Honey Candy Recipes

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Elizabeth LaBau
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Elizabeth LaBau
A professional pastry chef, cookbook author, and writer, Elizabeth LaBau has published more than 600 articles on baking and candy making.
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Updated on 06/14/20
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Honey adds a floral flavor as well as a rich sweetness to any candy recipe. If you want to get the most out of your honey, try using it in one of these candies, like honey truffles, honey-roasted peanuts, or honey toffee.

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    Honey Truffles

    Honey Truffles

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    Honey truffles are beautiful chocolate-dipped beehive-shaped truffles made out of honey-chocolate ganache, with a liquid honey filling on the inside.

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    Chocolate-Dipped Honeycomb

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    Honeycomb is a honey-flavored sugar candy with a unique bubbly, aerated texture. Crunchy pieces of this delightful treat are covered in chocolate to form irresistible chocolate-dipped honeycomb.

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    Peanut Honey Toffee

    peanut toffee

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    This peanut honey toffee recipe is a delicious twist on an old favorite. The honey adds a slight chewiness and a subtle note of sweetness to the double peanut flavor.

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    Almond Honey Nougat

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    This recipe for almond honey nougat resembles the popular European sweet Torrone. It is a chewy, sweet confection studded with three kinds of crunchy nuts and delicately scented with extracts and orange blossom water.

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    Honey Roasted Peanuts

    Honey Roasted Peanuts

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    You'll never be satisfied with airplane peanuts again! This honey roasted peanuts recipe produces golden brown nuts with a deep honey taste, a wonderful crunch, and a kiss of salt.