The Mustang Toffee - Classic English Toffee with Almonds

THE FLAVOR THAT STARTED IT ALL

Before there was a Cowboy Toffee Company, there was a freshman home-economics class, a Christmas break and one very popular batch of English toffee.

In 1983, Sam learned to make English toffee while attending Oakdale High School. She took a batch home and gave it to family and friends for Christmas.

It was a hit.

What began as a classroom recipe became an annual Christmas tradition. Over the years, Sam continued working on it—adjusting, refining and gradually transforming that first recipe into the toffee we make today.

By the time Cowboy Toffee Company began, nearly three decades of Christmas batches had gone into getting it just right.

GO MUSTANGS!

When we officially started Cowboy Toffee Company in Oakdale on November 1, 2011, the flavor that began the whole journey rode into business with us.

We named it The Mustang in honor of the Oakdale High Mustangs—the school where its story began.

The name stuck, and the recipe had finally found a home.

WHAT DOES IT TASTE LIKE?

No marshmallows. No coffee. No pumpkin spice. No fancy finishing salt.

The Mustang is crisp, buttery English toffee covered in smooth 46% cacao Guittard semisweet chocolate and finished with chunky roasted almonds.

The semisweet chocolate balances the deeply caramelized butter and sugar, while the almonds bring the roasted crunch that has kept this flavor on Christmas tables since 1983.

It may sound simple, but simple leaves nowhere for the ingredients or technique to hide. That clean balance of butter, chocolate, caramelized sugar and almonds took years of batches to develop.

If you are trying Cowboy Toffee for the first time and cannot decide where to begin, start here.

MADE FOR GIVING—AND KEEPING

The Mustang is an easy choice for Christmas gifts, thank-you gifts, care packages or keeping in the refrigerator for what we will politely call “emergencies.”

Sending it to someone special? We will gladly add your personal message to a complimentary handwritten gift tag.

Whether you tell them how much you kept for yourself is entirely up to you.

THE PARTICULARS

• 4 ounces (113 g)

• 46% cacao Guittard semisweet chocolate

• Chunky roasted almonds

• Handcrafted in small batches in Ranger, Texas

• Complimentary handwritten gift tag available

We use Guittard chocolate, which Guittard documents as slave-free—one of the reasons we choose it.

INGREDIENTS

Butter (cream, salt), semisweet chocolate (cacao beans, cane sugar, cocoa butter, sunflower lecithin, vanilla), non-GMO cane sugar and almonds.

Contains: Milk and tree nuts (almonds).

TOFFEE CARE

For the best flavor and texture, keep your toffee below 70°F so the chocolate does not soften or melt.

To keep your toffee awesome after opening, store it in the refrigerator in an airtight bag, such as a zip-top bag.

LIFE EXPECTANCY

• 6 months in the refrigerator

• 1 year in the freezer

• Or 5 minutes if you’re like us

Please toffee responsibly.