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Cinder Toffee

Whether it’s ‘cinder toffee’, ‘honeycomb’, ‘puff candy’ or ‘sea foam’, whatever you call it, this toffee is by far the most dramatic to make. Take care as it bubbles up like a volcano to the top of your pan while being heated.

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Cinder Toffee

Why it works: Sugar and syrup match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 5,842 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

Cinder Toffee

Makes About 30 lumps of toffee
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

168Calories
0 gProtein
14 gFat
13 gCarbs

Counts 2 of 3 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 2 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Syrupnot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By bbcfood. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Sugar + syruptop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,842 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs