Sooo simple, yet pretty and delicious, these ‘tartlets’ take minutes to make.  Perfect for any holiday or special days because they can be shaped into rounds, squares or hearts.  Make sure that you only use the very best chocolate.

This recipe is part of the California Walnut Board’s Smart Menus Program.  A program geared towards helping families make smarter food choices.  Walnuts are filled with “good fat” and satisfy your hunger cravings longer so that you aren’t snacking on things one right after another.

INGREDIENTS

• 1 cup coarsely chopped walnuts, toasted
• 1 cup puffed brown rice cereal (brown Rice Crispies-type cereal)
• 4 ounces dark chocolate, melted
• 36 fresh raspberries
• 6 sprigs of mint

DIRECTIONS

Arrange six cupcake papers on a baking sheet or in a muffin pan; set aside.

In a large bowl, combine the walnuts and rice cereal; mix well. Add the melted chocolate and stir until all is well coated. Divide evenly among the 6 paper-lined cups and press gently with the back of a soup spoon to compact into a “crust”. Arrange 6 raspberries on top gently pressing them into position while the chocolate is still warm. Garnish with a sprig of the mint. Refrigerate until firm, about 30 minutes. Remove from the paper liners and place on a serving platter or individual serving plates.

Can be made ahead of time and stored in the refrigerator for up to 36 hours.

Serves 6

Recipe courtesy of Tina Salter for the California Walnut Board

I only label a post food porn when it is so utterly delicious that it makes my eyes roll into the back of my head and this English Toffee does just that!  I’m serious folks and had it not been for 5 of us in the family eating it in about 3 seconds, I would have a picture of me devouring it to prove it’s worthiness of the title.

Now I’ve had toffee in the past, hard-plain toffee that is okay but this?…….this is exceptional.  Not only is the toffee not near as hard as what you would buy in the store but it’s surrounded by more pieces of heaven like milk chocolate, dark chocolate, or white satin which was the one that made my toes curl and truly are life’s essential indulgence for this gal!

You want to know the “in-a-nutshell” version of how this toffee came about?  This gal, a regular gal like me, was making this in her home as a way to create gifts for family and friends.  She was encouraged to sell her toffee on the Internet and well, the rest is history.  Just goes to show you that great things can happen if you set your mind.

Did you think I would tease you and not give you a way to WIN IT?  HA! Thanks to the generous folks at English Toffee Anytime, there will be 7 total winners in this tasty giveaway!

WHAT YOU WIN

• *1st prize – one pound box of toffee, their choice of flavor (milk, dark or white)
• *2nd prize – half pound box of toffee, their choice of flavor (milk, dark or white)
• *3rd prizes – 5 third prizes of the Triple Taste-The-Toffee sampler

I don’t know about you but 3rd place to me won’t be so bad eh?

HOW TO ENTER

Main Entry-- Visit English Toffee Anytime, come back here leave a comment on this post telling me your favorite flavor that you would like to try AND one other fact from the website.  This is just so I know that you actually visited this fine sponsor;) Visiting a sponsor is the least we can do for such wonderful prizes right?

Earn additional entries by completely the following.  Each one earns you one entry.

• Twitter this giveaway by copying and pasting the paragraph here

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• Stumble this giveaway leaving me your username
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PLEASE LEAVE EACH ENTRY YOU DO IN A SEPARATE COMMENT!

If you can’t stand it and have $3 bucks, you can actually try the English Toffee sampler!!  The $3 covers shipping and the sampler is free:) Gift certificates are offered as well!

ONE MORE THING: If you decide you want to make a purchase, contact English Toffee Anytime and tell them you entered my giveaway (you must enter my giveaway of course;) and they will give you a discount coupon code to use on that purchase!!

Giveaway ends on January 10th, is only open to the US (sorry) and as always, read the “fine print“.