Day Two Hundred Eighty-Seven: Easy Hazelnut Toffee

It's my third day of making Teacher Christmas Gifts.  It's like my own personal Twelve Days of Christmas, except everything is edible.  And there will be no Lords of Leaping anywhere in the vicinity.

I wanted something that wouldn't quickly dry out, so I made Martha's Chocolate Hazelnut Toffee.  I've never made toffee before, so I was happy to discover that it's easier than making a box cake.  (Way easier than applying false eyelashes, if we are working on a scale.)

If you can read a candy thermometer, you can make this toffee.  It's a crisp brittle on the bottom and a nutty candy bar on top.

This is the reason fitting into your high school jeans is hard.