Feeling a bit tasteless in the mouth? Yes I was dying for something to chew one evening when my son brought home a packet of Thornton's Special Toffee Brazil Nut and a selection of milk and plain treacle. The plain and treacle gave a bit of variety so he disappeared upstairs with those and left my wife and I with the Brazils. I love Brazil nuts anyway, and the bonus was that we could either choose a large or small piece. Unless you get a toffee hammer and break them smaller it takes time to get down to the Brazil nut, but that is the beauty of it. Patience! First you get a piece you can manage and pop it in your mouth; Suck gently, the warmth from your ...  Read the complete review

I love digging into a bag of Thorntons special toffee as a very occasional treat, I love the different flavours they have and as a fan of Brazil Nuts this toffee is right up my street. You can get this toffee in various sizes of packaging, it can come in little bags or you can get boxes of it, making the boxes a perfect gift. The smallest sized bag if 105g and is priced at just 99p, a bargain as the quality of this is excellent. The next size up is a 250g bag, or you can get a big box at 625g, which is probably good for a gift. Inside your bag of toffee the pieces vary in size, you may get larger pieces mixed in with tiny pieces of the toffee, but ...  Read the complete review

Just been to a 'Thornton's outlet' store and had a taster of this little piece of heaven! As a confirmed chocoholic, this departure into the confectionary field was pretty much unknown territory for me BUT Thornton's toffee must be the most delicious thing I have eaten today!! In fact my only complaint about the packet I have just bought is that the pieces are quite big! The consistency of the toffee is quite hard, and takes a fair amount of chewing, but its worth the effort. There are great big chunks of brazil nuts evenly spaced throughout the creamy toffee..a perfect combination. I think that even someone with the sweetest tooth would struggle to eat their ...  Read the complete review