Honey Caramel Corn Flakes and Sliced Almonds
This is a nice Chinese New Year goodie, and very easy to make.
Ingredients
- 1 table spoon honey
- 3 table spoon sugar
- ½ cm slice butter
- 1 cup corn flake
- 2 table spoon sliced almonds
- any nuts or dried fruits can be added
Method
- In a wok or pan (prefer non stick), put in item 1 to 3, heat up using low heat, until sugar melt and the whole thing turns creamy and bubbling.
- Pour in item 4 to 6, and using 2 big spoon, very quickly toss it around until all coated. Off the heat.
- Very quickly, using the 2 spoon, scoop up small portions and drop on a oiled (with butter) tray. Leave it till cool, and keep in air tight container when cooled and harden. Alternatively, you can scoop them into paper cups (those use for cup cakes) to cool and then keep (less messy, as it will still be slightly sticky after cooled down)
- You can control the stickiness or crispiness by adjust the amount of honey. More honey makes it stickier while less honey makes it crispier.
Note that you have to be quick in step 3. Hence it is also not advisable to double the ingredients and do it in one go. You may do it a few rounds. A lazy alternative of doing a lot at one go is to fill them up on a oiled baking tray, and when it is cooled, remove the whole slab and cut into smaller squares.
why didn’t you post this earlier? i was looking for such recipe…
how can this keep?
you can drop me a email if you would like to see specific recipe. Some are kept in my head for long time, and I need to try it again to make sure the proportion of ingredient is ok.
For this, I have keep it in a air tight container for 1 week before they are gone. 🙂 But keeping it for 2-3 weeks should be ok.
ok.. will give it a try… only worried of step 3..
the 1st round i burnt some of the corn flakes. then i mix all the ingredients and only heat & stir.
Should use low heat, it is not intend to “cook” corn flakes, but the heat was there to maintain the temperature to prevent fast hardening of the caramel when you pour in the room temperature corn flakes.
Another way i tried years ago is to prepare the corn flakes in small paper cake cups first, and then drip in the melted caramel. Less messy, but it dont coat the corn flakes that evenly and they may not stick together that well.
i used extremely low heat but still got burnt that’s why i mix and toss first. then heat. i control the heat by on off the fire and it came out well
Hi, no baking required? I’ve seen some that need to bake after Step 3.
I have experimented before, but I find it not necessary. Baking or toasting it will soften the caramel, and they will flow down and accumulate at the bottom, so you will have a small layer of caramel on the bottom.
Yes, you are right. No wonder i had a layer of caramel at the bottom after i baked. thanks for the tip!
kids love this because is sweet