Heath Bar Candy

5 ingredients
7 steps

Ingredients

  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1/2 lb butter
  • 1/2 cup pecans, chopped
  • 5 -6 Hershey Bars
  • 1/4 cup pecans, chopped

Directions

  1. 1
    Mix sugar, butter, and 1/2 cup nuts in a medium iron skillet and stir constantly over medium-low heat.
  2. 2
    Mixture will become light brown, smell caramelized, and spoon tracks will show as you stir.
  3. 3
    Cook until it reaches the hard crack stage when dropped in cold water (300 degrees on a candy thermometer).
  4. 4
    Pour mixture on a cookie sheet with sides.
  5. 5
    Unwrap Hershey's Bars and place on hot candy - then spread it all over as it melts a bit.
  6. 6
    Sprinkle with remaining pecans. Let cool completely then break into pieces.
  7. 7
    Store covered at room temperature.

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