Toffee Brownies and Blondies

Do you often find yourself with an excess of chocolate toffee bars? No? You should try it sometime.



I purchased some Hershey's Almond and Toffee Symphony bars because of these amazing brownies a lady at my work makes with them. They're ridiculously easy, and ridiculously awesome. All you need is a family size brownie mix and several of the chocolate toffee bars (enough to cover whatever size pan you're using).

They come in different sizes. Bigger and better.


The family size brownie mix will fill a 13 x 9 pan, but you can also use a square pan, your brownies will just come out thicker. Ah, the wonders of science!

Start by following the directions on the back of the box. Then pour half the mix into your (greased) pan of choice, and cover with a layer of toffee bars (depending on your pan size and your bar size, they'll either fit across the pan perfectly, or you'll need to puzzle piece them together a little bit).


Then pour the other half of the mix over the top, and cook the brownies as directed (just check them with a fork or toothpick, they may or may not need a few extra minutes).




Then earlier today I came across a recipe for Heath Bar Brownies. I happened to have a large portion of one of my toffee and almond bars left, so I ran it through my food chopper and determined that I had enough to make this recipe (you could always supplement with chocolate chips...in fact you should probably add some of those anyway).

Ingredients:
1 cup flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/8 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup melted butter
1 large egg
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup chopped Heath Bars (or in this case, almond and toffee Symphony bars)

Preheat your oven to 350, and start by creaming together the brown sugar and melted butter. Then beat in the egg and vanilla. Next, add the dry ingredients to the batter and mix until blended.

Finally, stir in the Heath/Toffee/Whatever bars (or whatever addition you prefer) and pour into a greased 8x8 pan.


Bake for 30-35 minutes.


Let them cool completely, and then cut them up, separating out the best pieces for yourself and eating them before anyone else can.