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honeycomb toffee
Aerated British caramel confection made with sugar, golden syrup and bicarbonate of soda.
About honeycomb toffee
Honeycomb toffee, also called cinder toffee in Britain, is an aerated sugar confection whose open structure comes from bicarbonate of soda foaming hot caramel. This profile uses the compact British golden-syrup version without a chocolate coating.
Caster sugar supplies a clean caramel sweetness, while golden syrup adds a deeper toasted, slightly buttery note and helps keep the cooked sugar smooth. The bicarbonate contributes no intended flavour beyond a faint mineral edge when properly dispersed.
The set toffee is deep amber and breaks into jagged shards filled with irregular bubbles. It is rigid and glassy at first bite, then collapses into a light, crisp, sponge-like crunch.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Milk.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in honeycomb toffee
British Golden-Syrup Honeycomb Toffee.
- ButterTin coating
- Caster sugarCaramel base
- Golden syrupCaramel smoothness and toasted sweetness
- Bicarbonate of sodaAerating agent
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Butter:
- Caster sugar:
- Golden syrup: . The source does not specify a brand or complete commercial syrup formula.
- Bicarbonate of soda:
Origins & food traditions
BBC Good Food supplies the complete British honeycomb recipe selected here, using a buttered tin, caster sugar, golden syrup and bicarbonate of soda. The reference article independently identifies honeycomb or cinder toffee as an aerated sugar confection made with syrup and baking soda and describes its light rigid sponge-like structure.
Countries
- United Kingdom
Cuisines & regions
- British Cuisine
- British Confectionery
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.