Scottish Puff Candy
Cinder Toffee, Hokey Pokey, Honeycomb whatever you call it its sugar!
Ingredients
- 250 g of Caster Sugar Granulated can be used as well
- 125 mls of Golden Syrup
- 3 tsps of Bicarbonate of Soda
Instructions
- Line a large tin with greaseproof paper.
- Add the sugar and Golden syrup to a large pot.
- Stir the mixture together, try not to stir again until it is time to add the bicarbonate of soda.
- Bring the mixture to a boil and simmer until the mixture turns golden brown, if you have a thermometer make sure you reach 150C. This should take about 3-5 mins.
- Take off the heat immediately and add the bicarbonate of soda.
- Ensure that the bicarbonate of soda is mixed into the mixture well.
- The mixture will foam and rise, don't panic! this is why you picked a large pot.
- Pour into your prepared tin and leave to set.
- This could take a couple of hours.
- Once the mixture has cooled, remove it from the tin and greaseproof paper and using a sharp knife, cut it into shards of sugary tastiness.