INGREDIENTS

Cake:

-  1 (18 1/4-ounce) package of Double Chocolate cake mix
-  1 egg
-  8 tablespoons of butter, melted

Filling:

-  1 (8-ounce) package of cream cheese, softened
-  1 cup of Nutella
-  3 eggs
-  1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
-  8 tablespoons of butter, melted
-  1 1/2 cups of powdered sugar
-  2 teaspoons of instant espresso

Topping:

-  Vanilla Ice Cream (can substitute whipped cream if you are not an ice cream fan)
-  Truly Toffee Bits (as much as you like)

DIRECTIONS

For the Cake:

-  Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
-  With an electric mixer mix the following ingredients well:  cake mix, egg, and butter.
-  Lightly grease a 13 by 9-inch baking pan with butter.
-  Pat the mixture into the bottom of the pan.

For the filling:

-  In a large bowl, beat the cream cheese and Nutella until smooth.
-  Add the eggs, vanilla, and butter, and beat together.
-  Add the powdered sugar, instant espresso and mix well.
-  Spread filling/Nutella mixture over the cake batter.

Cooking Instructions:

-  Bake for 40 to 50 minutes. Make sure not to overbake as the center should be a little gooey.
-  Serve with Vanilla Ice Cream / Whipped Cream and sprinkles of Truly Toffee Bits* on top.

* Truly Toffee bits can be special ordered from TrulyToffee.com; please feel free to contact us if you would like us to send you a sample.

INGREDIENTS

Crust:

-  12 whole graham crackers (about 7 ounces)
-  1/4 cup sugar
-  7 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted

Filling:

-  1 cup canned pure pumpkin
-  3/4 cup (packed) golden brown sugar
-  1/4 cup heavy whipping cream
-  1 teaspoon vanilla extract
-  1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
-  1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
-  1/2 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
-  1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
-  1/4 teaspoon salt
-  2 quarts premium vanilla ice cream

Topping:

-  10 ounces Truly Toffee (any flavor)

DIRECTIONS

For the crust:

-  Preheat your oven to 350°F.
-  Finely grind the graham crackers in a food processor.
-  Mix in sugar with the graham cracker grinds.
-  Add butter to the sugar/graham mix; mix well to blend.
-  Press the ingredients onto the bottom and sides of a 10-inch glass pie dish.
-  Bake until light brown around edges, about 12 minutes.
-  Allow the cooked pie crust to cool completely.

For the pie filling:

-  Whisk all the ingredients except the ice cream in a medium bowl.
-  Slightly soften the ice cream in microwave in 10-second intervals.
-  Measure 1 cup of ice cream; cover and freeze (reserve for another use).
-  Spoon the remaining ice cream into large bowl.
-  Working quickly, add the ingredients mixture and fold just until swirled into ice cream (do not blend completely). If the ice cream begins to melt, freeze until almost firm.
-  Spoon the ice cream and ingredient filling into a cooled crust.
-  Cover the pie with plastic, and freeze until firm (at least 6 hours)
-  PLAN AHEAD: The pie can be made 2 days ahead of use. Keep frozen at all times.

For the perfect topping:

-  Break Truly Toffee into bite-sized crumbles.
-  Spoon generous amounts of Truly Toffee decoratively over your pie.
-  Cut pie into wedges and serve, placing a full wedge of Truly Toffee as a decorative wafer.

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About Truly Toffee
For the past decade, Truly Toffee was only available as a holiday treat to a select group of family and friends. Now, after years of persuasion and rave product reviews by everyone who has had the opportunity to taste it, Truly Toffee is available for everyone to savor and enjoy. Truly Toffee is made from the freshest ingredients and each hand dipped piece of toffee is inspected to ensure that only the highest quality product reaches its client’s doorstep. The delicious toffees come in a variety of elegant and highly customizable packaging options that make Truly Toffee the perfect solution for every occasion. Whether it be as corporate giveaway to a few highly important clients, a general customized corporate gift with a client’s company logo or even part of a gift bag giveaway at a party or special event, Truly Toffee is sure to be the highlight of a client’s occasion. Truly Toffee’s four signature toffee flavors include the classic Milk Chocolate Almond, a decadent dark Chocolate Hazelnut, the delicious Milk Chocolate Pecan and a heavenly White Chocolate Pistachio. The combination of authentic, premium ingredients with plenty of imagination and flair is something Truly Toffee is passionately committed to. The Truly Toffee staff personally chooses every nut, chocolate and spice that is used to create the product and the company strives to excite the taste buds of everyone who has the pleasure of biting into this truly exceptional toffee.  Truly Toffee is available online at www.TrulyToffee.com.

About Handmade Galleries
Handmade Galleries, one of Los Angeles Magazines Top 25 One-Stop Shopping Experiences, is a unique, fun gift shop where you’ll find the quirky, creative, and unusual. Handmade Galleries is located in Sherman Oaks at 14556 Ventura Boulevard, and can be accessed online at www.HandmadeGalleriesLA.com.

Truly Toffee was asked to create a toffee-filled party favor in pink for Clara’s first birthday party.  After some searching to find the perfect color to match the day’s decor, Truly Toffee was able to create an elegantly wrapped 6 ounce party favor that turned out to be quite a hit!  The favor was so well received that Clara’s mother was kind enough to send us a testimonial.  Thank you Clara for allowing us to be a part of your special day, and thank you Mom for the wonderful testimonial:

“I can’t say enough about the great relationship I have had with Truly Toffee.  My first experience with Truly Toffee was when they created favors for 70-80 guests at my daughter’s first birthday party.  Their service was very responsive and professional and their product was of the finest quality.  When I first contacted them about my event, they immediately came back with several attractive packaging proposals, as well as designs for the personalized enclosure card tied to each favor.  The final product was assorted toffee wrapped in pink and brown polka dotted cellophane bag, tied with a coordinating ribbon and perfectly matching the color scheme of our event and exactly as I had specified.  The owners themselves personally delivered the favors to our venue ahead of schedule and even offered to help set them out.  We appreciated the personal service and could tell how much care and attention they give to their product and their customers.  The toffee was delicious and our guests loved them.  The flavors are unique and rich, and they don’t skimp on ingredients.  So many of our guests came up to us afterward to compliment us on the toffee – everyone wanted more!  With such a great response, I put in my next order for 40 favors for a bridal shower I was hosting.  I was again impressed with Truly Toffee’s attention to service and presentation.  They sent me another beautiful proposal for a pillow box packaging with a personalized enclosure card that matched the colors and design of our shower.  The favors were another hit. I’m a very satisfied customer and look forward to giving out tins of Truly Toffee this Christmas to my coworkers.”

FROM PR.COM

Beverly Hills, CA, August 05, 2008 –(PR.com)– Bricanna Holding Corporation, a food product and product branding company based out of Beverly Hills, California has recently launched Truly Toffee on a nationwide basis. The nationwide launch comes on the heels of a pickup in popularity for the company’s first of many product offerings.

Truly Toffee offers an exquisite and delicious treat that is available in a number of highly customizable elegant packaging options, making it the perfect solution for its client’s corporate gift, wedding favor and party favor needs. Truly Toffee has seen rapid growth in product sales since its Southern California launch back in August of 2007 and has been featured as the corporate give away for a number of local area businesses, including its recent distribution as part of the high-end gift basket give aways for some of Hollywood’s most recognized plastic surgeons. The product was also featured at the recent wedding reception of two of UCLA’s finest physicians at Seven Degrees in Laguna Beach, California and is to be the official wedding favor at an upcoming wedding at the Universal Hilton in Universal City, California.

For product inquiries and to receive a copy of the 2008-2009 Truly Toffee product catalog please contact the company via its website (www.TrulyToffee.com) or via email at CustomerService@TrulyToffee.com.

About Truly Toffee

For the past decade, Truly Toffee was only available as a holiday treat to a select group of family and friends. Now, after years of persuasion and rave product reviews by everyone who has had the opportunity to taste it, Truly Toffee is available for everyone to savor and enjoy. Truly Toffee is made from the freshest ingredients and each hand dipped piece of toffee is inspected to ensure that only the highest quality product reaches its client’s doorstep. The delicious toffees come in a variety of elegant and highly customizable packaging options that make Truly Toffee the perfect solution for every occasion. Whether it be as corporate giveaway to a few highly important clients, a general customized corporate gift with a client’s company logo or even part of a gift bag giveaway at a party or special event, Truly Toffee is sure to be the highlight of a client’s occasion.

Truly Toffee’s four signature toffee flavors include the classic Milk Chocolate Almond, a decadent dark Chocolate Hazelnut, the delicious Milk Chocolate Pecan and a heavenly White Chocolate Pistachio. The combination of authentic, premium ingredients with plenty of imagination and flair is something Truly Toffee is passionately committed to. The Truly Toffee staff personally chooses every nut, chocolate and spice that is used to create the product and the company strives to excite the taste buds of everyone who has the pleasure of biting into this truly exceptional toffee.

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