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| name = Almond Roca
| image = [[File:Almond Roca.JPG|thumb]]
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| country = United States
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| creator = [[Brown and Haley]]
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| type = Chocolate-covered [[toffee]]
| served =
| main_ingredient = [[Sugar]], [[almond]]s, [[butter]], [[vegetable oil]], [[chocolate]]
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'''Almond Roca''' is a brand of chocolate-covered, almond butter crunch, hard [[toffee]] with a coating of ground [[almond]]s. It is similar to chocolate-covered [[Toffee|English toffee]]. The candy is manufactured by the [[Brown and Haley|Brown & Haley]] Co. of [[Tacoma, Washington]], founded in 1914 by Harry Brown and J.C. Haley.

==Background==
Almond Roca was invented in 1923.<ref>[http://www.topsecretrecipes.com/Brown-and-Haley-Almond-Roca-Copycat-Recipe.html http://www.topsecretrecipes.com/Brown-and-Haley-Almond-Roca-Copycat-Recipe.html]</ref> The candy's name is said to have been inspired by Tacoma's head librarian, who chose the Spanish word "roca", meaning "rock" in English, to describe the hard, log-shaped confection.<ref name="history">{{Cite web |url=http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/Brown-amp;-Haley-Company-History.html |title=Brown & Haley – Company History |accessdate=21 December 2008 |work= |publisher=Funding Universe |date=| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20090123191133/http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/Brown-amp;-Haley-Company-History.html| archivedate= 23 January 2009 | deadurl= no}}</ref> Brown & Haley first used Almond Roca's trademark pink [[tin]] can containers in 1927 to extend the product's shelf life.<ref name="history"/> Individual pieces of Almond Roca candy are wrapped in gold-colored [[aluminum foil]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.brown-haley.com/popupproduct.php?package=208 |title=Brown & Haley Product Description – Almond Roca Traditional Tin |accessdate=21 December 2008 |work= |publisher= |date=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.seattleweekly.com/2005-12-28/news/mossbacks-remembered-2005 |title=Mossbacks Remembered: 2005 |accessdate=21 December 2008 |work=Seattle Weekly |publisher= |date=28 December 2005| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20090131114505/http://www.seattleweekly.com/2005-12-28/news/mossbacks-remembered-2005| archivedate= 31 January 2009 | deadurl= no}}</ref>

In 2009 the Washington state legislature attempted to designate [[Aplets & Cotlets]] the "official candy of the state of Washington". The proposal ultimately failed; some legislators from Western Washington thought the designation should go to Almond Roca.<ref name="epicurious">{{cite news|last1=Raskin|first1=Hannah|title=Discovering Washington's Aplets and Cotlets|url=http://www.epicurious.com/archive/blogs/editor/2011/09/aplets-and-cotlets.html|accessdate=6 June 2016|work=[[Epicurious]]|date=7 September 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Aplets & Cotlets official candy?|url=http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/aplets-cotlets-official-candy/|accessdate=6 June 2016|work=[[Seattle Times]]|date=30 December 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Clement|first1=Bethany|title=The Battle for the Official Candy of Washington State|url=http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2009/02/03/the_battle_for_the_official_ca|accessdate=6 June 2016|work=[[The Stranger (newspaper)|The Stranger]]|date=3 February 2009}}</ref>

==Ingredients==
Almond Roca contains [[sugar]], almonds, [[butter]], palm oil, palm kernel oil, [[cocoa powder]], [[whey]], skim milk powder, soya [[lecithin]], [[chocolate]], and [[vanilla]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://german-lebkuchen.com/acatalog/info_ROC5110-A.html |title=Brown and Haley: Almond Roca |accessdate=21 December 2008 |work= |publisher=German Lebkuchen |date=}}</ref>

By company tradition, a small amount of the original 1923 batch of toffee is carried over into each subsequent batch of candy.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://southsoundmag.com/print-articles/confection-perfection/ |title=Tacoma's Brown & Haley Legacy Thrives |accessdate=1 February 2013 |work= |publisher= |date=}}</ref>

Empirical studies have shown that the chocolate and almond coating of the candy includes the equivalent of two average sized almonds.{{Citation needed|date=January 2015}}

==Other varieties==
Since 2003, Brown & Haley has expanded its line of chocolate-coated toffee, with dark chocolate, [[cashew]], [[macadamia nut]], [[cafe mocha|mocha]] (coffee-flavored), peppermint and sugar-free varieties.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.brown-haley.com/rocaflavorsproduct.php |title=Brown & Haley Products – Roca Varieties |accessdate=22 December 2012 |work= |publisher= |date=}}</ref>

==External links==
* [https://www.brown-haley.com/almondproduct.php Brown & Haley - Almond Roca page]

Almond Roca - Revision history

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