Award-Winning English Toffee from Rushburn Toffee Makes San Francisco that Much Sweeter this Holiday

Third-generation toffee recipe spreads from one woman’s secret to a city favorite, a treat with tradition that San Francisco has discovered as a delight

[USPRwire, Fri Nov 14 2008] It was this season more than 90 years ago that Betty Burns was sharing her famous English toffee with friends and family, a Christmas treat they eagerly awaited. This holiday season, the chocolate toffee delights “Grammer” Betty gifted to loved ones for decades is available for everyone in the San Francisco Bay Area from award-winning Rushburn Toffee.

The confectionery treat was shared, but never the recipe — until given to her daughter Kathy, one year before “Grammer” Betty passed away in 1993. Stephanie Rush, a clinical researcher and toffee confectioner, learned the recipe from her aunt Kathy and decided to take her grandmother’s treat-sharing to a new level. Today Rushburn Toffee has swiftly grown from a single-kitchen secret to San Francisco Bay Area’s “Best English Toffee,” according to the Los Angeles Chocolate Salon.

Rush took her grandmother’s recipe and developed a whole line of toffee delights, launching Rushburn Toffee as an online retailer with the old family recipe as its roots.

“It’s such a special kind of privilege to be able to carry on my grandmother’s tradition,” Rush said. “Christmas was the only time of year she shared her toffee, and I think she would be proud if she knew how just how far her joys were being spread this season.”

The Rushburn Toffee product line
Rushburn Toffee currently has four flavors of toffee:
• English Toffee (made with semi-sweet chocolate and almonds),
• Espresso Toffee (made with espresso-flavored toffee, semi-sweet chocolate and almonds ),
• Milk Chocolate Toffee Clusters (pieces of English Toffee with almonds covered in milk chocolate), and
• Dark Chocolate Toffee Clusters (pieces of English Toffee with almonds covered in dark chocolate).

“We all know chocolate isn’t hard to find when the holidays come around, but Rushburn Toffee has a local tie that makes it the perfect treat for San Franciscans to send this season,” Rush said. “What better way to spread Bay Area cheer to friends, family and business associates across the country than with an award-winning, local treat? Our assorted toffee sure beats that fruit cake some people were planning on baking in their own kitchens. And for the holiday lovers still set on gifting homemade goodies, they can tell recipients the recipe came from Grammer Betty… I’m sure Santa has his secrets, too!”

Rushburn Toffee (both English and Espresso) is available in stylish gift tins in half-pound or one-pound sizes, as well as in decorative gift boxes in three-ounce, half-pound and one-pound sizes. Prices start at $5.00.

In addition, the company is also offering two sampler tin options. The Toffee Sampler Gift Tin – 0.5 Pound carries four ounces each of the English Toffee and the Espresso Toffee and is priced at $17.50. Conversely, the Toffee Sampler Tin – 1 Pound carries four ounces of each toffee and toffee cluster flavor combined into a one-pound toffee extravaganza and is priced at $35.00.

Rushburn Toffee can be ordered online at http://www.rushburn.com, by fax or by mail. Wholesalers and retailers are also welcome.

About Rushburn Toffee
For four generations, the Burns and Rush families have delighted relatives and friends alike with a magical English toffee recipe every holiday season. Now available year-round, Rushburn Toffee is a boutique confectionery dedicated to capturing the taste buds of chocolate lovers around the world. For more information, please visit www.rushburn.com or call 415-647-7902.

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MEDIA CONTACTS:
Stephanie Rush, 415-647-7902, srush@rushburn.com or
David Politis, POLITIS LLC, 801-523-3730(w)/801-556-8184(c), dpolitis@politis.com