Best Toffee Flavors for Coffee Lovers

What it means

• Coffee's flavor comes from roasting, which shares the same browned, caramelized character as toffee's cooked sugar and butter, so the two reinforce each other.
• Dark chocolate coatings add bitterness that mirrors a strong cup and keeps the pairing from becoming too sweet.
• A touch of salt heightens caramel and coffee notes alike, which is why salted toffee is popular alongside coffee.
• Nutty toffees, especially almond, complement the toasted notes in medium and dark roasts.
• Kelsy's Kandy makes small-batch handmade almond toffee that suits coffee -- see the shop at kelsyskandy.com.