Honeycomb Candy - Aka Hokey-pokey Or Sponge Candy

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

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)

Recipe

• 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.