Have you ever taken a bite out of a ray of sunshine? Biting into a golden, sticky sweet piece of honeycomb toffee would definitely be a similar experience. Known by many names around the world, from Hokey Pokey to Cinder Toffee to Sea Foam are all suitable names used to describe this delectable crunchy sweet snack. My family adores it for it offers instant gratification at the sugar depraved moment, conveniently sits in a lunchbox awaiting to be devoured,is a perfect accompaniment with a cup of coffee or ruthlessly broken into pieces can be scattered over an ice cold bowl of ice-cream to offer an added sweet textural delight. A perfect snack on a rainy afternoon it will be like biting into a ray of sunshine, it will make your day a whole better.

Ingredients

·    100g caster sugar
·    3 tablespoons of golden syrup
·    1 heaped teaspoon of baking soda
·    75 mixed dark and milk chocolate

Method

·    Melt the sugar and syrup together in a large saucepan over a low-medium heat.
·    This will take about 2-3 minutes, and first the sugar will clump together and absorb the syrup, then gradually the whole thing will melt.
·    When it does, turn up the heat to high for approximately one minute.
·    Take a small amount and drop into a glass of cold water, looking for the hard toffee consistency (this is usually about 1 to 1.5 minutes after turning up the heat).
·    Take off the heat, and stir in the baking powder (it will bubble up quite a bit, hence the large saucepan).
·    Pour onto a baking tray lined with parchment, and leave to cool for about 20 minutes.
·    Once it is properly cooled, melt the chocolate over and pour over the toffee, spreading evenly with a knife.
·    Leave to set in the fridge for 1-2 hours.

By Mayuri Jayasinghe