Pure Honey Taffy

by wold630

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Intro: Pure Honey Taffy

My boys like honey on their honey so as soon as I mentioned pure honey taffy I was hounded everyday until I made it. I had no idea how simple and very fun taffy was to make. My oldest son would have spent all day pulling the taffy if I would have let him. It's relaxing to stretch it and see the new form it takes on.

Who knew you could transform one amazing ingredient, made by spectacularly fascinating bees, into delicious taffy - what ever would we do without bees?!

STEP 1: Boil Honey

There isn't really a recipe for honey taffy (since it's just one ingredient) just the steps to make it.

In a medium sauce pan over medium-high heat boil 3/4 cups of honey, of your choice, to soft crack stage (140 degrees Celsius or about 285 degrees Fahrenheit).

I used local honey to support my local beekeepers, and would recommend you try to do the same, but you could use any honey you could find at the grocery store also. If you can afford to use Manuka honey (my absolute favorite) to make the taffy let me know how it turns out. I couldn't bring myself to test the process with a small jar that cost me $26.99 but I would love to!! The taste is superior, in my opinion!

STEP 2: Cool Honey

Once the honey reaches soft crack stage pour it out of the pan onto a silpat lined baking sheet. Using a rubber spatula continuously spread and mound the honey to help it cool. It will quickly start to string and stick together and start to pull cleanly off the silpat. This took me 5-10 minutes so be patient. Eventually the honey will become a warm mound.

STEP 3: Pull Honey

Once the honey is cool enough to handle generously grease (I used butter) your hands and pick up the mound of honey. Start stretching and twisting the honey in any way you want. Your goal is to incorporate as much air as you can into the honey to make it into taffy. Once it becomes a very light caramel color the taffy is done.

STEP 4: Cut and Wrap

Stretch the honey into a thin(ish) rope and cut into small pieces (approximately one inch in size) using buttered kitchen scissors.

Cut squares of waxed paper and wrap each piece by rolling it around a piece of taffy and twisting up the ends.

My batch made 50 pieces of taffy!

Eat and enjoy!

53 Comments

twylamac 6 years ago

Sounds delicious, however I wouldn't recommend using Manuka honey if you are boiling it. Heating Manuka honey destroys the properties of it and reduces it to mere flavour so definitely not worth the expense!

fishzz 6 years ago

I made some two weeks ago and it turned out very nicely, it was of a nice color and texture but then after sitting for two weeks it kinda made a mess. Some honey bled out and the taffy became more of a goop than anything else. Did I do something wrong? Is this normal or how do I prevent it?

bnafikov 9 years ago

Mine just turned back into honey and didn't harden :/

wold630 9 years ago

I'm sorry to hear that. I would suggest testing your candy thermometer. The honey apparently did not reach soft crack stage. The good news is you can always try again!

wold630 9 years ago

285 is soft crack stage and I feel terrible for putting 185. I always use Celsius on my candy therm because it's so much easier to read. My mistake - I'm sorry. I guess the people who had success also used Celsius readings. I hope you are willing to try again with the correct temp!

Yummywax 7 years ago

Haha I remember I made this in middle school and got so frustrated when it didn't harden. lol At least it gave me an excuse to play with a bunch of honey.

AK Grown 7 years ago

I might be looking at something different but I saw 285 in the directions.

BeckyD53 7 years ago

I made this to 245-F rather than 285-F. They turned out good; easier for youngster to enjoy, a bit soft, but still taffy.

Geeks with lasers 8 years ago

This may sound silly, but I'm seriously considering making this to help out my bees if they are short on supplys. The way I see it, it has to be better for them than table sugar. And easier to feed them than straight honey :)

ddwight 8 years ago

Following the directions and cooking to 285 F as outlined, the taffy was perfect. Tastes just like the honey used. Will definitely make again, next time with local honey and bigger batch.

ddwight 8 years ago

Awesome! Thanks for posting this. Just made it tonight. Very yummy. I would have never guessed.

wold630 9 years ago

Not a typo at all...if they had a bowl of honey they would ask for honey on top of it!

brystal.woolley 9 years ago

Mine turned out to have an undesirable taste and smell, but looked beautiful, although much darker in colour. I definitely didn't burn it, but it almost seems Like the sweetness burned out of it. What could be the issue?

lies.snijders.5 9 years ago

hi please tell me what I could be doing wrong. After heating the honey and cooling it off so it goes into a mount my mount does not get solid enough to work with it in my hands?? I love love the taste but somehow I am doing something wrong

airsofter301 9 years ago

I made them, and they were amazing! I pulled them a little too long, so they ended up more like jolly ranchers, but they still have some chew to them. SOOOOO GOOD!!!

airsofter301 9 years ago

I will definitely be trying this. Looks amazing.

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