Butter Toffee Crunch
January’s Flavor of the Month is Butter Toffee Crunch!
A butter pecan flavored ice cream complemented with whirls of toffee variegate and finished with a delicious toffee crunch.
Butter Toffee is a relatively new treat, as candy goes. Most food historians agree the sweet treat rose to prominence during the early 1800s. England took a particular liking to toffee thanks to their plentiful butter supplies. The Oxford English Dictionary first mentioned the word “toffee” in 1825, which means it had been in use for several years. Interestingly, however, the toffee that is so cherished by many Americans today is not the toffee of English origin. In fact, it is actually called butter-crunch. What’s the difference? Primarily, the ingredients. Toffee in Britain is made with brown sugar, whereas butter-crunch is made with white granulated sugar.
What is Flavor of the Month?
The Flavor of the Month is a program Umpqua Dairy utilizes, where each month has a featured flavor. They are available for roughly three months, or until stock runs out. Most stores have a limited shelf area that brands compete for, and this program allows us to offer a larger number of flavors throughout the year than we might otherwise be able to. This also allows us to try out new flavors, and if they are really well received, it is easier for us to add them into our regular lineup.
The current Flavor of the Month is always listed here our website and on our social media feeds.