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We are proud to present the results of the 2026 TOFFEE AWARDS Competition.

The International Chocolate Salon Awards for the 2026 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.

2026 TOFFEE AWARD RESULTS

 

Best Ingredient Combinations

GOLD

  • The Toffee Merchant Italian Sesame Toffee Brittle

SILVER

  • Gia’s Toffee Peanut Butter

BRONZE

  • Confectionately Yours Northwest Gourmet Dark Chocolate Almond
  • Robinson Confections Orange Creamsicle Mimosa Toffee

HONORABLE MENTION

  • Gia’s Toffee Bourbon Pecan
  • Kate’s Single Batch Toffee Kate’s Single Batch Toffee
  • KB Candies Key Lime Toffee
  • KB Candies Dubai Toffee
  • The Toffee Merchant Ginger Pinappple Toffee

Best Taste

GOLD

  • Gia’s Toffee Peanut Butter
  • Confectionately Yours Northwest Gourmet Dark Chocolate Almond

SILVER

  • Kate’s Single Batch Toffee Kate’s Single Batch Toffee
  • Kat's Wicked Toffee Toffee

BRONZE

  • The Toffee Merchant Italian Sesame Toffee Brittle
  • The Toffee Merchant Ginger Pinappple Toffee

HONORABLE MENTION

  • Gia’s Toffee Bourbon Pecan

Best Texture

GOLD

  • Confectionately Yours Northwest Gourmet Dark Chocolate Almond

SILVER

  • Gia’s Toffee Peanut Butter
  • Kat's Wicked Toffee Toffee

BRONZE

  • The Toffee Merchant Italian Sesame Toffee Brittle
  • Robinson Confections Orange Creamsicle Mimosa Toffee
  • Tania's Toffee Classic English

Most Unique

GOLD

  • The Toffee Merchant Italian Sesame Toffee Brittle

SILVER

  • The Toffee Merchant Ginger Pinappple Toffee

BRONZE

  • Robinson Confections Orange Creamsicle Mimosa Toffee

HONORABLE MENTION

  • Painted Turtle Chocolatier Garam Masala Orange Toffee

Top Toffee

GOLD

  • The Toffee Merchant Italian Sesame Toffee Brittle
  • Gia’s Toffee Peanut Butter

SILVER

  • The Toffee Merchant Ginger Pinappple Toffee
  • Kate’s Single Batch Toffee Kate’s Single Batch Toffee
  • Confectionately Yours Northwest Gourmet Dark Chocolate Almond
  • Kat's Wicked Toffee Toffee

BRONZE

  • Gia’s Toffee Bourbon Pecan

HONORABLE MENTION

  • Robinson Confections Orange Creamsicle Mimosa Toffee
  • KB Candies Dubai Toffee
  • Tania's Toffee Classic English

 

STAR RATINGS

5 STARS

  • The Toffee Merchant Italian Sesame Toffee Brittle
  • Kat's Wicked Toffee Toffee

4.5 STARS

  • Confectionately Yours Northwest Gourmet Dark Chocolate Almond
  • Kate’s Single Batch Toffee Kate’s Single Batch Toffee
  • Gia’s Toffee Bourbon Pecan

4 STARS

  • Gia’s Toffee Peanut Butter
  • Gia’s Toffee Traditional
  • KB Candies Key Lime Toffee
  • The Toffee Merchant Ginger Pinappple Toffee
  • Tania's Toffee Classic English
  • Tania's Toffee Raspberry Noir

3.5 STARS

  • KB Candies Dubai Toffee
  • Tania's Toffee Dubai Gold
  • Enstrom Candies Traditional Almond Toffee
  • Robinson Confections Orange Creamsicle Mimosa Toffee

3 STARS

  • Painted Turtle Chocolatier Garam Masala Orange Toffee
  • The Toffee Merchant Mint Chocolate Toffee

JUDGES' NOTES

FAVORITES

  • For classic toffees, Confectionately Yours, Kat's Wicked, and Tania's were standouts--each was crunchy, nutty and fresh. For flavored toffee, I loved Robinson's very sophisticated Orange Creamsicle Mimosa with its hint of champagne, citrus cream and crunch -- delicious! KB Candies' Dubai Toffee was also a favorite as the pistachio really came through.
  • Fav for CLASSIC Toffee: Kat's Wicked Toffee - smooth, full, buttery taste. Favs for FLAVORED Toffee: Gia's Peanut butter Toffee, KB Candies Dubai Toffee, The Toffee Merchant Italian Sesame Toffee Brittle - delicious and addictive in each of their own unique ways.
  • The Toffee Merchant’s Ginger Pineapple Toffee
  • Confectionately Yours
  • Gia’s Toffee Peanut Butter. Confectionately Yours Dark Chocolate! Enstrom
  • Gia's Toffee Peanut Butter
  • Gia's Toffee Peanut Butter. In second place was The Toffee Merchant's Ginger Pineapple
  • All Tania entries.
  • Kat's Wicked Toffee Toffee
  • Kate's Single Batch Toffee
  • The Toffee Merchant Italian Sesame Toffee Brittle .

QUOTABLE COMMENTS FROM JUDGES

  • Robinson, keep creating -- you're on a winning streak with celebratory toffee flavoring!
  • Toffee Merchant, your addition of citrus oil to your Italian Sesame Toffee was brilliant!
  • The Toffee Merchant is consistently top notch with interesting recipes and quality ingredients. Their Ginger Pineapple Toffee is a perfect example of their craft — starting with a crunchy buttery toffee base, generous toppings, and the unusual addition of ginger to a tropical themed toffee resulting in a nice complexity where the light ginger heat balances out the sweet pineapple, coconut, and white chocolate
  • Enstrom: delicious real almond flavor, not too sweet, excellent texture.
  • Gia Bourbon Pecan: best flavor for an alcohol-flavored toffee.
  • Kate's: Rich high quality chocolate with a good crumble.
  • Enstrom: Good almond flavor, not too sweet, and excellent texture.
  • Please include your business card or contact info on packaging. I love dark chocolate toffee + would like to order direct from company owner.
  • Confectionately yours created a very enjoyable flavor, tast and texture.
  • The Toffee Merchant's Ginger Pine Apple was such a bright pleasure to enjoy.
  • KB Candies Key Lime would have complemented a glass of milk with just the right texture and taste.
  • Robinson Confections Orange Creamsicle had the right amount of creaminess
  • My tummy hurts from eating all this tofee!!! JK
  • Kat's Wicked Toffee is archtypal! This crisp, buttery treat must have a sprinkle of expresso in the topping which makes the finish so delicious. Kudos to this confectioner.
  • To Kate's: The dark chocolate gave these toffees an extra layer of luxury. ...
  • KB Candies: a nicely creative product line; Dubai and Key Lime were ingenious choices. ...
  • Robinson Confections: Outstanding ingredients in the Creamsicle Mimosa! What a luscious surprise to find champagne, oranges and orange zest paired with top-quality Callebaut white chocolate. I love fruit-and-chocolate mixtures, and that extra champagne "zap" brings such pairings to an elegant new level. Yum!
  • Please know, every one of these toffee entries were delicious and could win any competition in their own rights. The bar was set incredibly high! It was nearly impossible to pick winners. For those who opted to go out on a limb and create unique flavor pairings, I applaud you. Every single ingredient combination worked, surprisingly well!

INDIVIDUAL JUDGES' RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CHOCOLATIERS

  • Enstrom: Very nice crunch to your classic toffee, but I found it had an odd aftertaste (in lot 27253). Maybe from the sunflower lecithin?
  • Kate’s Single Batch Toffee is the best classic English Toffee I've had. I wish everyone would follow her lead and toast their nuts for deeper flavor — plus use high quality chocolate and enough of it to stand up to the sweetness of the toffee
  • Enstrom: packaging messy/annoying.
  • # 1 flavor profile. Love unique flavor like peanut butter! Packaging, presentation important to the visual aesthetic of sweet confections!
  • Bravo to the purists who opt for oils and natural fruit flavors like powdered raspberries. Artificial ingredients always seem so apparent in this type of confection. They dominate the flavor profiles and diminish the purity of the other ingredients.
    Some of the flavorings were too strong, also some of the toffee was too sweet.

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