#2748 - Christmas Toffee

(by Shirley McNevich)

2 cups Quaker quick oats
1/2 cup butter (melted)
1/2 cup Domino's dark brown sugar (packed)
1/2 tsp. salt
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla
1/3 cup Kayro dark corn syrup
1 1/2 cups Nestle's semi-sweet chocolate bits (melted)
1 cup very finely chopped roasted peanuts

In a bowl add oats and melted butter--stir. Add brown sugar, salt, vanilla and corn syrup--stir well. Press the mixture firmly into the bottom of a greased fudge pan (7" x 11"). Bake at 450 degrees for 12 minutes. Cool completely, then refrigerate until cold. Invert the fudge pan on to a cutting board and tap the bottom of the pan until the mixture falls out. Melt 1/2 of the chocolate bits according to bag directions and spread it over the top of the candy mixture. Sprinkle 1/2 of the chopped peanuts over the melted chocolate. Cool completely, then refrigerate until cold. Melt the rest of the chocolate and spread it over the opposite side of the candy mixture. Sprinkle the rest of the chopped peanuts over the melted chocolate. Cool completely, then refrigerate until cold. Break the mixture into pieces to serve. Keep refrigerated.