Honeycomb candy with honey is the perfect treat. This homemade honeycomb is easy to make without corn syrup and only using delicious honey and sugar for sweetness! It only uses four ingredients and is sure to wow anyone who tries it.
Josh, my husband, is making a guest appearance on the blog today with this homemade honeycomb recipe. He has spent over 2 months and many tries perfecting this recipe. But it's actually easy to make. Maybe TOO easy.
It uses honey. No corn syrup. So many recipes out there for homemade honeycomb candy use corn syrup, but I have to say he's developed the perfect honeycomb recipe without corn syrup. It just uses that delicious honey (and some sugar).
And it's so good. It puffs up perfectly to get that delicious honeycomb texture. It breaks perfectly into sugary shards. And it's full of honey flavor.
This honeycomb sponge candy reminds us both of the seafoam candy that you can get from the store. It's so good.
A little tip from us though. Make sure you have your windows and doors closed when you make this recipe. One time during testing, our daughter opened the back door and BEES flew in. Yes, bees. Cause honey. It was quite the adventure getting them out of the house.
Ingredients
- Sugar
- Honey
- Water
- Baking soda
How to make honeycomb candy
Line an 8x11 casserole dish with parchment paper (this will make it easier to lift the honeycomb out). Have a large heat-proof mixing bowl and whisk ready and your baking soda measured and ready to pour.
Combine the sugar, honey and water in a medium saucepan.
Heat over medium-high heat, swirling the pan occasionally to mix, until a candy thermometer reads 300 degrees.
Carefully pour into your mixing bowl.
Add baking soda.
Whisk in the baking soda until combined (about 15-20 seconds).
Pour into your prepared casserole dish.
Place on a cooling rack until cool (about 20 minutes).
Lift the honeycomb out of the pan and place on a strong surface to break up like a cutting board. (We wound up using a baking sheet. It's nice because it also "contains" the honeycomb when breaking it up).
Cut or break apart with a light tap from a rolling pin.
Yum, look at those delicious honeycomb shards.
Recipe tips
- If you want a salted honeycomb flavor, you can sprinkle sea salt on the honeycomb immediately after pouring into the casserole dish.
- Want to make a chocolate-covered honeycomb? Melt chocolate to dip the honeycomb pieces in after the honeycomb is cooled and broken apart.
- We've found an 8x11 casserole dish gives the perfect amount of thickness. If you use a bigger or smaller casserole dish, the thickness of your honeycomb will be different.
How to store honeycomb candy
After breaking apart, immediately store in an airtight container.
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- Dubai chocolate strawberry cup
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Honeycomb Candy with Honey
Equipment
- Whisk
- Candy thermometer
- Parchment paper
- Casserole dish (ideally 8x11)
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups sugar (300 grams)
- ¼ cup honey (60 ml)
- ¼ cup water (60 ml)
- 1 Tablespoon baking soda (17 grams)
Instructions
- Line an 8x11 casserole dish with parchment paper (this will make it easier to lift the honeycomb out). Have a large heat-proof mixing bowl and whisk ready and your baking soda measured and ready to pour.
- Combine the sugar, honey and water in a medium saucepan. Heat over medium-high heat, swirling the pan occasionally to mix, until a candy thermometer reads 300 degrees.
- Carefully pour into your mixing bowl. Whisk in the baking soda until combined (about 15 seconds) and pour into your prepared casserole dish. Place on a cooling rack until cool (about 20 minutes).
- Lift the honeycomb out of the pan and cut or break apart with a light tap from a rolling pin.
Notes
- If you want a salted honeycomb flavor, you can sprinkle sea salt on the honeycomb immediately after pouring into the casserole dish.
- Want to make a chocolate-covered honeycomb? Melt chocolate to dip the honeycomb pieces in after the honeycomb is cooled and broken apart.
Nutrition
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