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Honeycomb Candy – Aka Hokey-Pokey or Sponge Candy

At a Glance

Prep
20 minutes
Cook
30 minutes
Total
20 min
Servings
1.00 batch

Categories

  • Candy

Cuisine

  • international

Cooking Method

  • Stovetop

Difficulty

  • Easy

Dietary

  • None

Servings & Nutrition

Original recipe serves 6. Current scale: 1x.

Calories 283.3 per serving 1700 for selected servings
Fat 0.3g per serving 2g for selected servings
Sugar 35g per serving 210g for selected servings
Protein 0.2g per serving 1g for selected servings
Carbohydrates 28.7g per serving 172g for selected servings

Nutrition and servings are approximate based on the ingredient list. Please verify for dietary or medical needs.

This recipe for Honeycomb Candy - Aka Hokey-Pokey or Sponge Candy brings together 1 1/2 cups sugar, 1/3 cup corn syrup, 1/3 cup honey in a practical dish for home cooking. It takes about 20 min to prepare and cook. It makes approximately 1 servings.

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Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cups sugar
  • 1/3 cup corn syrup
  • 1/3 cup honey
  • 1/3 cup water
  • 2 teaspoons baking soda, finely sifted
  • chocolate, for coating (optional)

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Instructions

  1. In a saucepan, combine the sugar, corn syrup, honey, and water, and using a wooden spoon, stir constantly over low heat until the sugar is fully dissolved.

  2. Put candy thermometer into the mixture to monitor temperature, increase the heat and boil mixture to exactly 270 degrees F (132C).

  3. Reduce heat to as low as possible and maintain the temperature 270F for exactly 15 minutes.

  4. It is very important that the temperature of the mixture does not fluctuate; if the temperature begins to rise, remove the pan from heat occasionally to reduce the heat.

  5. After the temperature has been maintained for 15 minutes, remove the pan from heat, take out the thermometer, and allow the bubbles to subside.

  6. Using a wooden spoon, quickly stir in finely sifted baking soda.

  7. Immediately and quickly pour the mixture into a large oiled baking dish.

  8. (Please note, important: the pouring step requires strength and you'll be handling extremely hot liquids; if you're not strong and agile enough you might want to leave that step to a strong and able assistant.) When candy has completely cooled, remove from pan and break into pieces.

  9. Many lovers of honeycomb candy like to coat the pieces in chocolate- you can dunk the pieces into melted chocolate if you like.

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