Homemade Almond Roca recipe and video (2024)

FAQs

What is the difference between Almond Roca and toffee? ›

So, is there a difference between English toffee and almond roca? They are pretty much the same thing. English toffee is a buttery, crunchy candy that you can make with or without nuts, and almond roca is basically just a brand name for the same candy.

And you get a completely opposite problem once the candy is done and cooling. Because sugar attracts moisture, your cooling candy will absorb all that humidity in the air, making the finished product softer than you want it.

Ingredients. Almond Roca contains sugar, almonds, butter, palm oil, palm kernel oil, cocoa powder, whey, skim milk powder, soya lecithin, chocolate, and vanilla. By company tradition, a small amount of the original 1923 batch of toffee is carried over into each subsequent batch of candy.

Why does my almond roca separate? Whenever you are cooking butter and sugar together for a candy (like this almond roca recipe) and it undergoes any drastic temperature changes, the fat from the butter can separate out—whether the change is hot or cold.

“It's printed on every piece of packaging and on every case that gets shipped out.” Harry Brown and J.C. Haley established their company in Tacoma more than 100 years ago, and came up with their Almond Roca creation in 1923. While the recipe and ingredients haven't changed over the years, the process has.

A: Orgeat tastes very similar to Almond extract or Amaretto, Almond Roca is not really almond per se, but a toffee flavor. The difference between the two is substantial.

Grainy Texture

If your almond milk turns out grainy, it could be due to insufficient blending.

Roasted nuts are dry and brittle, making for a less-creamy milk. It also highlights their bitter undertones, whereas raw nuts are sweeter. Plan ahead: Raw nuts need to soak for at least 12 hours before blending. This saturates the nut from the inside-out, resulting in a smoother, creamier texture.

Where is ROCA made? All ROCA Buttercrunch pieces and MOUNTAIN Bars are made exclusively in our one and only factory, located in Tacoma, WA.

Brown and Haley® purchases a shoe factory in Tacoma and converts it into their new manufacturing plant where ROCA is still produced today.

What are some fun facts about Almond Roca? ›

Stirring too quickly or too often can cause the toffee to separate. Moderate the heat as needed – turn it down if the toffee is boiling or cooking too fast so it doesn't burn. Cook until the toffee registers 285-290 degrees on an instant-read or candy thermometer and is deep amber brown in color, about 20-25 minutes.

Chocolate chips have a non-melting coating to help them keep their shape. But when they melt, the coating can prevent the chocolate from sticking to the toffee. Sometimes the chocolate melts at a temperature that makes it shrink when it hardens, pulling it away from the toffee layer.

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).

Butter crunch is typically toffee that's got crushed nuts on its chocolate coating. Our version turns that idea on its head. Instead of packing chocolate with crushed nuts, we let the nuts cook into our buttery-sweet toffee recipe until they're nice and toasty, bringing their mojo and nuance into the candy blend.

English toffee and peanut brittle are both candies made with butter and sugar, but there a significant differences. Toffee has a much higher proportion of butter than brittle and that is what gives it a more pliable texture than that of brittle.

Chocolate is made from cocoa beans. Chocolate is usually smooth and soft with dark, white and milk variants. Toffee is basically caramelized sugar stuff. Candy contains mainly sugar and is a confectionery and hard (like lollipop).

Candy can refer to any confection that is made mainly of sugar. Toffee is a type of hard candy that softens when sucked or chewed.