Easy Salted Chocolate Matzo Toffee
on Apr 10, 2023, Updated Mar 31, 2025
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This Easy Salted Chocolate Matzo Toffee with hazelnuts is the perfect Passover treat! To be honest, it is the best treat year-round, and also a wonderful way to use up any leftover matzo after Passover, too. With just six simple ingredients, you can create a sweet and salty snack that’s perfect for sharing for your Passover seder, and for any Passover desserts.
Pair this dessert with other Passover favorites, such as our Matzo Ball Soup, and Matzo Pizza with Parmesan and Lemon Zest.
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
This chocolate-covered matzo is a delicious snack that can be customized with your favorite toppings. Try it with chopped nuts like almonds or peanuts, dried cranberries, or shredded coconut. Any flavor you add to this recipe will be amazing!
- Sweet and Salty: The perfect combo of sweet from chocolate and salt from the kosher salt.
- Easy to Make: It comes together in less than 6 ingredients and it can be prepped ahead for the perfect Passover dessert or snack.
- Customizable: You can add any of your favorite nuts, or spices to this recipe to make it your own.
Recipe Ingredients
Below are the ingredients you need to make this recipe, including all our tips and substitutions.
Matzo: Instead of crackers, we are using matzo here!
Unsalted butter: To melt and make your toffee.
Brown sugar: I like to use dark brown sugar here! But you can use light as well. It gets nice a thick with the butter, and a pinch of salt, then spread over the matzo and cooked.
Chocolate chips: After the toffee cooks, chocolate chips melt on top, then your toppings of choice, cooled and then broken apart to serve.
Toppings of choice: We are using flaky sea salt, hazelnuts, flakey salt, and edible flowers, too.
The full list of ingredients with exact quantities can be found on the recipe card below.
Tips and Substitutions
- Nut-Free Option: Remove the hazelnuts if you want this nut-free. You can swap it with coconut flakes, or sunflower and pumpkin seeds.
- Chocolate Variations: You can use any of your favorite chocolates, even white chocolate.
- Storing: Store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to a week, or in the freezer for up to a month.
How to Make Matzo Toffee
Step 1: Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and lay out your matzo sheets in a single layer. In a skillet or pan, melt the butter and brown sugar together over medium heat.
Step 2: Bring the mixture to a boil, then reduce the heat to low and simmer for 5 minutes, stirring constantly. Pour the toffee caramel mixture over the matzo sheets, spreading it out evenly with a spatula.
Step 3: Bake the matzo sheets in the oven for 10-12 minutes. Sprinkle the chocolate chips over the hot toffee. Wait a few minutes for the chips to soften, then spread them out evenly.
Step 4: Sprinkle your toppings over the melted chocolate. Cool, transfer to the fridge to set, and slice into pieces.
The full detailed instructions can be found on the recipe card below.
Serving Recommendations
Looking for some ideas to serve with this matzo toffee? We have you covered!
- If you are looking to build out a Passover menu, Honey and Sumac Roasted Carrots with Ricotta as a side is a great idea! For your mains, pair with Garlic Herb Roasted Chicken or Red Wine Braised Short Ribs.
- Simple just eat as a snack!
- Pair this dessert with other Passover favorites, such as our Matzo Ball Soup, and Matzo Pizza with Parmesan and Lemon Zest.
Matzo Toffee FAQs
Yes, swap the butter for vegan butter, and use a dairy-free alternative to the chocolate chips.
Matzo, is unleavened bread eaten during Passover, made of flour and water.
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Easy Salted Chocolate Matzo Toffee
Ingredients
- 6 matzo sheets
- 1 cup /2 sticks unsalted butter
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 2 cups chocolate baking chips
- Pinch kosher salt
- Toppings of choice, toasted hazelnuts, flaky salt, edible flowers
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and lay out your matzo sheets in a single layer.
- In a skillet or pan, melt the butter and brown sugar together over medium heat. Bring the mixture to a boil, then reduce the heat to low and simmer for 5 minutes, stirring constantly.
- Pour the toffee caramel mixture over the matzo sheets, spreading it out evenly with a spatula.
- Bake the matzo sheets in the oven for 10-12 minutes, until the toffee has turned a deep golden brown.
- Remove the baking sheet from the oven and sprinkle the chocolate chips over the hot toffee. Wait a few minutes for the chips to soften, then spread them out evenly with an offset spatula.
- Sprinkle your desired toppings over the melted chocolate. We recommend toasted hazelnuts, flakey salt, and edible flowers.
- Let the matzo crack cool to room temperature, then transfer it to the fridge to set for 30 minutes to 1 hour. Once the matzo crack has set, remove it from the fridge and slice it into pieces. Serve and enjoy!
Notes
- Nut-Free Option: Remove the hazelnuts if you want this nut-free. You can swap it with coconut flakes, or sunflower and pumpkin seeds.
- Chocolate Variations: You can use any of your favorite chocolates, even white chocolate.
- Storing: Store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to a week, or in the freezer for up to a month.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
One of my favorite recipes to make for Passover! Happy Passover!!!!