No matter where you are in Brandini Toffee's Rancho Mirage location, popcorn is all the craze — cashew almond toffee popcorn, to be exact. Behind the production doors, the nutty coated sweet ...

Alpharetta-based Maybird Confections produces almost a dozen varieties of toffee as well as chocolate-covered nuts and espresso beans. Courtesy of Maybird Confections. By C.W. Cameron / For the AJC.

Pour warm caramel over reserved nuts in crust, pushing carefully into an even layer with spatula as needed. Step 8 Peel and slice 4–5 large ripe but firm bananas into ½"-thick rounds.