{"id":29425,"date":"2022-02-10T17:14:50","date_gmt":"2022-02-11T01:14:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/?p=29425"},"modified":"2025-01-11T17:35:31","modified_gmt":"2025-01-12T01:35:31","slug":"r-n-j-toffee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/south-bay-chocolate\/r-n-j-toffee\/","title":{"rendered":"R &#038; J Toffee \u2013 closed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7947 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/RJ.jpg\" alt=\"R&amp;J Toffee\" width=\"320\" height=\"843\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/RJ.jpg 320w, https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/RJ-152x400.jpg 152w, https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/RJ-200x527.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, 320px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>185 Lewis Road, Unit 31 San Jose<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/d-i-y-tours\/south-bay-tour\/\"><strong>South Bay DIY Tour<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: R &amp; J Toffee closed at the end of 2024.<\/p>\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-28884 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Confectioner.png\" alt=\"Confectioner icon\" width=\"72\" height=\"68\" \/>Long shelf life chocolate treat<\/h2>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rjtoffees.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">R&amp;J Toffees<\/a><\/strong> of San Jose opened in 2005 and since then has\u00a0made one product only: their Premium Almond Toffee. Based on a decades-old recipe from the grandfather of the founders, brothers Ryan &amp; Joel Sakakihara, it is a traditional toffee with good chocolate and almond flavor with a long buttery aftertaste.<\/p>\n<p>The secret to their toffee\u2019s buttery taste is that they age the toffee for 8-9 months before selling it. They recommend\u00a0aging it further after purchase to deepen\u00a0the buttery toffee flavor. It keeps in the fridge for 8-9 months, or a year in the freezer.<\/p>\n<p>R&amp;J Toffees are available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rjtoffees.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">online<\/a>, in local Whole Foods, Costcos, and some other local stores. They also sell their toffee at special events and festivals. Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rjtoffees.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">their website<\/a> to find other locations.<\/p>\n<h3>\u00a0CBTB mentions:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/ourchocolatiers\/it-takes-a-neighborhood\/\">It takes a neighborhood<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/ourchocolatiers\/egg-citing-times\/\">Egg-citing times<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/through-thick-thin\/\">Through thick &amp; thin<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/ourchocolatiers\/chocolate-in-the-time-of-covid\/\">Chocolate in the time of COVID<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/chocolate-community\/\">Chocolate community<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/ourchocolatiers\/good-for-you\/\">Good for you<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/ourchocolatiers\/chocolate-deluge\/\">Chocolate Deluge<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/the-raw-and-the-cooked\/\">The raw and the cooked<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A chocolate treat with a long shelf life<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29452,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"single-tourpage.php","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1155,146,493,131,488],"tags":[1473,1320,1468,794],"class_list":["post-29425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-listed-confectioner","category-listingssfba","category-tour-stop-south-bay","category-south-bay-chocolate","category-update","tag-closed","tag-confectioner","tag-listing","tag-r-j-toffees"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29425"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29425\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29441,"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29425\/revisions\/29441"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}