Wonderdog

Partner, on learning Honey Jumbles are no longer available at the shops, has asked me to make some.

It’s been a long time since I’ve made any, and they’re a simple bake - except that they really need to be left overnight for the flavours to develop, and to change from a biscuit to that lovely, cake-like texture.

So I’ll have to make a distraction bake alongside, to give the Honey Jumbles a chance.

Hmmmm.

Oddly enough, my recipe doesn’t contain any honey. Only golden syrup. Other more modern recipes have honey, and I’ve seen still others with treacle.

#baking #HoneyJumbles

Dec 10, 2022 at 5:24amWeb
Show threadrustyDec 10, 2022
@Wonderdog haven’t thought about Honey Jumbles in about 40 years
Show threadWonderdogDec 10, 2022
@mativity They’re one those very old fashioned bikkies, aren’t they? Arnott’s discontinued them, along with several others, due to lack of demand.
Show threadrustyDec 10, 2022
@Wonderdog used to eat them after school, with a glass of milk.
Show threadWonderdogDec 10, 2022
@mativity They are to me as madeleines were to Proust. A cup of milky tea for me, and often as a treat after studying.
Show threadrustyDec 10, 2022
@Wonderdog i imagine homemade ones must be delicious!
Show threadWonderdogDec 10, 2022
@mativity if I don’t collapse tonight, there should be photos tomorrow.
Show threadSparklepantsDec 10, 2022
@Wonderdog I don't think I've ever had one.
Show threadWonderdogDec 10, 2022
@Inge oh, they’re one of my favourites! I can’t think of anything to compare them to, quite in a category by themselves. A soft gingerbread biscuit cake cross, with glacé icing?
Show threadMatthew TooheyDec 10, 2022
@Wonderdog Delicious, but overpriced considering you only get 125g for the same price that you usually get 200g (or even 250g).
Show threadWonderdogDec 10, 2022
@tooheymatthew But now you can’t buy them at all - Arnott’s stopped making them in July.
Show threadMatthew TooheyDec 10, 2022
@Wonderdog Oh, I'd missed that part of your original toot. Perhaps one of the reasons they weren't selling well was that they were so overpriced.
Like you, I'm used to using golden syrup in my honey jumbles. I'd never really thought about how weird that was until now.
Show threadPoesieDec 10, 2022
@Wonderdog don’t think I’ve had one since I was a little kid. Now I want one. (Though that may be partly because I’m not eating sweet things - withdrawals).
Show threadSparklepantsDec 10, 2022
@Wonderdog I actually thought a honey jumble was that kid treat with rice bubbles and honey and butter in pattypans.
Show threadWonderdogDec 10, 2022

@Inge ahhhh, the disputed nomenclature of Aussie bikkies!

It’s tricky. I know the my thing you might be thinking of - I make those with cornflakes and honey, peanuts, and butter, in patty pans. In NSW, I call them Honey Joys, as does the Kellogg’s site (their recipe has no peanuts); in my Women’s Weekly book, they’re Honey Snaps. In South Australia, they’re called something else, though?

But I have heard those called Honey Jumbles.

Show threadSparklepantsDec 10, 2022
@Wonderdog cornflakes! That's right. But a honey jumble to me.
Show threadJude🇵🇸Dec 10, 2022
@Wonderdog yes!!