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Once you start eating matzo toffee, you may not be able to stop! 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Always looking for something different to make I stumbled across this recipe last Christmas. It was so popular with my family I made it 8 times. The recipe is so easy and with very few ingredients. I just made batch number 1 for this season. I was smart and purchased more than one box of the Matzo crackers as they can be hard to find.<\/p>","CommentId":6,"DateRated":"12\/19\/2011 22:22","GUID":"bc634bef98a6428687ca5d417234ca07","MemberId":4807058,"Rating":5,"ScreenName":"flowerz56","SubmittedDate":"12\/19\/2011 22:21"},{"Comment":"
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Very good recipe. My husband loved it. I actually made as a gift to give to the attorney I work for who is Jewish. He in turn gave some to his mother who raved about it and wanted the recipe too.<\/p>","CommentId":8,"DateRated":"01\/31\/2011 22:27","GUID":"1F7BCC3CEAAC4152B37285D26D1FE85D","MemberId":548619,"Rating":5,"ScreenName":"LegalSec","SubmittedDate":"01\/31\/2011 22:27"},{"Comment":"
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