Chocolate Almond Butter Crunch

I never tried this. I found it a while back and it sounded tasty 8)

Melt the butter in a heavy 3-liter saucepan on low heat.

Add the sugar , corn syrup and water.

Cook over medium heat.

Stir constantly until it reaches hard crack stage , 300 on candy thermometer.

Remove from heat and stir in vanilla extract and the almonds.

Spread into a buttered 13 x 9-inch pan.

Let stand 5 minutes.

Sprinkle with chocolate chips.

When chocolate is melted , spread evenly over candy.

Let cool completely , and when chocolate is set , break into pieces.

butter, sugar, light corn syrup, water, vanilla extract, toasted almonds, semi-sweet chocolate chips