Boutique Bake Recipe: Dark Chocolate Honeycomb

The lovely Catherine from Boutique Bake has been sharing her delicious baking recipes with us (you can check out more Boutique Bake recipes here) and these quick and easy treats can be whipped up (and devoured) in a jiffy!

These gorgeous honeycomb sweets are so quick and simple to put together and look really appetizing dipped in dark chocolate!

If you're a fan of the classic Crunchie bar, then you are going to really love this homemade version. I've added some chopped hazelnuts and pistachios to add some texture and extra bite.

These are perfect to pop in a jar or gift box, with a ribbon and bring as a gift to friends, and they make a lovely little Christmas present. I’ll be sharing lots of edible gift ideas in the run up to Christmas, so keep an eye out!

Ingredients:

• 200g caster sugar
• 4 tbsp golden syrup
• 2 tsp. bicarbonate of soda
• 100g dark chocolate (melted)
• Chopped pistachios & hazelnuts (to coat)

Method:

• Place the caster sugar and golden syrup in a heavy based saucepan over a low heat
• When the sugar starts to melt give the mixture a quick stir to make sure it is well combined with the golden syrup

• Leave the mixture on the heat until the sugar has dissolved
• Line a small rectangular dish with greaseproof paper

Note: do not be tempted to touch the mixture, as it will be extremely hot!

• Remove the mixture from the heat and add in the bicarbonate of soda

• Give it a quick stir and pour into your prepared dish
• Place aside to cool and set, this will take about 45 minutes

• To make the chocolate coating, melt your chocolate in a microwave or sit over a pan of barely simmering water
• Remove the chocolate from the heat once melted
• Now it’s time to bash up your honeycomb! Remove the honeycomb slab from the dish and peel off the greaseproof paper, then use a wooden spoon to create a variety of different sized chunks

• Finally, dip the honeycomb in the melted chocolate and dip in the chopped nuts, as desired. It’s quite nice to leave some pieces with just chocolate and coat others with the nut topping.

• These honeycomb sweets look gorgeous in a glass kiln jar with a ribbon tied around the lid!
• Hope you enjoy!

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