Food Monday ~ Toffee Crisps
In Scraps of history I was sharing recipes written by mammy and other relations on scraps of paper. Over the next few weeks I hope to dip into the collection and share a few well tried favourites. Today I begin with a regular when I was a schoolgirl.
Toffee Crisps.
4ozs large Marshmallows
4ozs butter or margarine
4ozs toffee (when I was young we used a slab of Cleeve’s Toffee)
4ozs Rice Krispies
Melt the butter or margarine with the toffee and marshmallows in a saucepan over a low heat stirring frequently. Mix in the Rice Krispies and then transfer to a Swiss roll tin - yes we did make Swiss rolls back then! You may call it a tray bake tin! 
Spread the mixture with a fork to even it out. Mark into squares and leave to cool and set. Then cut into squares and store in an airtight tin.
gaelikaa said,
July 19, 2010 at 6:18 am
Oh, I remember slabs of Cleeve’s Toffee. It was lovely. Is that still around?
Rhyleysgranny said,
July 19, 2010 at 7:54 am
Haven’t made those for years. I wonder if you can still buy a slab of toffee.
Grannymar said,
July 19, 2010 at 10:17 am
Gaelikaa - I think that Cleeve’s have gone now. Mammy loved a few squares of that toffee while she stood ironing the mountain of shirts etc!
RG - I think Thornton’s still do slab toffee and it comes with a little hammer.
Rhyleysgranny said,
July 19, 2010 at 11:05 am
Oh how very yuppy
steph said,
July 19, 2010 at 11:13 am
Are they ready yet? Are they ready yet?
This has jogged my memory for toffee. I can remember ‘Yorkshire’ toffee sweets were my favourite as a child. They were individually wrapped and you bought them by weight although later on, they were sold in bags.
The only similar thing I could find when my kids were growing up, was Highland Toffee bars. Remember them? I think they might even still be around?
Grannymar said,
July 19, 2010 at 12:58 pm
RG - Just what I was thinking!
Steph - Highland Toffee is still available in bars, packets, tubs and tins! Now don’t go eating it all before your dinner!
wisewebwoman said,
July 19, 2010 at 2:38 pm
Oh I mourn my days of sugar eating!! Miss those crispy Cleevesies….
XO
WWW
Grannymar said,
July 19, 2010 at 4:46 pm
WWW - I still crave sweets. It might be dark chocolate, or toffee and on the odd occasion fudge - which gives me dreadful mouth ulcers even after one square!
Mammy used to say that strong cravings like that were the body lacking in something and asking for it to be replaced. Since I believed all my mother told me 
I give in every now and then!
Alice said,
July 19, 2010 at 5:11 pm
I’ve made these! Every now and then I still get a longing to have them. Maybe I should make a batch to share with the grandchildren whose mother doesn’t want them to have so much sugar….? (Actually she’s spot on–as one of them has an insatiable sweet tooth.)
Grannymar said,
July 19, 2010 at 5:57 pm
Alice - Go on make them. Grandma’s are made to make special treats!
Magpie11 said,
July 19, 2010 at 6:33 pm
I am sure we have a similar recipe somewhere….. known by children who knew us as Mrs Drake’s Sticky Stuff….. her daughter was a pupil of mine.
Almost sure the recipe included Condensed Milk.
Grannymar said,
July 19, 2010 at 6:56 pm
Magpie - ‘Mrs Drake’s Sticky Stuff’, I love it!
Darlene said,
July 19, 2010 at 8:35 pm
I would make these and eat every last one myself, but I am committed to losing 5 pounds. Beside, I don’t have a clue as to where I could buy the toffee. My favorite candy is a Heath bar. It’s chocolate covered toffee. Yummy !!1 I wonder if they still sell them? I must investigate that.
Grannymar said,
July 19, 2010 at 8:39 pm
Darlene - A little of what you fancy does you good!
George@CulinaryTravels said,
July 22, 2010 at 8:53 pm
Oh I haven’t made these in years. Used to make them with my mam as a wee one. Thanks for digging up the memories
Grannymar said,
July 22, 2010 at 9:09 pm
Grorge - It seems that this recipe dredged up many memories.