a slightly lower temperature hard ball state, and then the toffee is poured out.

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Do Heath toffee bits go bad? ›

While toffee bits don't spoil in the same way some foods do, they can become stale or lose their quality over time. One of the main indicators that your toffee bits have gone bad are changes in their texture - they may become too hard, sticky or even start to dissolve.

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Is Skor a toffee? ›

Treat yourself to crisp butter toffee drenched in delicious milk chocolate. SKOR Candy Bars are a distinctively rich, gluten-free indulgence.

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How do you cut dessert bars evenly? ›

To make precise and accurate cuts, insert three toothpicks, evenly spaced, along all four sides of the cooled bars. Cut diagonally across the bars beginning in one corner—the lower left corner is an easy place to make your first cut—and cutting from one toothpick to the next closest on the perpendicular side.

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How do you cut bars cleanly? ›

Make sure to bake your bars in a pan lined with non-stick foil. Use the foil as a sling to remove the cooled and chilled bars onto a cutting board. Dip your knife into a tall cup of very hot water, wipe it dry, and make your first slice. Clean off the knife and repeat the heating, wiping, and slicing.

How do you cut a chocolate bar into pieces? ›

How do you chop hard chocolate? You use your big chef's knife on a large cutting board. Try shaving along the edge or a corner, instead of attempting to cut off big chunks. Tip of the knife on the board, so you can have some control.

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How do you chop chocolate easily? ›

Chocolate chunks

Simply begin at the corner of your bar, pressing the knife's teeth into it using both hands, one holding the handle and the other putting pressure onto the knife. Chopping chocolate into fragments is ideal if you need chocolate for melting, or if you want to include them in chocolate chip cookies.

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