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We are proud to present the results of the 2025 TOFFEE AWARDS Competition.

The International Chocolate Salon Awards for the 2025 TOFFEE AWARDS are based on the combined total number of votes received by each entrant from the Judging Panel.

The Judging Panel consists of National and Regional Magazines, Newspaper and Blog Editors, plus Topic Experts, Local Chefs and Food Gurus.

The award winners below have the honor of being able to display and use the Official Award Winner title and award logos, as well as use items (such as the Award Product Stickers, Award Winner lapel pin), as well as use Custom Award Certificates, and logo award merchandise.

2025 TOFFEE AWARD RESULTS

 

Best Ingredient Combinations

GOLD

  • CRAFIAN Artisanal Toffee Cardamom, Coriander & Orange

SILVER

  • The Toffee Merchant Coconut Pecan English Toffee

BRONZE

  • The Toffee Merchant Bourbon Pecan English Toffee

HONORABLE MENTION

  • The Toffee Merchant Royal Dutch Chocolate Toffee

Best Taste

GOLD

  • Ticket Chocolate Classic Handcrafted English Toffee

SILVER

  • The Toffee Merchant Bourbon Pecan English Toffee

BRONZE

  • The Toffee Merchant Royal Dutch Chocolate Toffee
  • Brown's English Toffee Vanilla Bean & Sea Salt Toffee

HONORABLE MENTION

  • CRAFIAN Artisanal Toffee Cardamom, Coriander & Orange
  • Brown's English Toffee Dark Chocolate Coated Almond Free English Toffee

Best Texture

GOLD

  • Ticket Chocolate Classic Handcrafted English Toffee
  • Kate' Single Batch Toffee Kate's Single Batch Toffee
  • Tania's Toffee Rose des Sables

SILVER

  • The Toffee Merchant Bourbon Pecan English Toffee
  • CRAFIAN Artisanal Toffee Cardamom, Coriander & Orange
  • The Toffee Merchant Coconut Pecan English Toffee
  • MomYvonne's Candy Co Dark Chocolate Caramel Sea Salt Toffee

BRONZE

  • Brown's English Toffee Dark Chocolate Coated Almond Free English Toffee
  • Seal Beach Toffee Company Ron's Original English Toffee
  • Crafted Sweet Dark Chocolate Almond Soft Toffee
  • Stony Lake Toffee Co.

Most Unique

GOLD

  • CRAFIAN Artisanal Toffee Cardamom, Coriander & Orange

SILVER

  • Tania's Toffee Rose des Sables
  • The Toffee Merchant Royal Dutch Chocolate Toffee

BRONZE

  • The Toffee Merchant Coconut Pecan English Toffee

HONORABLE MENTION

  • Stony Lake Toffee Co.
  • Crafted Sweet Dark Chocolate Almond Soft Toffee
  • MomYvonne's Candy Co Original Crunch Toffee
  • Tania's Toffee Coconut Lime
  • KB Candies LLC Churro Toffee

Top Toffee

GOLD

  • CRAFIAN Artisanal Toffee Cardamom, Coriander & Orange
  • Ticket Chocolate Classic Handcrafted English Toffee

SILVER

  • The Toffee Merchant Bourbon Pecan English Toffee

BRONZE

  • The Toffee Merchant Royal Dutch Chocolate Toffee
  • The Toffee Merchant Coconut Pecan English Toffee

HONORABLE MENTION

  • Tania's Toffee Rose des Sables
  • Seal Beach Toffee Company Ron's Original English Toffee
  • KB Candies LLC Raspberry Toffee
  • Tania's Toffee Classic English Toffee
  • Kate' Single Batch Toffee Kate's Single Batch Toffee

 

STAR RATINGS

4.5 STARS

  • The Toffee Merchant Royal Dutch Chocolate Toffee
  • Ticket Chocolate Classic Handcrafted English Toffee
  • The Toffee Merchant Bourbon Pecan English Toffee
  • The Toffee Merchant Coconut Pecan English Toffee

4 STARS

  • Tania's Toffee Rose des Sables
  • Brown's English Toffee Vanilla Bean & Sea Salt Toffee
  • CRAFIAN Artisanal Toffee Cardamom, Coriander & Orange
  • Tania's Toffee Classic English Toffee
  • Brown's English Toffee Dark Chocolate Coated Almond Free English Toffee
  • Kate' Single Batch Toffee Kate's Single Batch Toffee
  • Seal Beach Toffee Company Ron's Original English Toffee
  • Tania's Toffee Coconut Lime

3.5 STARS

  • Stony Lake Toffee Co.
  • MomYvonne's Candy Co Original Crunch Toffee
  • Brown's English Toffee Milk Chocolate Coated English Toffee with Almonds
  • MomYvonne's Candy Co Dark Chocolate Caramel Sea Salt Toffee
  • Crafted Sweet Coconut Pecan Soft Toffee
  • Crafted Sweet Dark Chocolate Almond Soft Toffee

3 STARS

  • KB Candies LLC Churro Toffee
  • KB Candies LLC Milk Chocolate Almond Toffee
  • KB Candies LLC Raspberry Toffee

JUDGES' NOTES

FAVORITES

  • Seal Beach Toffee Company: straight-out classic buttery flavor that's rich, balanced and not too sweet.
  • Toffee Merchant Royal Dutch Chocolate: quality cocoa and chocolate and butter, all balanced and supporting each other to create a lasting and deliciously haunting flavor.
  • Toffee Merchant Bourbon Pecan English: smooth buttery bourbony flavors.
  • The Traditional English Toffee from Ticket was a standout for flavor and texture
  • Toffee Merchant’s Coconut Pecan English Toffee
  • Seal Beach. Fantastic texture.
  • I had many favorites: TicketChocolate Classic Handcrafted English Toffee, Brown's Milk Chocolate Toffee, and Kate's -- all outstanding, classic, crunnch toffees. A favorite flavored toffee was Cratan's Cardamom, Coriander and Orange toffee, which was so delicious and would follow an Indian or Thai meal wonderfully. I also really liked the crunchy coconutty-ness of of The Toffee Merchant's Coconut Pecan English Toffee. Too many favorites, I know, but these were all great!
  • Toffee Merchant Coconut Pecan
  • Too hard to decide. I'm a Toffee lover, and I appreciated all the variations.
  • CRAFIAN Artisanal Toffee Cardamom, Coriander & Orange tied with Ticket Chocolate Classic
    Seal Beach Ron's Original
  • My personal toffee favorites include: The Toffee Merchant Bourbon Pecan English Toffee, Coconut Pecan and Royal Dutch Chocolate; Tania's Toffee Coconut Lime and Rose des Sables; CRAFIAN Artisanal Toffee Cardamom, Coriander & Orange; and Brown's English Toffee Dark Chocolate Coated Almond-Free English Toffee
  • KB Churro and Crafian Artisanal were neck and neck
  • Toffee Merchant Royal Dutch Chocolate Toffee .

QUOTABLE COMMENTS FROM JUDGES

  • Tania's Toffee: I loved the infusion of lime, and was hoping for a much stronger taste to offset the sweetness. Please, a lot more lime and less sweet white coating.
  • Crafian Coriander: loved the supporting flavors to the toffee, would prefer less sweet coating so the flavors can shine.
    My favorites were the toffees that balanced flavor, texture, appearance and quality ingredients.
    I was surprised by how much I enjoyed the unique ingredient combination toffees this year.
  • CRAFIAN’s distinctly flavored entry was excellent.
  • Tania's Toffee Rose des Sables used corn flakes to give it a fun texture.
  • Mom Yvonne’s Cookies & Cream Crunch Toffee was the first cookies & cream food item I actually liked.
  • The Toffee Merchant's confections combine the best texture with the most balanced flavors.
    The quality of ingredients really shines throught in all my top-rated selections. To my taste, it makes such a difference to just use great butters, sugars, cream and fresh nuts (etc.) and to avoid additives.
  • Toffee Merchant's flavors and chocolate came together to make great and unique toffee.
  • Seal Beach is a traditional full bodied toffee. Yum.
  • Producers like Crafian with unique and pronounced flavor combinations are propelling the category and bound to appeal to a broader range of palates.
  • Crafted Sweet soft toffees had a unique soft crumb texture that almost made it cake-like; great for those who can't bite the hard toffees.
  • Brown's English Toffee Dark Chocolate Coated Almond-Free toffee was a delight as the toffee and chocolate really shined without the distraction of nuts.
  • CRAFIAN Artisanal Toffee Cardamom, Coriander & Orange was a delightful blend of warm spices and citrus.
  • The Toffee Merchant's English Toffee all hit the mark with flavor and texture; I especially liked the Bourbon Pecan and Royal Dutch Chocolate combinations.
  • MomYvonne's Candy Co Cookies & Cream toffee was a delight and bring back childhood memories.
  • The Crafian was soft and smooth and melted in my mouth. I wanted more!
  • KB Raspberry had a fruit forward flavor.
  • Tania's Lime and coconut were a balanced pair of flavors.
  • Tania's Rose des Sables captured my imagination
  • The Seal Beach Toffee was quite satisfying and visually beautiful
  • The Toffee Merchant: High compliments for such creative and luxurious flavor options: Bulleit bourbon adds a romantic lilt to the richness of nutty toffee, and Italian pizzelle are delicately crunchy -- I've never seen them included in candy before! ...
  • And to Tania's Toffee: At first I thought cornflakes might not meld well with creamy toffee, but they proved a perfect inclusion -- with just the right amount of crunch. ...
  • Crafted Sweet: A soft texture is a fantastic adventure; despite toffee's traditional crunchiness, the velvety richness of your Coconut Pecan in particular creates a long-lasting flavor-texture paradise!

INDIVIDUAL JUDGES' RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CHOCOLATIERS

  • The Rose Des Sables from Tania's Toffees was very nice, but a little too sweet for my palette.
  • I found the toffees made with natural ingredients tasted better. And a light hand with the sugar and salt helped too. Those were the toffees I thought were truly artisan toffees — I could taste the quality and I rated them higher.
  • Do not overpower the toffee with too much flavoring or make the toffee so sticky that it does not dissolve but sticks in your teeth.
  • To KB Candies: Your Raspberry Toffee is such a great idea, but to my taste, the citric acid finish overpowers the delicate raspberry taste from your freeze-dried raspberry powder.
  • Try to make them without Hydrogenated oils
  • What great flavors and variety. Hard to choose..so many favorites!
  • There was less flavor diversity this year i.e. no coffee or expresso flavors but overall very high quality from producers who use wholesome ingredients.
  • Kate's Single Batch had amazing packaging
  • Tania's Toffee Coconut Lime was a flavor combination I wanted to love, but it needed more lime flavoring.
  • Kate's: a more explanatory label would be helpful -- giving each variety a clever name and displaying it clearly on the label to attract more attention.
  • Ticket and Seal Beach: With no window in the packaging to see the product inside, it's hard for customers to judge what they're getting.
  • Producers who use hydrogenated palm oil will not get high marks from me. These ingredients detract from the quality and particularly in texture and flavor of your products.

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