During school holidays I like to make and bake things with my children. That is how these honey bites came to fruition. They are inspired by my love of crunchy nut cornflakes but don’t tell my children. I never buy them. Nor Frosties, sugar puffs or coco pops. I prefer to make them instead and I was lucky enough to be given the most dark, fragrant, intoxicating honey from my good friend in Australia along with some beautiful pink sea salt. Both of which found their way into this recipe so thank you so much Sanae!
I am sending these honey bites over to CREDIT CRUNCH MUNCH hosted by Fab Food 4 All & Fuss Free Flavours. They were made using a box of Cornflakes that were not getting eaten, peanuts which were on discount and the honey and sea salt were gifts. I had all the other ingredients to hand. Thrifty!
Honey Bites
Ingredients
- 100 g Runny honey
- 165 g Light brown sugar
- 75 g Unsalted butter
- 1 tsp Vanilla extract
- 1/4 tsp Ground cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp Sea salt flakes
- 120 g Cornflakes
- 150 g Roasted unsalted peanuts roughly chopped
Instructions
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n a saucepan melt the honey, butter and sugar letting the mixture bubble away for a couple pf minutes,
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Take the mixture off the heat and add in the vanilla, cinnamon and seas salt flakes,
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Measure out the Cornflakes and chopped peanuts into a mixing bowl,
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Pour in the melted honey mixture and stir well to combine,
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Place a teaspoon of the mixture into little mini muffin/petit four cases and let the mixture set in the fridge for at least an hour,
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If you don't have mini paper cases just shape the mixture with your hands and form into bite size clusters,
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Store in an airtight container in the fridge.
Recipe Notes
These crunchy bites are perfect as a sweet snack but also could be broken up and added to your morning bowl of cereal.
Adapted from Cooks.com
How gorgeous! Crunchy and sweet but with that slight saltiness to balance out the flavours! I’m going to be trying this one!
Thanks Katharine, they do taste good. They are so moreish!
What a simple, thrifty and tasty recipe to get the kids involved in the kitchen. I love the contrast of the salt and peanuts to the sweetness of the sugar and honey and a dash of cinnamon sounds absolutely yummy too. Thank you for entering Credit Crunch Munch this month:-)
Thanks Camilla, I do love using up what is left in the cupboard and always look out for ways to use up uneaten ingredients. I can’t stand wasting food, so this challenge works well for me 🙂
If I could eat one type of cereal for the rest of my life, crunchy nut would be it! I love how you’ve translated the flavours into a gorgeous looking snack!
Funny how many of us love crunchy nut cereal!
These look great and I have to admit that although I never buy them for my own daughter, I used to love crunchy nut cornflakes as a child!
Same here, aren’t we mean! They always go mad for the sweet cereals when they go to breakfast club at school!
These look amazing Laura – such a good idea making these!
Thanks Charlotte, a bit of fun cooking for the Easter holidays 🙂
They sound fantastic! You are so very clever, I’m going to have to try some here with my Breton seaside honey and some more at home with my Richmond Park honey, a very serious taste test, or a good excuse to make these twice?
See you soon
Jude x
Oh I wonder which honey will come out tops? Maybe you could make half the recipe with one honey and half with the other to decide which batch to make again?!!
What a great idea – and a lovely school holiday kitchen project!
That’s what I thought too, they love the mixing and filling and of course the spoon licking!
What a lovely idea and a great modern twist to the classic chocolate krispy cakes! like salted caramel these must taste wonderful despite the contrast of salt and sweet
Yes, I think next time I would go for a touch more of the salt and this pink salt I was given is just great stuff as is the dark rich honey. They make all the difference I do believe!
Sound tasty. This is the kind of thing I’d love to make with a bit less sugar in though!
Thanks Heidi, I imagine you could take out some of the sugar and they would not taste half bad. Let me know if you try them with less sugar as I would be interested to know if they still taste good!
Brilliant! I have bookmarked these for my kids. They are addicted to chocolate and I need to get a grip on that so these offer up a great alternative to the usual crispy chocolate treats. Thanks Laura.
Thanks Anneli, they make a lovely addition to a bowl of cereal too!
These sound delicious…I don’t have corn flakes but I think bran flakes would work.
Yes Karen bran flakes or indeed any flaked cereal would work well here. Next time , I may use flaked almonds instead of peanuts too!
Who doesn’t love cornflake cakes – well I know I do. I wasn’t allowed cornflakes at home as a child because of the added sugar, so I loved going to parties and eating as many cornflake cakes as I could get my hands on (I was quite well brought up really)! Adding peanuts is an inspired idea, that’s going to make for a nice contrast, both in texture and taste.
Oh I bet you ate your fair hare of the cornflake cakes at parties to make up for not having them at home. I am sure your mum was a good cook from what you say so doubt you minded that much 🙂
Honey bites sound utterly irresistible and a lovely alternative to chocolate krispie cakes after all the nests I consumed over Easter!
That is true, and we need to find a way of using up all the Easter egg chocolate in our house. Pleased you like the sound of honey bites :))
These sound so good! I really fancy making some to take with me to work!
crunchy nut cornflakes were my roommate’s guilty pleasure! need to forward this to her. think she’ll scream in delight.
Just popping by to say congrats! I saw these featured in the Guardian today and they look delicious.
What a great use for your lovely honey! I have a bit of a penchant for Crunchy Nut Cornflakes too but never buy them because as the advert says, one bowl is never enough…although I’m sure the same principle would probably apply to your honey bites! These would definitely be great to make with kids 🙂
So true Laura, one bowl is never enough!
Those are really gorgeous bites. I would appreciate some, too. They look great and for sure must taste like that as well.