How to Use toffee in a Sentence

toffee

noun
Definition of toffeenext
  • Or fifty and a box of toffee from the place on Main Street.
    — Rebecca Makkai, Harper's Magazine, 17 Aug. 2021
  • And, for dessert, Kate's all about the sticky toffee pudding.
    — Korin Miller, Women's Health, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Milk chocolate, toffee, caramel and dark fruit on the palate.
    — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Sep. 2019
  • Desserts include a lemon curd and a sticky toffee and date cake.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Feb. 2023
  • On top is a dark chocolate glaze and a crunchy bite of peanut toffee.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 July 2022
  • The third course is a sticky toffee pudding with bay leaf ice cream.
    — Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Dec. 2023
  • The sticky toffee pudding, though a touch cloying, hit the spot.
    — New York Times, 15 June 2018
  • The caramel and toffee used in their products is also made in-house.
    — Adriana Ramirez, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 26 July 2019
  • On the tongue, Sierra Nevada starts with a quick flash of toffee-like malt.
    — Michael Agnew, Star Tribune, 7 Apr. 2021
  • My favorite part of this cookie is the crunchy toffee pieces.
    — Hannah Drown, cleveland.com, 13 Mar. 2018
  • Rich palate packed with butter toffee and sweet red fruit notes.
    — Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Colors include quartz, sand, toffee, clay, sea urchin and pinot, which makes the pieces easy to mix and match.
    — Krystin Arneson, CNN Underscored, 12 Mar. 2021
  • The rest of the drink combines Starbucks Blonde espresso, toffee syrup, and creamy oat milk.
    — Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Sesame ice cream does appear, though, as a cool foil to the warm toffee medjool date cake.
    — Gabriella Gershenson, New York Times, 31 Mar. 2017
  • This was a standout of the series, with sweet notes of fruit, vanilla, toffee, and honey on the palate.
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 4 Dec. 2023
  • Grab the polished cardigan in one of the 18 neutral tones available, from toffee to beige to olive.
    — Wendy Vazquez, Southern Living, 3 Oct. 2023
  • The toffee, sweet notes from the malt and hop bitterness in the beer balances with the sweetness and richness of the cookie.
    — John Frank, The Denver Post, 7 Feb. 2017
  • Sweetness from the maple syrup, nuttiness from the pecan, along with caramel and toffee notes, some heat on the finish.
    — Brian Manzullo, Detroit Free Press, 26 Oct. 2019
  • There is the pleasure Poornima takes in a red toffee as large as her palm.
    — Anita Felicelli, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Mar. 2018
  • The leather notes from the nose ride back in for a final flourish on a finish that is sweetened up with a grace note of toffee.
    — Brian Freedman, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2021
  • The gourmet toffee — made originally in her home kitchen — was sold in over 500 stores.
    — Nicole Sours Larson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 June 2023
  • The toffee was spread extremely thin across the crackers.
    — Sheri Castle, Southern Living, 5 Nov. 2023
  • Both bars are thin slabs of toffee coated in chocolate.
    — Lucas Kwan Peterson, latimes.com, 11 June 2019
  • This makes room for the orange and lemon flavors, which dominate the toffee-like malts.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Feb. 2023
  • Sruth is an Irish reference to a river’s stream, and the Sruth Bar is dark chocolate and toffee.
    — Eric Degerman, idahostatesman, 8 Feb. 2017
  • These malty lagers, rich with toast and toffee flavors, are somewhat sweet.
    — John Verive, latimes.com, 20 Dec. 2017
  • Curly toffee roses and the lovely @amandaelizabeth_art.
    — Kelly Corbett, House Beautiful, 24 Feb. 2020
  • There are plenty of options for brunettes to play up the layers in their hair, from peanut butter cup hair to touch of toffee.
    — Janae McKenzie, Glamour, 29 Sep. 2021
  • The nose is a delightful mix of rich sweetness, with intense aromas of toffee and caramel.
    — Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
  • Official tasting notes describe caramel and toffee on the nose, followed by pear-like fruitiness, dry oak, vanilla, and baking spice on the palate and finish.
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 24 Sep. 2024

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