Comments on: Antique Recipe: Honey Caramels

By: Allison

Allison — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 02:02:53 +0000

I just made this recipe as a filling for some chocolates I made. It’s wonderful (with a little sea salt on top of the chocolate)! Do you know if I could reduce the amount of sugar in the recipe and still end up with a chewy caramel?
Thanks!

By: mostlygreenmama

mostlygreenmama — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 21:45:46 +0000

Just had a friend forward me this recipe. She made it with coconut milk instead of cream and coconut oil instead of butter, for her her dairy allergic little one. Turned out GREAT! But if you go that route, half the measurement for the coconut oil, she said.

By: megan

megan — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 23:41:16 +0000

whoa richard, that’s pretty extreme! I’m with you though, I’ve gotten terrible, terrible burns from hot sugar – mine too was a brittle accident! it huuurts.

By: richard

richard — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 23:07:20 +0000

to underscore possible danger of hot sugar – spilled some on my thumb while making peanut brittle. had to go to emergency clinic, burned all the way to bone! worst pain ever! got infected, took two months to heal, still have bad scar. BE CAREFUL!

By: radish

radish — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 19:11:35 +0000

At Landmarc, they give you honey caramels after dinner, I always try to hoard them, but eat all within an hour. I have even asked for seconds (no shame whatsoever!) — this looks fantastic and making caramels is so much fun. I’ve made salted before, but not this – need to try!

By: liza

liza — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 05:29:52 +0000

We have bees and a hive in our garden so we will definitely be trying this out…sorry you can’t raise bees, they are fascinating and very helpful on our land.

By: Marc @ NoRecipes

Marc @ NoRecipes — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 04:55:57 +0000

Oooo I bet this tastes phenomenal. There’s a flavour of ice cream in Australia/New Zealand called “Hokey Poky” that has little bits of caramelized honey in it. It’s my flavour of ice cream.

By: megan

megan — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:10:33 +0000

Thanks Kelly. It’s 1/4 cup butter (4 tbs.). Changing recipe now.

By: Kelly

Kelly — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 22:53:43 +0000

Should you use one half cup of butter or 4 tablespoons? 4 tablespoons is one quarter cup of butter….

By: Daily Spud

Daily Spud — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 23:30:39 +0000

I’m not even sure that I count as a novice candy maker – it’s been soooooo long since I even thought about trying to make anything like caramels or toffee. As for the beekeeping being illegal in NYC – that just sounds crazy to me!