Christmas Toffee with Chocolate and Orange

Last night we were invited to an impromptu glögg and Christmas baking party! It's been snowing like crazy and my feet are ankle deep in huge drifts of snow no matter where we walk, thankfully I have my Grandmother's hardcore winter shoes (and what a difference those make in the winter. Thank you Grandmama). With all of the snow it feels soooo Christmas-ey, so it was perfect timing, the weekend before Christmas, to hang out with dear friends and bake.
We made pepparkakor and some of the best candy I've ever tasted: chocolate orange toffee. And it's easy. So easy. With so much butter. Easy and Butter? That's a great combination right?
If you need a last minute Christmas gift you should make some of these toffees while listening to your favorite Christmas album and sliding around the floor in your thick, winter socks.

Chocolate Orange Toffee
100 grams of butter
2 dl of cream
1 dl of light colored baking syrup (Americans- corn syrup works)
3 dl of sugar
3 tbsp of honey
1 vanilla bean
1/2 dl of cocoa powder
1 zest of an orange or clementine

Bring the butter, cream, syrup, sugar, honey, and vanilla bean to a boil (for the vanilla bean you can just cut it in half and throw it the pot). Stir continuously and bring the heat down once it reaches a boil. You need to mixture to thicken and it should take about 30 minutes. Keep stirring! Have a bowl of cold water near you and once the mixture starts to thicken put a drop of it in the cold water. If you can form a semi-hard ball it's good to go. The mixture should be dark, toffee color.
Remove the mixture from the heat and pour in the cocoa powder and clementine zest. Mix thoroughly with a fork. Then pour the mixture onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and set it outside or in the fridge so it can chill and firm.
Once firm, cut into medium-small squares and eat. Or your can cut out small strips of parchment paper and roll the toffees in them.
Last night I ate about 15 of these. They're addicting. And have Vitamin-C.