Now I know these aren’t the best pictures or the prettiest macarons you’ll ever see but believe me, they taste good!! I forgot to bang the tray with the macarons before baking to get rid of any massive air bubbles, so they did pop a little but no matter, they still got devoured!
I love watching and making honeycomb being made – Its a true chemical experiment how it fizzes and comes together. I can’t eat too much of it on its own though – The worry about rotting my teeth ruins it a little. I have absolutely no problems eating hundreds of macarons though!
HONEYCOMB MACARONS
| Serves | 25 |
| Prep time | 1 hour |
| Cook time | 15 minutes |
| Total time | 1 hour, 15 minutes |
| Meal type | Dessert, Snack |
| Misc | Child Friendly, Serve Cold |
| Occasion | Barbecue, Birthday Party, Casual Party |
INGREDIENTS
- 165 + 125g Caster Sugar
- 65ml Honey
- 40ml Water
- 1 tablespoon Syrup
- 1 teaspoon Bicarbonate of Soda
- 125g Ground Almonds
- 125g Icing Sugar
- 4 Egg Whites (At Room Temperature fro 20 mins before using)
DIRECTIONS
| Honeycomb | |
| 1. | |
| Add the honey, the 165g caster sugar, water & syrup to a medium sized pan and bring to the boil. Do not stir – allow to bubble gently for 5 minutes. Periodically, brush down the sides of the pan with a pastry brush and extra water. This stops it sticking to the sides of the pan. | |
| 2. | |
| Once the temperature reaches 154C (Won’t take long) remove from the heat for 1-2 minutes until it all settles. | |
| 3. | |
| Add in the bicarb of soda – This is the fun bit – it will fizzle and bubble up. Stir like mad for 1-2 minutes until all combined. | |
| 4. | |
| Transfer onto a sheet of Baking Parchment and flatten out evenly until it is the thickness you want. | |
| 5. | |
| Leave to cool completely, then break into chunks – Ready to eat this stage as normal honeycomb | |
| Honeycomb Macarons | |
| 6. | |
| To make the macarons, blitz half of the honeycomb mixture in a food processor until fine crumbs | |
| 7. | |
| Whisk the egg whites until the reach stiff peaks – Add the remaining caster sugar one tablespoon at a time until combined. Your mixture should still be stiff. | |
| 8. | |
| In another bowl, sift the ground almonds and icing sugar and add in one tablespoon at a time, until combined. | |
| 9. | |
| Gently fold in the honeycomb powder until combined too | |
| 10. | |
| Transfer the mixture to a piping bag with a 1cm hole, onto 2 baking trays covered with baking parchment and pipe macaron shapes – You should get about 50 (making 25 full macarons, but you knew that!) | |
| 11. | |
| Slam the tray twice to get rid of air bubbles and bake at 150C for 15-20 minutes until crisp on the top | |
| 12. | |
| Serve with whipped double cream or dip individual macarons into melted chocolate. Enjoy! | |
The macarons look lush, I would love to try them. I haven’t done a honeycomb in yonks, feel like running to the kitchen and making some now.
your macarons look GREAT and I don’t care what you say! And I love honey, so I’d looooooooooove eat a few of them 🙂
Thank you for featuring my Shortbread Cookies with Nuts and Almonds and my Cream-Cookie Cake with sugar coating!
I’m honored!!
Have a great weekend and thank you for hosting another party
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i love the sound of honeycomb macarons yummy! x
I’m back!!! Finally I am getting back to my old self again and my baking has restarted albeit gluten free. Your macarons look delicious xx
Wow so beautiful! Thanks for linking up to #brilliantblogposts
Lovely – honeycomb is so addictive! Thanks for linking to #CookBlogShare
Oh these macaroons look divine! I’ve never tried to make them before, maybe I will give them a go x
The macarons look delicious, a fab flavour idea.
Honeycomb is one of my favourites. Combined with macarons… mmm hmmm.
Hope to join in the #bakeoftheweek soon!
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Those look super fab Helen. Just what I need with my 11 am tea.
Wow they look amazing, I’ve only attempted macarons once and they really could have been better so I’m definitely giving these a go.
These look delicious
Thought they maybe hard to make but really quite simple
These look so delicious. I have to make some.
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