How to Use toffee in a Sentence

toffee

noun
  • The toffee topping gave the whole thing a crunchy sweet bite.
    — Brady MacDonald, Orange County Register, 25 Oct. 2024
  • Desserts include a lemon curd and a sticky toffee and date cake.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Feb. 2023
  • Rich palate packed with butter toffee and sweet red fruit notes.
    — Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
  • The third course is a sticky toffee pudding with bay leaf ice cream.
    — Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Dec. 2023
  • On top is a dark chocolate glaze and a crunchy bite of peanut toffee.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 July 2022
  • Milk chocolate, toffee, caramel and dark fruit on the palate.
    — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Sep. 2019
  • Slabs of toffee would be made around the fire as games were played, and tall stories told.
    — Chad De Guzman, TIME, 18 Dec. 2024
  • My favorite part of this cookie is the crunchy toffee pieces.
    — Hannah Drown, cleveland.com, 13 Mar. 2018
  • The caramel and toffee used in their products is also made in-house.
    — Adriana Ramirez, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 26 July 2019
  • And, for dessert, Kate's all about the sticky toffee pudding.
    — Korin Miller, Women's Health, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Some like sweet on sweet like milk chocolate with brownie pieces or toffee pieces.
    — Kristine M. Kierzek, Journal Sentinel, 20 Feb. 2023
  • The sticky toffee pudding, though a touch cloying, hit the spot.
    — New York Times, 15 June 2018
  • The rum is rich and aromatic, with notes of toffee, fig, and wood spices.
    — Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
  • These malty lagers, rich with toast and toffee flavors, are somewhat sweet.
    — John Verive, latimes.com, 20 Dec. 2017
  • Saltines add just the right amount of crunch and saltiness to this triple-layer toffee.
    — Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 30 Mar. 2026
  • The dessert combines cookie pieces, toffee and caramel with soft serve ice cream.
    — Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Sesame ice cream does appear, though, as a cool foil to the warm toffee medjool date cake.
    — Gabriella Gershenson, New York Times, 31 Mar. 2017
  • This recipe has been on my want-to-make list for a while now—I’m toffee’s biggest fan.
    — The Bon Appétit Staff, Bon Appetit Magazine, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Colors include quartz, sand, toffee, clay, sea urchin and pinot, which makes the pieces easy to mix and match.
    — Krystin Arneson, CNN Underscored, 12 Mar. 2021
  • The way the light banana slices play off the deep, toasty flavor of the sticky toffee drizzled on top?
    — Rachel Bernhard, Journal Sentinel, 26 Nov. 2024
  • Tawny Port spends years in barrel, picking up notes of caramel, nuts, and toffee along the way.
    — Emily Price, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026
  • There is the pleasure Poornima takes in a red toffee as large as her palm.
    — Anita Felicelli, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Mar. 2018
  • The butter toffee peanuts provide the perfect sweet contrast to the rest of the mix.
    — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 6 Feb. 2026
  • The butter toffee peanuts provide the perfect sweet contrast to the rest of the mix.
    — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Dried dates are even sweeter and toffee-like due to their higher sugar content.
    — Mira Miller, Verywell Health, 8 Oct. 2025
  • This makes room for the orange and lemon flavors, which dominate the toffee-like malts.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Feb. 2023
  • On the tongue, Sierra Nevada starts with a quick flash of toffee-like malt.
    — Michael Agnew, Star Tribune, 7 Apr. 2021
  • The finish is long and fruity, with lingering notes of toffee, seasoned oak, and dark fruit.
    — Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2025
  • The palate expresses toffee flavors, rye spice, herbal notes of dill and mint, and a touch of fruitiness.
    — Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
  • This was a standout of the series, with sweet notes of fruit, vanilla, toffee, and honey on the palate.
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 4 Dec. 2023

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