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While liquid honey is a great topping on a number of foods, honeycomb can go places where honey can’t. Honeycomb has been eaten alongside honey for as long as humans have been harvesting from beehives, providing a perfectly edible, solid ‘body’ for the taste of honey. Enjoy it on toast, as a topping, a snack, or even raw! [1]
Steps
Eating Honeycomb with Toast
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1Toast your bread. Place a slice or two of your favorite bread in the toaster and toast it to your preferred level of browning.
- Honeycomb also tastes great on a toasted English muffin.
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2Spread honeycomb while bread is still hot. Heat softens honeycomb. Add a few small chunks of honeycomb on top of the bread. While the honeycomb won’t melt entirely, it will become more pliable, allowing you to spread it on the toast with a knife or fork.[2]
- As the honeycomb heats up, it will not only become softer, but more aromatic as well.
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3Eat your toast while it is warm. Toast with honeycomb is great by itself, but you can also add other toast topping as well. Butter and cheese, as well as nuts and sweet fruits, go especially well with honeycomb.[3]
- If you’re adding multiple ingredients on top of your toast, spread those that melt or soften from heat first (like honeycomb or butter). This ensures that you can spread the flavors across the entire piece of toast.
Eating Honeycomb with Other Foods
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1Add honeycomb to salads, sandwiches, and chilis. Honeycomb can be used as a topping on salads, sandwiches, and chilis in order to provide honey flavor. Add honeycomb where you might want to taste sweetness, or alongside other cheese and fruit toppings.[4]
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2Pair honeycomb with breakfast foods. Chop small bits of honeycomb and stir them into your favorite breakfast foods, like yogurt or oatmeal. You can also serve honeycomb atop pancakes or waffles.[5]
- Crumbled honeycomb can also be added to batter for scones.
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3Use it as a mixer or topping in ice cream. Little chunks of honeycomb can be mixed into softened ice cream, or crumbled and drizzled on the top. Honeycomb is often paired with vanilla ice cream to give the ice cream a little bit of extra flavor and texture.
- Do not add honeycomb to ice cream and then refreeze the ice cream. This can cause the honey in and on the honeycomb to crystallize and become brittle.
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4Enjoy honeycomb with cheese and crackers. Restaurants that serve honeycomb typically serve it with cheese and crackers, but you can also enjoy this snack at home. Cover the cracker with cheese and top it off with a sprinkle of honeycomb. While cheddar and brie cheeses are the most popular to combine with honeycomb, any cheese will do.[6]
- Sweeter honeycombs typically pair best with creamy cheeses, as it reduces the saltiness of the cheese and can provide texture as well. .[7]
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5Eat the honeycomb raw. Honeycomb can be eaten straight from the container. The comb itself is tasteless and perfectly safe to enjoy.[8]
Warnings
- Check potential allergic reactions. If you are allergic to honey or pollen, do not eat honeycomb. These allergies are rare, but can be serious and even fatal. If you begin to feel strange or sick while eating honeycomb, contact an emergency responder immediately.[11]⧼thumbs_response⧽
- Keep honey and honeycomb out of reach of infants. While honeycomb is safe for adults and children to eat, do not give honey, or honeycomb, to infants under 12 months of age. Raw honey can be a potential source of botulism spores, which can be dangerous to children under one year of age.[12]⧼thumbs_response⧽
References
- ↑ https://www.honeybeesuite.com/how-to-eat-comb-honey/
- ↑ https://www.honeybeesuite.com/how-to-eat-comb-honey/
- ↑ https://thefeedfeed.com/howsweeteats/blood-orange-ricotta-honeycomb-toast
- ↑ https://www.thekitchn.com/5-ways-honeycomb-upgrades-everything-from-breakfast-to-dessert-230154
- ↑ https://www.saveur.com/fresh-honeycomb
- ↑ https://drizzlehoney.com/blogs/news/how-to-eat-honeycomb
- ↑ https://www.thekitchn.com/5-ways-honeycomb-upgrades-everything-from-breakfast-to-dessert-230154
- ↑ https://drizzlehoney.com/blogs/news/how-to-eat-honeycomb
- ↑ https://www.foodnetwork.com/fn-dish/recipes/2011/08/how-to-use-honeycomb
About This Article
To eat honeycomb, enjoy it raw straight from the container, since the comb itself is tasteless and perfectly safe. You can also try spreading it on a piece of toasted bread or English muffin while it's still hot. Alternatively, chop up bits of honeycomb and stir it into your favorite breakfast foods, such as yogurt or oatmeal. For a savory twist, serve pieces of honeycomb with crackers and salty cheeses, like cheddar or brie. For more tips, including how to use honeycomb as a delicious ice cream topping, read on!
