Yellow Man (Irish Honeycomb Candy)

Name: Yellow Man (Irish Honeycomb Candy)
Total time: PT0D0H0M
Yield: makes 1 pound
Ingredients: 2 tbsp. plus 1 tsp. butter; 1 (16-oz.) bottle light corn syrup; 1 1 ⁄ 4 cups light brown sugar; 2 tsp. white vinegar; 2 tsp. baking soda

Serves
makes 1 pound

SHOSHANNA GOLDBERG

We adapted this recipe from the Irish food authority Darina Allen's book The Complete Book of Irish Country Cooking (Penguin Studio, 1996).

Ingredients

2 tbsp. plus 1 tsp. butter
1 (16-oz.) bottle light corn syrup
1 ¹⁄₄ cups light brown sugar
2 tsp. white vinegar
2 tsp. baking soda

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Instructions

Step 1

Butter an 8 1⁄2" x 12" baking pan with 1 tsp. of the butter and set aside. Melt the remaining 2 tbsp. butter in a medium, deep saucepan over medium-high heat. Add corn syrup, sugar, vinegar, and 2 tbsp. water and stir until sugar dissolves, about 5 minutes. Continue cooking sugar mixture, without stirring, until temperature reaches 300º on a candy thermometer, 10–15 minutes.

Step 2

Working quickly, remove saucepan from heat, carefully sift in baking soda, and vigorously whisk (hot syrup will bubble up in pan) until baking soda is completely incorporated, about 5 seconds. Immediately pour into prepared pan. Set aside until candy is hard and completely cool, about 30 minutes, then break into pieces with a hammer. Store in an airtight container for up to 4 weeks.