My family absolutely loves these Toffee Meringue Bars. Not only are they super delicious, but they are also very easy to make. If you have a toffee lover in your family, then you must give this recipe a try.
The rock star of this recipe is the Heath Bars. Toffee, almonds and chocolate in one delicious candy bar. These candy bars are very popular in baking so you can now buy Heath Bar Bits in a bag!
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I’m fortunate enough that I can buy Heath Bar Bits at my local grocery store. They are basically Heath Bars that are already chopped up for you ready to use. It saves you a lot of time when making this recipe. If you can’t find any at your local grocery store, chop up 2 Heath Bars for this recipe.
If you love the flavor of Heath Bars, you need to give my Heath Bit Bars recipe a try. They are absolutely sinful!
Gather your Ingredients
You will need the following ingredients to make this Toffee Meringue Bars recipe. For ingredient amounts please refer to the printable recipe card at the bottom of this post.
- Unsalted Butter – you can use regular salted butter if you prefer
- Light Brown Sugar – you can also use dark brown sugar
- Eggs – fresh large eggs as much as possible
- Vanilla Extract – you can use store-bought or my Instant Pot Homemade Vanilla Extract or my Sous Vide Vanilla Extract
- All Purpose Flour – I mostly use King Arthur but use what you got (no affiliation)
- Baking Soda
- Salt – a must for most recipes
- Heath Toffee Bits – you can get these on Amazon
- White Sugar – you can also use any sugar alternative
How to Make Toffee Meringue Bars
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Cream butter and brown sugar in a mixing bowl until light. Beat in egg yolks and vanilla extract.
- Add the all purpose flour, baking soda and salt to the creamed mixture and mix well.
- Press into an ungreased 9 x 13 inch baking dish. Sprinkle heath bits over the top of the cookie base and press lightly.
- Bake for 10 minutes.
- Beat egg whites until stiff peaks form. Add sugar gradually, beating constantly until stiff. Spread on the hot cookie base.
- Bake for 20 minutes. Let cool slightly and cut into bars.
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Toffee Meringue Bars
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Ingredients
- ½ Cup Unsalted Butter, softened
- 1 Cup Light Brown Sugar
- 2 Egg Yolks
- 1 Tsp Vanilla Extract
- 1 ½ Cups All Purpose Flour
- ¼ Tsp Baking Soda
- ½ Tsp Salt
- 2 Cup Heath Toffee Bits
- 3 Egg Whites
- ½ Cup White Sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Cream butter and brown sugar in a mixing bowl until light. Beat in egg yolks and vanilla extract.
- Add mixture of flour, soda and salt and mix well.
- Press into an ungreased 9×13 inch baking dish. Sprinkle heath bits over the top of the cookie base and press lightly.
- Bake for 10 minutes.
- Beat egg whites until stiff peaks form. Add sugar gradually, beating constantly until stiff. Spread on the hot cookie base.
- Bake for 20 minutes. Let cool slightly and cut into bars.
These toffee bars are delicious. I made them over the Christmas holidays and everyone loved them. They were very easy to make.