Butter Almond Crunch

My mom has been making this every year for Christmas since I was a kid and now that I make it, my kids love it too!  We can barely keep it in the house during the holiday season and it's a wonderful gift as well.  The only issue is that it can be hard to find whole blanched almonds in the store so we have to order them. You can find them on Amazon.com or on Nuts.com.  Totally worth it!!

Butter Almond Crunch

Ingredients

¾ cup butter

2/3 cup sugar

1/3 cup light corn syrup

1 cup whole blanched almonds

¾ cup semi sweet chocolate chips

Directions:

1.     Melt butter in a heavy skillet over medium heat.

2.     Stir in sugar, corn syrup and almonds.

3.     Continue cooking and stirring until almonds make a popping sound and the mixture is golden brown (8-12 minutes).

4.     Pour candy onto an ungreased cookie sheet and spread out with a heat proof spatula.

5.     Sprinkle chocolate chips over hot candy and when melted, spread out to edges.

6.     When cool, break into pieces and serve.