What is the shelf life for homemade toffee? (recipe: equal parts butter and sugar, and vanilla paste - no chocolate or nuts). I've tried researching, and have found answers ranging from "several weeks" to eight months.
Also: in your opinion, how would the addition of bacon affect the toffee's shelf life?
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6 months? bah!
Every year a good friend and I make a big batch of toffee exactly like what's pictured above for a holiday party he throws. Usually a pound of it gets left in my fridge and I have to admit, I get sick of it and sits there until the next holiday season.
A few years ago my then brand new-girlfriend (now wife) came over, found the then 15 MONTH OLD toffee in the fridge and went to town. The entire pound of it was gone within 2 weeks.
Needless to say:
1. I married her.
2. Toffee will last over a year and still be quite tasty.
3. She now no longer allows me to keep any of the toffee we make -- she can't resist it.
Happy holidays!
-Peter
P.S. Here's the lovely wife so you can see that the toffee had no adverse affects. ;-)
I don't think the addition of crispy bacon would shorten the shelf life: there are many companies that sell and ship it, and if you check ingredient lists from these places, like Vosges, the candy isn't made from anything you can't pronounce.