Quick & Easy Microwave Butter Toffee

Note from Cheri: This ingeniously easy recipe was given to us by Kellie Head and Loretta Casteen of LazyGourmets.com. Fill your Christmas candy tins or bowls with this golden, nutty toffee. Click here for more Lazy Gourmet Microwave Candy Recipes!

1 1/3 cup sugar 1 cup softened butter 2 tablespoons water 1 tablespoon dark corn syrup 1 teaspoon vanilla 3/4 cup semisweet chocolate chips 2/3 cups chopped walnuts

In a large microwave safe bowl, mix sugar, butter, water and corn syrup. Microwave on high 4 minutes. Stirring every 2 minutes, heat 6-8 minutes longer until thickened and gold in color. Add vanilla; stir well. Pour mixture into 9x13 dish. Spread chocolate chips over hot toffee. Sprinkle with nuts. Cool completely. Break into pieces. Quick Cook Microwave Cooking Covers Specifically designed to make microwave cooking safer and more efficient, these durable cooking covers speed up cooking time, eliminate spattering and automatically vent steam. Most importantly, the Quick Cook Microwave Cooking Covers are non-toxic, unlike a lot of plastic and foam that many people regularly use in their microwave ovens. Dishwasher safe and reusable, each set comes with two (2) cooking covers (10" x 10" and 8" x 8").