Chocolate Topped Toffee

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 14 cup water
• 12 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

Instructions

1. Butter 15 x 10 x 1 inch jelly-roll pan.
2. Set aside.
3. Combine butter, sugar, water and salt in heavy 2 quart saucepan.
4. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture comes to a full boil.
5. Continue cooking, stirring occasionally, until candy thermometer reaches 300 or small amount of mixture dropped into ice water forms a hard brittle strand [18-22 minutes].
6. Remove from heat; stir in vanilla.
7. Pour mixture onto prepared pan; spread to desired thickness.
8. Sprinkle chocolate chips over hot candy; let stand 5 minutes.
9. Spread melted chocolate evenly over candy.
10. Cool completely; break into pieces.