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They were originally made by L.S. Heath (hence the name) in 1914.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.

How to Freeze Cookie DoughREAD MORE:

More Toffee Recipes to Try!

English Toffee
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

What does toffee cookie taste like? ›

Delightfully chewy, these delicious toffee cookies are soft and buttery with that signature burnt caramel/toffee taste that is irresistible!

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Bar Cookies are cookies that the dough is baked spread-out in a pan. The cookies are cut into “bars” after baking. Most drop cookies can also be made into bar cookies. Bar cookie dough is pretty stiff/firm like a cookie dough.

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Oreo is the best-selling cookie in the world. It is now sold in over 100 countries. Oreo was first produced in 1912 by the National Biscuit Company, now known as Na-Bis-Co.

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Wakefield's confection was known originally as the Toll House Chocolate Crunch Cookie, after the Toll House Inn, a popular restaurant that she ran with her husband in eastern Massachusetts.

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For cake-like bars, test with a wooden pick inserted at the center of the pan. If it comes out with a few moist crumbs clinging to it, the cookies are done. Chewy (moister) bars will have a dull, rather than shiny, surface; a slight imprint will remain after touching the surface lightly with your fingertip.

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How would you describe the taste of toffee? ›

Toffee offers a rich, indulgent taste experience, characterised by a deep, caramelised sweetness and a buttery richness. The primary flavour profile of toffee is a blend of sweet and slightly burnt sugar, which comes from the caramelisation process during cooking.

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Does toffee taste the same as caramel? ›

The difference between caramel and toffee is greater, as caramel has a more liquid consistency and is usually pure sugar (it doesn't contain butter or flour). Still, the taste of caramel, fudge, and toffee is relatively similar, as they are all made from mostly sugar (as well as butter in the case of fudge and toffee).

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Does toffee taste like butterscotch? ›

Toffee is butterscotch that has been cooked for a longer period of time. Toffee begins as a base of butter and brown sugar that is gradually cooked to the hard-crack sugar stage between 295 and 309 degrees Fahrenheit.

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Is toffee sweet or bitter? ›

Commonly, granulated white sugar is used, which caramelizes when heated, resulting in a characteristic golden brown color. This caramelization process transforms the sugar, adding complex notes of brown sugar and molasses. The resultant flavor is deep sweet, with just a hint of bitterness to balance out the sweetness.