How To Make Honeycomb Recipe [Easy Cinder Toffee / Hokey Pokey Recipe]

Learn how to make honeycomb with my easy recipe. This super easy honeycomb recipe needs just three ingredients - you will need a sugar thermometer for this, but the process is actually super simple. Just melt the sugar and syrup together, bring it up to the correct setting temperature, add in the bicarbonate of soda to foam it up, and then pour it in a prepared pan to set.
Also known as cinder toffee and hokey pokey (edit: I made a mistake in the video, hokey pokey is actually New Zealand's official name for it - thank you Philipp in the comments for pointing this out), honeycomb is caramelised sugar that's been foamed up with a little bicarbonate of soda. The bubbles caused by the heated bicarb releasing gas become trapped in the setting sugar, creating that bubbly, brittle texture that's super crunchy and moreish.
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[@willsshepherd2976]

Success. I decided to make sure that the bicarbonate was well sifted through and that did the trick. I made honeycomb , blackjack honeycomb, peanut brittle, butterscotch toffee & have peanut butter balls in freezer so I can chocolate dip them. Thanks, I now have plenty to give away for new years gifts.

[@ChefVicCuisine]

Another great, delicious recipe! Keep up the great work my friend!

[@Tashcakes]

Thank you!

[@user-sl1bf4ik6t]

great cookies

[@ViirinSoftworks]

When I'm making my own videos, I play it back in the editing program to make sure my volume is equal to the volume I play games or watch videos with. I only mention it because this video of yours is a little quieter than some of the other ones you've uploaded.

[@Tashcakes]

Thanks for the heads up! I do listen and adjust the background music and voiceovers to be the same in each video (or at least I have been doing for about a year 😅). The last handful of videos sound the same to me, do you have any examples of louder videos you could point me to so I can double-check?

[@ViirinSoftworks]

@@Tashcakes Yes, and it's a wonderful video, and how I found you!
th-cam.com/video/NIfM5czze_8/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=Tashcakes

[@willsshepherd2976]

I always have problems getting the right consistency. Cream of tartar was ri originally recommended then it switched bicarb soda lately I’m seeing mixture of both but mine is always flat.

[@rodgerdewing8390]

Can I replace Golden suryp for pure maple syrup?

[@shaianneroberts3253]

can i use just honey instead of golden syrup

[@muhongli6490]

Yes

[@philippkirsch2716]

Actually, it is not called 'hokey pokey' because apparently people in England like to give things funny names. Actually, William Hatton, the inventor gave this confectionary that name when he filed the patent in New Zealand on the 14th of March 1896. Yes, invented in New Zealand. here is the link from the New Zealand Archives: th-cam.com/video/bvi84-sh8uQ/w-d-xo.html

[@Tashcakes]

Thanks for the correction, I've added the naming origins in the caption! You're definitely right about the name and patent, but as for the invention on further investigation it seems it was only patented, but not invented in NZ - records suggest the candy's been around since the 1940s-1950s, with some websites saying it first started popping up in the US (e.g: www.foodsofengland.co.uk/honeycombtoffee.htm). It's also got variations in South Korea and China, so it's super tough to say when and where it was actually invented.