Honeycomb

[reuvens]

Actually I´ve never tried to make this sweet delight. But what i saw the other day was unbelievable. A nice chunk of honeycomb with huge holes like rustic bread. Does anybody boy know how to make these things.....I really want to make it now!

[McDuff]

Knock yourself out....

1 1/4 cup sugar

1/4 cup corn syrup

4 t honey

3 T h2o

Bring to 300 degrees. Add 1t baking soda, whip 5 seconds (or less) then pour onto a greased sheet pan.

This stuff comes up fast fast when you put in the soda. Quite instructive.

[Sobaicecream]

Cook's Illustrated's website actually did a whole study on recreating honeycomb, but I just checked and it's not on the freebie part anymore. If you're a registered member though, go check it out!

[reuvens]

Knock yourself out....

1 1/4 cup sugar

1/4 cup corn syrup

4 t honey

3 T h2o

Bring to 300 degrees. Add 1t baking soda, whip 5 seconds (or less) then pour onto a greased sheet pan.

This stuff comes up fast fast when you put in the soda. Quite instructive.

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so is it just a matter of how much baking soda is added or how much you stir when you add it? i was just wondering what exactly is responsible for the big bubbles.

[McDuff]

I think the sugar solution must be very acid because when you put the soda in there, it turns brown and foams gigantically in a split second. You can knock it down if you stir it too much. If you put in too much soda, you'd really taste it.

This is something that I would never have thought that Cook's Illustrated would be doing. Macaroni and cheese over and over, but not this.

[Sobaicecream]

This is something that I would never have thought that Cook's Illustrated would be doing. Macaroni and cheese over and over, but not this.

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In case you try looking for it, McDuff, CI refers to it as sea foam candy, but I believe it's the same thing.

[reuvens]

so when the honeycomb is done,

what´s next?

[Wendy DeBord]

I've never heard sea foam candy refered to as honeycomb, but if were all talking about the same thing.......in my opinion the answer to "what's next?" is to coat it in milk chocolate or semisweet.

[McDuff]

What's next for me is to surreptitiously slide the plate containing the confection to the edge of the table, and dump it into the trash. It's a fun little project, but I'd rather waste the calories on pizza or ice cream.

[reuvens]

What's next for me is to surreptitiously slide the plate containing the confection to the edge of the table, and dump it into the trash. It's a fun little project, but I'd rather waste the calories on pizza or ice cream.

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dumping proper made candy in the trash? nice post!

and have fun with you pizza and ice cream!

vue

[ComeUndone]

How about....

crush and fold into ice-cream or lemon sorbet

grind to powder in food processor and fold into mousse

These candies are like the centre of the Cadbury Crunchie candy bars. One of my favourtie candy bars.

[Emily_R]

Reviving a very old thread to ask -- is there any way to add flavor (other than sugar flavor!) to honeycomb candy?

[Panaderia Canadiense]

I've done it the same way one would add flavour to hard candies - add the flavouring while still boiling up the sugar solution. Mmmm, mint honeycomb.....

[andiesenji]

The folks I know who make it generally dip it into melted dark chocolate and roll that in either chopped nuts or broken hard candies.

At Christmas they had made some and rolled the chocolate-covered "angel sponge" in broken pieces of cinnamon candy.

This site has a recipe and the various names the candy is called in different places. So Sea Foam is okay if you are from the Pacific Northwest.

Angel food candy.