A sugar thermometer - this will help you cook the mixture to just the right temperature.A roasting tin or cake tin lined with baking parchment - have this prepped before you start making the toffee so it’s ready.A balloon whisk - whisks help to quickly mix in the bicarbonate of soda without destroying the bubbles.A wooden spoon - wooden spoons are the safest thing to stir hot sugar syrups with because they don’t conduct heat.A sturdy large saucepan - the pan always has to be large even if making a small amount, because when the bicarbonate of soda is added, the mixture puffs up quickly, so the pan needs to be big enough to allow this to happen safely without it overflowing.When the honeycomb is tipped out of the pan, the bubbly toffee begins to set and solidify.ĭo I need special equipment to make honeycomb? The alkaline bicarbonate of soda chemically reacts with the acidic sugar and immediately forms an abundance of carbon dioxide gas, which gets trapped in the molten mixture. Sometimes called cinder toffee, or hokey pokey, (or ‘the inside of a Cadbury’s Crunchie bar’!) honeycomb is a cooked mixture of sugar and golden syrup that has bicarbonate of soda added to it, which makes the confection puff up before it sets, giving the sweet that classic honeycomb texture. Follow our step by step guide on how to make honeycomb including our honeycomb recipe below. If you’re looking to make an edible gift homemade honeycomb or cinder toffee is one of the quickest sweets to make and only requires three ingredients.
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