Homemade honeycomb
By Esther Clark
Combine golden syrup, sugar and bicarbonate of soda to make our moreish homemade honeycomb. Simple to make, it’s a lovely gift for friends at Christmas time
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Prep:5 mins
Cook:10 mins
plus at least 1 hr cooling - Easy
Nutrition per serving
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kcal 375
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fat 1g
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saturates 0.5g
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carbs 92g
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sugars 0g
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fibre 0g
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protein 0.1g
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salt 2.2g
Ingredients
- butter, for the tin
- 200g caster sugar
- 5 tbsp golden syrup
- 2tsp bicarbonate of soda
Method
Butter the base and sides of a 20cm non-stick square cake tin. (If your tin isn’t non-stick, butter, then line with baking parchment).
Melt the sugar and golden syrup in a deep saucepan over a low heat, stirring. Don’t let it bubble until the sugar has dissolved completely.
Once melted, turn up the heat and bring to a simmer. Cook until you have an amber-coloured caramel (this won’t take long, but if you have a thermometer, it needs to reach 150C, so it doesn’t get sticky when stored). As quickly as you can, remove from the heat, add the bicarb and beat with a wooden spoon until it’s all absorbed and the mixture is foaming. Immediately scrape into the tin, but be careful, as the mixture will be very hot.
Leave to cool for 1-1½ hrs until the honeycomb is hard – it will continue bubbling in the tin as it cools. Break into chunks before packaging.
