Salted Peanut Honeycomb
I made honeycomb for the first time not too long ago, it was divine to eat and I love the chemical lava style reaction you get when you make it!
This combines sweet & salty which I think works so well. They can make a lovely present if bagged up and labelled. Lasts about a week in a container, but really best within 4 days. I had the tough job of taste testing each day, all for research purposes of course!
Be warned that this is wickedly hot and can have a tendency to splash if stirred with vigour! Don’t be tempted to lick the spoon soon after spreading it on the baking tray, it will seriously hurt.
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Salted Peanut Honeycomb
Ingredients
100g granulated sugar
4 tbsp or 65g golden syrup
85g roasted salted peanuts
2 tsp unsalted butter
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
Grease a baking tray with oil.
In a heavy based saucepan place the sugar, syrup, peanuts & butter. Heat on a medium heat and keep stirring to mix together until the sugar has melted.
Turn up the heat to bring to a boil, keep stirring to stop it catching. Ideally you should use a sugar thermometer and when the temperature reaches 145°C remove from the heat. If you don’t have one then you’ll need to make sure it’s a deep golden colour.
Throw in the vanilla & bicarbonate. This will make it fizz up, stir through then working quickly spread it out onto the baking tray. Leave to cool completely then break into pieces. Store in a container. Enjoy ♥
Looks yummy , thank you for sharing this recipe!
These look delicious, will have to try!
They are sooooo moreish Asma! Hope you like 🙂
How big is the tray used?
I used a standard baking tray (as listed in the recipe details) it will not cover the entire surface
This looks lovely but would it be ok to use salted butter or margarine?? Thanks x
Hi Nicola, my preference is unsalted butter as the peanuts are already salty so for me that would be too much salt. Give it a try if that’s all you have, I’m sure it will still taste fab! 🙂
is it tablespoon or teaspoon please coz i must make this
tyvm forsharing
Hi Sue, tsp=teaspoon tbsp=tablespoon 🙂
Hi! I’m really looking forward to making this, but I don’t have a ton of experience with candy making and I know some recipes cannot be doubled. I’m wondering if the recipe can be doubled or if I would need to make 2 separate batches. Thanks!
Hi Mary, this is great to double up with no problems (in fact I did a triple batch today!) Hope you enjoy it 🙂
Sorry, but is it a typo that it says only 2 tsp of butter instead of 2 tbsp of butter? I have just never used a recipe that measured butter in anything other than tbsp, cups, or lbs?
No typo Margaret, it’s 2 teaspoons of butter, just a hint is perfect 🙂