Recipe for Honeycomb (like Cruchies but without the chocolate!)

[Claire159]

I'm sure it's just old age catching up with me... but I've misliad a recipe I tore out of a weekend supplement from the papers a few weeks back - it was for a recipe by Rachel Allen (I think it was her... she's the blonde Irish chef on the telly a lot)... for Honeycomb (like Cruchies but without the chocolate!). I remeber bicarbonate of soda and golden syrup were in the ingredients but the rest is a blank - can anyone enlighten me with the full correct recipe please? Thanks Claire

[Nummy]

Ingredients

250g (9oz) demerara sugar
250g (9oz) granulated sugar
2 tbsp water
4 tbsp golden syrup
75g (3oz) butter
60g (2�oz) glucose liquid
2 tbsp baking powder

To serve
200g (7oz) melted milk chocolate

Special equipment
deep baking tray

Method
Line the baking tray with baking parchment.
Put the sugar, water, golden syrup, butter and glucose into a pan and bring to the boil. When boiling, add the baking powder and shake rigorously. The mixture will puff up.
Immediately pour the mixture into the lined baking tray and allow to cool.
To serve, break the honeycomb into chunks and dip in melted chocolate.

[Nummy]

the above recipe was on tv this morning, but i can;t remember the name of the guy doing the cooking. looked easy tho!

enjoy! :o)

[valerieb1254]

Hi Claire,
Got this one out of a book I have, have not tried it yet.
Honeycomb Toffee.
4oz golden syrup
2oz sugar (demerara )
2 level teaspoons bicarbonate of soda.
Boil the syrup and sugar together for about 5 minutes or until it is a rich brown colour. While still boiling stir in the bicarbonate of soda very quickly.Pour into a well greased tin and allow to cool and set.When almost firm loosen edges with a knife and turn out on to a wire tray. Break into pieces.

[crete]

as children we called it puff candy.

[ermintrude35]

...just make sure you have a very large saucepan...because when you add the bicarb it will foam up and over the pan if it's too small...and you will end up chipping rock hard toffee off your cooker for the rest of the afternoon...

[boyo bach]

It was Paul Merrit Nummy :-)

[Claire159]

Thanks everyone! I think the recipe must have been the one by Paul Merret. I shall give it a whirl next weekend (as I have all the ingredients except the Liquid Glucose) and I shall taste-test then report back here on my success (or lack thereof!!)

Cheers again
Claire :)