The Busy Bee Has No Time for Sorrow
William Blake gave bees their best one-line biography, and it fits this candy too. Chocolate is usually the moody one: it melts in a warm car, blooms in a pantry, sulks in a summer mailbox. So we gave cocoa a sturdier home. Real cocoa, folded into hard honey candy, holds all of chocolate’s depth with none of its drama.
Honey and cocoa are old companions. Both start with a blossom and a pollinator; cacao trees carry their own small white flowers, worked by tiny insects the way our bees work wildflowers. In each drop, the honey opens first, and then the cocoa arrives, dark and steady, the way it does at the bottom of a cup of drinking chocolate.
Each hexagon-window box holds 3.5 ounces of drops made without corn syrup and without gluten. The box is sustainably made paper you can recycle or compost, and the inner bag is recyclable food-grade plastic.
What Makes Our Chocolate Honey Candy Special?
- Real cocoa: Actual cocoa in the recipe, not chocolate flavoring. Five ingredients total: Non-GMO sugar, honey, water, cocoa, and Non-GMO coconut oil.
- Chocolate without the meltdown: Hard candy travels where a chocolate bar can’t: a backpack, a purse, a picnic basket, a summer gift box.
- Sweet first, then cocoa: The flavor arrives in order. Honey opens bright, and cocoa follows with a darker, slower finish.
- Gluten-free and corn-syrup-free: Made without gluten or corn syrup. Produced in a facility that handles peanuts and tree nuts.
- Thoughtful packaging: A sustainably made paper box with a honeycomb window, recyclable or home-compostable when clean and dry.
Keep chocolate on hand in every season.
How to use: Eat them right out of the box. Keep the box in a desk drawer or the pantry, or send it along in a lunchbox where a chocolate bar would never survive the morning. Let a drop dissolve alongside black coffee and the cocoa deepens as it melts. For gifting, pair a box with our honey varietals for a tasting that runs from hive to cacao grove. Store in a cool, dry place away from sun and humidity.
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Chocolate Honey Candy FAQs
Is Chocolate Honey Candy made with real chocolate?
It’s made with real cocoa, not chocolate flavoring. The recipe is five ingredients: non-GMO sugar, honey, water, cocoa, and non-GMO coconut oil. The cocoa is folded into a hard honey candy instead of a chocolate coating, so the honey opens first and the cocoa follows, darker and slower, the way it sits at the bottom of a mug of drinking chocolate.
Will Chocolate Honey Candy melt in warm weather?
Not the way a chocolate bar does. It’s a hard honey candy with cocoa inside, so it holds up through summer shipping and in a backpack or lunchbox where a bar would soften by noon. Like any hard candy, it still prefers a cool, dry spot, since heat and humidity can make the drops sticky.
What’s the best way to enjoy Chocolate Honey Candy?
Pack the box in a lunchbox, where a chocolate bar would never survive the morning. Let a drop dissolve alongside a cup of black coffee and the cocoa deepens as it melts. For a gift, pair a box with one of our jarred honeys, so the person opening it gets a tasting that runs from the hive to the cacao grove.
Are these honey candies kosher?
No. Our honey candy is not kosher certified, so please don’t rely on it for a kosher table or a kosher gift. If certification matters to you or to the person you’re shopping for, look to our jarred honeys instead: every honey we jar by hand in Owings Mills is Star-K kosher certified, from Wildflower to our Royale honeys.
Are your honey candies free of dairy, nuts, and soy?
Yes. There’s no dairy, nuts, or soy in any flavor, including Chocolate, which gets its flavor from cocoa rather than milk chocolate. Every flavor does contain non-GMO coconut oil, which some people with nut allergies ask about. The candy is made in a facility that also handles peanuts and tree nuts, so keep that in mind if nuts are a concern in your house.
Are your honey candies gluten-free and corn syrup free?
Yes to both. Every flavor is made without gluten and without corn syrup. Each recipe starts with the same four ingredients: non-GMO sugar, honey, water, and non-GMO coconut oil. From there, each flavor adds one or two of its own, like cocoa, ginger oil, vanilla extract, or freeze dried blueberries, and nothing else.
Where is your honey candy made?
Our honey candy is made in the USA with local honey. The recipes are short on purpose: every drop starts from honey and non-GMO sugar, and none of the flavors use corn syrup or added coloring, which is why the whole line comes out close to the same warm amber color.
How much candy is in a box?
Each box holds 3.5 ounces (99 grams) of honey drops, about six servings of 15 drops each. The box is about 3 by 5 inches, roughly the size of a tarot deck, with a honeycomb window so you can see the drops. It’s sustainably made paper you can recycle or home compost when clean and dry, and the inner bag is recyclable.
Do honey candies stick together in humid weather?
Yes, they can. Hard honey candy pulls moisture out of the air, and on a muggy day loose drops will start to cling to each other and turn tacky on the outside. Keep them sealed in their bag and away from heat, like a sunny windowsill or a hot car, and they’ll stay hard and separate.
How long does honey candy keep?
Honey candy is best within a year of the purchase date. Once you open a box, plan to finish it within three months. In between, keep it away from heat and humidity, which are what change hard candy most. If you’re buying ahead for the holidays or for gifts, a year gives you plenty of room.
Are your honey candies vegan?
Technically, no. Honey is made by bees, and many people who follow a vegan diet leave it out for that reason. Every flavor in our candy line starts with honey, so none of them fit a strict vegan diet. If you’re shopping for someone who eats vegan, it’s worth asking whether they include honey before you buy.
Ingredients
Non-GMO Sugar, Honey, Water, Cocoa, Non-GMO Coconut OilDimensions (inches)
3 x 5 x 1.5
Nutrition Facts
Per 3.5 oz box
Serv size: 15 Drops (15g), Servings: About 6, Amount Per Serving: Calories 50, Total Fat 0g (0% DV), Sodium 0mg (0% DV), Total Carb. 13g (5% DV), Total Sugars 13g, Incl. 13g Added Sugars (26% DV), Not a significant source of saturated fat, trans fat, cholesterol, protein, dietary fiber, vitamin D, calcium, iron and potassium. * The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.
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You can also order and pick up from Honey House in Owings Mills, MD.
