1. Lightly grease a cookie sheet. In a heavy pan, melt butter over high heat. Add sugar, corn syrup, and water. Stir continuously and cook to hard crack stage or 300 degrees on a candy thermometer. 2.

It takes a lot of sugar to make the sweet Tacoma treat called Almond Roca — 4 million pounds a year, according to maker Brown & Haley. Now, honey bees can get in on the sweet tradition. On Tuesday, a ...

Day 8 of my Edible Christmas Gift Countdown If fudge is a hug and cookies are a party, almond roca is a mic drop. It’s ...

In the 100 years Almond Roca has been making world reknown candy, there's one man who's been working at the Brown and Haley Tacoma warehouse for more than half that time. Pat Zderic started when he ...

When most candy companies are ramping up for the Valentines Day and Easter crushes, Brown & Haley is also concentrating on New Years Day. In China. Tacoma-based Brown & Haley, a century-old candy ...

Almond Roca, that buttery, crunchy, chocolate-covered, almond-dusted and world-famous candy from Tacoma, is celebrating its 100th birthday next week with the debut of a new neon sign. The centennial ...

Almost 90 years after Tacoma candy maker Brown & Haley debuted Almond Roca — essentially English toffee bites enrobed in chocolate — the firm has teamed up with Washington’s fast-growing Precept Wine ...

TACOMA, Wash. -- The holidays are always a busy time of year at Tacoma's Brown and Haley, the makers of Almond Roca. But the busy season won't end December 25. The company is filling orders as fast as ...

TACOMA, Wash. — The Almond Roca Factory is the winner of Best Treat Stop in 2025's Best Northwest Escapes viewer's poll. It looks like a river of molten toffee, it is Almond Roca being born. It comes ...