Welcome to our series sharing Food Holidays: June 29th, 2022. Today is National Almond Buttercrunch Day which reminds me of Crunch n Munch which I haven’t had in a long long time. But would be a nice snack to have this afternoon or Cracker Jack which also reminds me of Almond Buttercrunch while David says he will have Toffee. How about you?
National Almond Buttercrunch Day
Almond Buttercrunch was particularly popular back in the days of World War II, and it’s ease of shipment making Almond Buttercrunch the perfect taste of home to wrap up and send along in care packages. One of the most recognizable forms of Almond Buttercrunch Candy is that produced by the company ‘Brown & Haley’ out of Seattle, WA. Brown & Haley started the tradition of wrapping the Candy in their signature gold wrappers and storing them in tins to help keep the Almond Buttercup delicious and ready to consume on arrival.
Did you know Toffee is made by mixing together the base ingredients, which is Caramelized Sugar and Butter, and boiled until it reaches the hard crack stage. Roughly the temperature should be 149-154 Celsius, or 300 to 310 Fareneight. Just before the Candy reaches this stage, the Almonds are added, making the Toffee Crunch into Almond Buttercrunch! The Almond Roca brand is cooled, dipped in Chocolate, and then rolled in crumbled Almonds to create it’s signature taste.
Let’s celebrate National Almond Buttercrunch Day
The best way to celebrate National Almond Buttercrunch Day is to share the wonderful taste that is this candy. You can purchase candies that are based on this wonderful base and hand them out to family. If you’re in the Seattle area you can go on a tour of their factory, or for that home-made authentic taste, stop by a local Candy-maker in your town.
Five Finds about Almonds:
- Did you know there are 5,639 people in the U.S. listed on whitepages.com with the last name ‘Almond’?
- Chocolate manufacturers use 40% of the worlds Almonds.
- California produced 998 million pounds of Almonds in 2004 and the largest crop on record was in 2002, with 1.084 billion pounds.
- It takes more than 1.2 million Bee Hives to pollinate California’s Almond crop (over 550,000 acres).
- Chocolate manufacturers currently use 40 percent of the world’s Almonds and 20 percent of the world’s Peanuts.
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
