Honeycomb

Ingredients

a little butter
5 tablespoons caster sugar
2 tablespoons golden syrup
1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
50g milk or plain chocolate melted (for the topping) [optional]

Method

1. Grease an 18cm (7in) baking sheet with a little butter. Put the sugar and syrup into a saucepan over a medium heat. Bring the mixture to the boil, then let it simmer for about 3-4 minutes until it becomes golden brown. WARNING the mixture will be very hot!
2. Take the pan off the heat, add the bicarbonate of soda and mix it in with a wooden spoon. when the mixture froths up, pour it into a baking tin right away.
3. When the mixture has cooled, turn it out onto a chopping board and use a wooden spoon to crack it into bite size pieces.
4. You can dip pieces of honeycomb into melted chocolate. Leave them to cool on a piece of greaseproof paper.