Honey Joys (Cornflakes)

Crunchy, sweet, salty, buttery & honey'ee! We finished almost the whole canister on the same day. It's a simple recipe but quite time consuming to fill them into the patty cases. As the cornflakes are well coated with the buttered honey, they stick together & become chunky making it difficult to fill the cases. I had a little panic attack there because the recipe says to work quickly in this step. Phew! Had to get my helper to help me out. Nevertheless, it was all worth it. Hope you like it too! 

Recipe adapted from Kelloggs. 

Ingredients : 

1. 4 cups Cornflakes 
2. 1 tbsp Honey
3. 1/3 cup Sugar
4. 90g Butter or Margarine.  

*Because I was only trying out this recipe, I used Buttercup in replaced of Butter. It turned out well. 

Method :

1. Preheat oven to 150°C 
2. Fill baking sheet with small paper cases. (The original recipe says 24 cases but I used more than that, depending on how much you spoon into each case.)
3. In a saucepan, melt butter, honey & sugar until frothy, remove from heat.
4. Add in cornflakes & mix well. Make sure to reach to the bottom with a spatula to ensure even mixing. Coat the cornflakes well.
5. Working quickly, spoon the cornflakes into the paper cases. 
6. Bake in the preheated oven at 150°C for 10 minutes. 
7. Remove from oven & let cool on cooling rack before arranging into canisters. 

Melting butter with sugar & honey.

Not quite frothy yet.

Frothy, ready to mix. 

At the mixing step (No.4), I mentioned to make sure you reach to the bottom of the pan to ensure even mixing. Here's the reason why. My saucepan is too small for the amount of cornflakes filled into it, I didn't bother to reach to the bottom much. Taking for granted that the cornflakes are well coated, I proceeded with the filling. As I reach to the bottom, I realized there were so much more syrup left. Here's the problem. I spoon the rest of the cornflakes into the cases together with the much left over syrup, not knowing that they will be as hard as candy! In the picture above are the few failed ones. It became so hard that they stick onto the paper cases, making it difficult to remove. Thin traces of paper will stick onto the candy & it's not edible. So make sure to mix well! :)