I was at the grocery store and saw “Crunchie” still exists. Haven’t had one in over 20 years — can’t recall if they were particularly good, but for some reason, I had a craving for one.
Just got 2.5kg of milk chocolate, so let’s get started!
PS: These are REALLY good.
(Experiment 145) Crunchie bites
Ingredients
- 72 g water
- 1 tbsp honey
- 7 g sifted baking soda*
- optional dash cream of tartar
- 200 g sugar
- 145 g corn syrup
- ~200g milk chocolate
Instructions
- Make sure to prepare all the ingredients before starting the recipe. Line up a pan or baking dish with parchment paper big enough for the hot mixture. Make sure it’s big enough as the mixture will grow 2 times in size
- In a pot over medium heat, whisk the water, sugar, honey, and corn syrup until it’s all combined then don’t touch it. It will go from powdery to a clear liquid. Once the liquid reaches 300F ( hard crack), remove it from the heat, rapidly stir in the baking soda and cream of tartar for just 2-3 seconds else you will destroy the air bubbles.
- Carefully dump the mix in your pan/baking dish. You can use a spatula to scrape the sides. Do not touch the mixture or you will destroy the air bubbles.
- Let cool an hour then break it either using your hands or a rolling pin.
- At this point, you will need to temper your chocolate, see how-to here. Then simply dip each piece into the bowl and lay them on parchment paper to cool.
Notes
*Make sure to sift your baking soda else you are likely to have clumps