If an easy-peasy, crunchy candy dipped in chocolate sounds like your kind of good time, wowza—have I got a deliciously simple treat for you. Honeycomb, which goes by myriad whimsical names (more on that below), is made with just four ingredients—sugar, syrup, baking soda, and cream of tartar—or five if you count the water (but who’s counting?).
Yes, honeycomb making involves boiling sugar on the stovetop and using a candy thermometer, and yes that can be scary, but I 100% got you and will be holding your hand all the way through the short (and sweet!) process. Moreover, for all the honey-lovers in the house, this recipe actually calls for honey as an ingredient, unlike others on the web that include corn syrup in their list and are therefore “honeycomb” in name only….