Easy honey candies, with sugar or sugar-free, ideal for sore throat and cold

Name: Easy honey candies, with sugar or sugar-free, ideal for sore throat and cold
Total time: 900 s
Yield: 7-15 candies, depending on the size
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 4 teaspoons honey. Adjust the amounts of the other ingredients depending to the amount of candies you want. Homemade honey will give better taste. The honey can also be crystallized (see step 2); 1 teaspoon water; 2 teaspoons powdered/icing sugar (optional); Some cold water (from the fridge) in a small bowl; 2 teaspoons lemon juice, freshly squeezed (not required if no sugar is added); 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

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An easy and quick recipe for delicious, homemade candies with honey, cinnamon and lemon.
They melt in your mouth, ideal for sudden cravings and for sore throat. Ideal for treats to those we love.
They can also be made without sugar.
A silicone mold for chocolates or similar (ideally with cases without corners) is required.
The recipe yields 2 candies for each teaspoon of honey, but you can choose the size you want, depending on the mold and the amount of mixture we will pour into its holes.
A similar recipe with honey and orange is coming soon.

Μάριος @cook_114940764

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Ingredients

8-15 minutes + 10-15 more minutes to harden

7-15 candies, depending on the size

4 teaspoonshoney. Adjust the amounts of the other ingredients depending to the amount of candies you want. Homemade honey will give better taste. The honey can also be crystallized (see step 2)
1teaspoon water
2 teaspoonspowdered/icing sugar (optional)
Some cold water (from the fridge) in a small bowl
Optional for better taste and for sore throat/cough
2 teaspoonslemon juice, freshly squeezed (not required if no sugar is added)
1/2teaspoon cinnamon

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Steps

8-15 minutes + 10-15 more minutes to harden

1

If you have an electric stove, turn on the small burner to about medium heat, for preheating.
2

If the honey is highly crystallized and hard to scoop, heat up some water in a small saucepan over low heat for 1–2 minutes.
Once the water is hot, turn off the heat, submerge the jar while holding it from the top, and stir the honey with a small spoon, until it softens and becomes scoopable.
DO NOT pour water into the honey jar.
3

Take a coffee pot or a small saucepan, depending on the quantity you want to make.
Pour in the honey and water and sift the sugar (if added) with a sieve or a small fine mesh strainer.
Then add the cinnamon and the lemon juice.
4

Light the burner on low heat. If you have an electric stove, lower the burner you turned on before.
5

Boil until the mixture begins to foam, stirring constantly with a spoon to prevent it from burning.
CAUTION: The time required may vary depending on your stove, the weather and the room temperature.
In any case keep testing frequently, according to the steps below for best results.
6

Once the mixture starts to foam, set the heat as low as possible, so the honey doesn't burn and keep stirring.
After 1-2 minutes, pour a few drops of the mixture into the bowl of cold water.
7

If the piece that forms is hard and does not stick to the bowl, then the mixture is almost ready. Lift the pot up in the air so that the honey can slowly boil a little more, without burning. Continue stirring so it doesn't burn. Caution: If you didn't add sugar, the honey can burn more easily. In this case, test more often.
8

As you get closer to the end, the mixture will start to become slightly creamy. In any case, check more and more often, so the honey doesn't burn.
To make sure the candies won't become bitter or if you can't lower the heat enough, you can raise the pot in the air, above the heat, while stirring (the required time might be increased).
9

Once the piece of candy in the cold water is as it should be, remove it from the heat.
If the mixture starts to smell bad, the candies might be bitter.
10

When you remove the mixture from the heat, stir it a little if it has foamed and carefully pour as much as you want into the silicone mold's holes, depending on the size you want the candies to be.
11

Let them cool for at least 10 minutes, in a cool place or on the windowsill, until they become hard. If the weather is too hot, put them in the fridge for ONLY 5 minutes.
12

The candies are kept off the fridge, in a cool place. They may become sticky on their surface after a while, but you can eat them without worries.
Since they are sticky, leave them in the mold until you eat them, or wrap each one of them in parchment paper.
To make wrapping easier, crumple the piece in your hands and then straighten it out and wrap the candies.
13

Whenever you want, unmold/unwrap and enjoy.
Since they are hard and sticky, they are not chewable, but they melt nicely in the mouth.
14

If the candies have not set properly (they're too sticky when eating them), you can melt them in the pot, by putting very little water (just enough to cover the bottom), and setting the heat to as low as possible (raise the pot in the air if necessary).
Stir constantly and then repeat the process from step 5, with more frequent tests in the cold water.
Do not stop stirring, or the honey will burn very easily.

Tips

To make sure you always make them perfect (especially if you don't have a gas stove), when trying for the first time, add 1 tsp. of water and adjust the amounts of the remaining ingredients. Then follow the same steps. If the candies don't set properly or if they burn, try with the heat set higher or lower next time (raise the pot in the air if necessary).
Keep testing until you learn to make them perfect, depending on your own kitchen.