Hey everyone! Sam here from Sugar Spun Run, and today I will be showing you how to make Honey Comb Candy.
Honey Comb Candy, which you may also have heard of as sea foam candy, or cinder toffee, is a super simple candy to make.
It only requires a few ingredients, and with a little bit of technique, I'm sure you are going to have no problem making this candy in your own kitchen.
To get started, you are going to want to prep all of your ingredients before you begin.
This is critical, because once your candy hits a certain point, you need to move quickly, so you need to be ready before you even begin.
You are going to want to line a 9 x 9 inch pan with parchment paper.
This is going to help keep the candy from sticking to the bottom of the pan. This is going to make cleanup a lot easier for you.
You are also going to want to get 2 and a half teaspoons of baking soda prepped.
You are not going to need this until the end, but again you want to have it ready.
Now because we are making candy, you are going to want a candy thermometer for this recipe.
It doesn't have to be a digital one, but I really prefer using a digital candy thermometer,
I have always gotten the best results using this kind.
I'll leave a link to this particular thermometer down in the description below.
This one just works pretty well for me, and it's pretty inexpensive.
So you are not going to need this just yet, but you want to have it handy.
Another tool you should keep on hand is a wooden spoon.
I like to use a wooden spoon because it doesn't conduct heat. A metal spoon you are going to burn your hand, forget about it.
So a long handled wooden spoon is a good idea when making candy.
Now to actually begin.
The first ingredient you are going to need is one cup of granulated sugar.
We'll add this to our medium sized saucepan.
and you'll also need 1/3 cup of light corn syrup.
Make sure we get all of that in there.
Now you'll just need 1/3 cup of water.
Now the only other ingredient you will need for this Honey Comb Candy is that
2 and half teaspoons of baking soda, that we talked about just a second ago.
Do not add this to your saucepan, just have it measured out and have it ready nearby.
Back to our saucepan.
You are going to want to turn your stovetop heat to about medium heat.
and just stir everything until your ingredients are combined.
Now just stir this occasionally until your sugar is dissolved and your mixture begins to come to a boil.
Now that our mixture has come to a boil, we are going to remove our spoon,
We are not going to stir our mixture any longer.
and we are going to attach our candy thermometer.
Now keep in mind when you attach your candy thermometer
you do not want the point at the bottom to be touching the bottom of the pan.
That's going to make it read much hotter than it actually is
So you want this about in the middle of your mixture.
Now you need to have a little bit of patience with this process,
because it is going to take a little while for the mixture to finish cooking and reach the desired temperature
Do not turn up the heat to make it happen faster.
What you are going to do is end up burning your candy, and you don't want that.
Slow and steady on medium heat is the way to go.
Now as I just said, we are not going to be doing any more stirring
All we are going to do is wait for our mixture to reach 300 degrees Fahrenheit.
Watch it really carefully, because if it goes above that temperature it will burn it really fast, and you'll have to start all over,
Now that our thermometer is reading 300 degrees Fahrenheit,
Now we have to move fast, we will remove our saucepan from the heat.
and now we need our baking soda. Stir in the 2 and a half teaspoons of baking soda.
And stir your mixture until it turns a nice golden color.
You don't want to over-mix this, because you will deflate all of the bubbles that give this honey comb candy its signature texture,
but once it turns golden, and everything looks nicely combined,
Now we can pour it into our prepared pan.
Now when we pour it out into our pan, you can just wiggle the pan a little bit
to let it spread out into the corners. You don't want to use like a spatula or anything to spread it
because what you will do, as you can see here, it will actually start to deflate your honey comb
That's not going to make it look very nice, so try not to touch it once you have poured it into the pan.
Now that is all there is to making your honey comb candy, we are just going to let it set for an hour.
and once it has set, we can remove it from our pan.
and use a knife, or you can just use your hands and break it into small pieces.
Look at all those bubbles in the interior, I think you understand now why it's called honey comb candy.
So that is all there is to making honey comb candy.
If you'd like, you can drizzle or dip yours in some dark chocolate or semi sweet, or milk chocolate.
I always like a drizzle of dark chocolate on mine.
As you just saw, super simple to make, it does require a little bit of patience.
and always make sure you have everything ready before you begin.
Thank you guys so much for watching, I hope you enjoyed this recipe and I'll see you next time.
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