This is driving me nuts! So I know the flavor of this but I cannot place the name. I've searched through all my candy cookbooks and I haven't come across the name yet. It's a traditional candy served especially around Christmas time. It's not a fudge or a caramel and it's not a toffee. It's the flavor you get right after a heavy dark chocolate fudge with nuts begins to caramelize. After it cools it becomes a very hard chewy caramel but it's not a caramel. I used to make this stuff all the time but I just cannot remember the name, and I seem to remember it being an Italian name but it's not Penuche which is a pre-fudge state of sugar. Arrrrggggg!!!!!!!
My mother makes Peanut Patties(thats what we called them) every year using the method you described. She used to make them without the peanuts for me.
Marzipan?
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