Re. honeycomb. Vinegar? Did the recipe not include vinegar? Though I've never made it with honey and wouldn't assume the mixture would be acidic enough to produce the reaction without the addition of actual acid.
My recipe, which I've been making long enough to remember middle sister accusing me of trying to poison her by deliberately ensuring that the piece she took contained an unmixed-in mouthful of bicarbonate of soda, is:
1 oz butter (It is an old recipe. It is in ounces) 6 oz granulated sugar 2 tbsps golden syrup 2 tbsps water
Heat to soft crack on a sugar thermometer (140C). Remove from heat. Add 1/2 tsp malt vinegar and 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda and stir madly while it does chemical reaction stuff in your saucepan.
unsolicited honeycomb recipe
My recipe, which I've been making long enough to remember middle sister accusing me of trying to poison her by deliberately ensuring that the piece she took contained an unmixed-in mouthful of bicarbonate of soda, is:
1 oz butter (It is an old recipe. It is in ounces)
6 oz granulated sugar
2 tbsps golden syrup
2 tbsps water
Heat to soft crack on a sugar thermometer (140C). Remove from heat. Add 1/2 tsp malt vinegar and 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda and stir madly while it does chemical reaction stuff in your saucepan.