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 ...

Dear Cook’s Notebook: Years ago a friend gave me an easy recipe for Almond Roca, which I have since lost in a move. All you had to do was butter a cookie sheet, spread almonds on it and after cooking ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

SEATTLE — Almond Roca lovers, get ready for a new nut. After 81 years of making the decadent chocolate, toffee and nut confection, Brown & Haley plans this holiday season to introduce a new twist on ...

Almond rocha is one of those treats I pretend is “holiday only,” and then somehow I’m making it in July because I needed a little crunch and chocolate in my life. Buttery toffee, toasted almonds, that ...