Honey ONLY candy?

[maabso]

Is it possible to make candy with honey as the only ingredient? I really want to try this but I'm not sure how! I'm envisioning it being a hard-ish type of 'drop'. Any ideas?

[Isolda]

Medieval gingerbread, in spite of its name, is actually a type of candy made by boiling whole grain bread crumbs (made from good bread) in honey, then seasoning with ground ginger and cloves. It's very chewy and deliciously spicy. Roll it into balls and roll these in powdered sugar (not authentic, but really good).

[maabso]

Wow, sounds interesting! I wanted to make something with honey as the only ingredient, but this just gives me another way to use it :o) Thank you!

[chefj]

Just skip the nuts if you must.

[maabso]

Thanks for the link! I guess the mouth-feel I had in mind lent itself more to the 'crystallized' or 'solidified' honey texture rather than a nougat. Do you think altering this recipe can yield those results?

[chefj]

It does that naturally as the water evaporates out of it.
If you reduce the honey so that the sugar content of the super saturated solution is higher, it should naturally crystallize as it cools and the glucose separates out, but I think you would have to cool it in molds to get a lozenge. Whether you will end up with a solid enough form I do not know.

[maabso]

This makes a lot of sense. I'm looking forward to trying this method! Thank you!

[chefj]

It is done in Europe in many countries France, Italy and Spain come to mind.
Here is a link to a french version http://frenchfood.about.com/od/desser...