Chocolate Honeycomb

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Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
The Hebridean Baker: Recipes and Wee Stories from the Scottish Islands

By Coinneach MacLeod

Published 2021

  • About

Making honeycomb is like a magic trick, and these wee chocolate-covered treats make the perfect festive gift. If you can bear to be parted from them, that is!

Ingredients

  • 200 g golden caster sugar
  • 5 tablespoons golden syrup
  • 2

Method

Line a 20cm square tin with parchment paper.

Add the sugar and golden syrup to a deep saucepan and place over a low heat until the sugar has melted. Then turn up the heat and simmer until the caramel has an amber colour (this should only take a minute).

Then, as quickly as you can, take off the heat, tip in the bicarbonate of soda and beat with a whisk or wooden spoon. The caram