Awards & Honors
Award-Winning Toffee, Handcrafted Since 2011
Cowboy Toffee Company is a family-owned confectionery founded in Oakdale, California, and now handcrafted in Ranger, Texas.
From 2014 through 2019, our small-batch toffee earned 30 Chocolate Salon medal placements, including nine Gold medals; Best Toffee at the Santa Cruz Chocolate Festival; Best Chocolate Candy at the Oregon Chocolate Festival; five annual chocolatier rankings; and additional professional and community recognition.
Every honor below is listed using the competition’s original award wording.
CHOCOLATE AND TOFFEE COMPETITION AWARDS
2014 Fall Chocolate Salon
• Gold — Best Toffee
2015 San Francisco International Chocolate Salon
• Bronze — Juried Award
• Bronze — People’s Choice Award
2016 San Francisco International Chocolate Salon
• Gold — Top Toffee in Salon
• Silver — Best Comfort Chocolate or Snack Product
• Silver — New Product Award
• Bronze — Best Gift Set
• Bronze — Best Traditional Chocolates
• Bronze — Best Presentation & Packaging
• Bronze — Best White Chocolate Creation
2016 Fall Chocolate Salon
• Gold — Best Comfort Chocolate or Snack Product
• Silver — Most Delicious Ingredient Combinations
• Silver — Best in Salon
• Bronze — Best Gift Set
2016 Santa Cruz Chocolate Festival
• Winner — Best Toffee
2017 San Francisco International Chocolate Salon
• Gold — Best Traditional Chocolates
• Gold — Top Toffee in Salon
2017 Oregon Chocolate Festival — Ashland, Oregon
• Winner — Best Chocolate Candy
2017 Fall Holiday Chocolate Salon
• Gold — Best Comfort Chocolate or Snack Product
• Silver — Best Toffee
2018 Sacramento Chocolate Salon
• Gold — Best Toffee
• Silver — Most Delicious Ingredient Combinations
• Silver — Best Comfort Chocolate or Snack Product
• Bronze — Top Artisan Chocolatier
• Bronze — Best Traditional Chocolates
• Bronze — New Product Award
• Bronze — Best in Salon
2018 San Francisco International Chocolate Salon — Judges Awards
• Silver — Best Milk Chocolates
• Silver — Top Toffee in Salon
2018 San Francisco International Chocolate Salon — People’s Choice Awards
• Gold — Top Toffee in Salon
• Gold — Best in Salon
• Silver — Most Delicious Ingredient Combinations
ANNUAL CHOCOLATIER RANKINGS
The International Chocolate Salon’s annual rankings recognized companies according to their accumulated competition performance.
2015
• Four Star Award — Superior Chocolatier
2016
• Four Star Award — Superior Chocolatier
2017
• Four Star Award — Superior Chocolatier
2018
• Five Star Award — Master Chocolatier
2019
• Five Star Award — Master Chocolatier
PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION
2018 San Francisco Women in Chocolate
• The Chocolatiers Award — Samantha McGinnis
2018 Los Angeles Women in Chocolate
• The Chocolatiers Award — Samantha McGinnis
COMMUNITY RECOGNITION
2015 Oakdale Chamber of Commerce
• Small Business of the Year
OUR AWARD-WINNING TRADITION
These honors represent years of small-batch craftsmanship, creative flavor development and a commitment to producing toffee worthy of sharing.
Although our home moved from California to Ranger, Texas, our purpose has remained the same: make exceptional toffee by hand, use ingredients we are proud of and treat every order as something special.
Thank you for being part of the Cowboy Toffee story.
The Toffee Posse