sponge candy
Airy toffee treat
Sponge candy is a brittle, airy confection made by adding baking soda to hot sugar syrup, creating a honeycomb texture full of tiny bubbles.
The candy shatters easily and dissolves on the tongue.
Often coated in chocolate, it's a regional specialty in Buffalo, New York, though similar confections go by other names elsewhere: honeycomb, cinder toffee, hokey pokey.
- honeycombWax matrix of hexagons
- BuffaloWestern New York city
- Western New YorkBuffalo's part of state
- crunchyBreaking with sound
- chocolateSweet from cacao seeds
airy · brittle · melt · golden · sweet · sugar rush · crispy · coating · dipped · crumble · sugary · holes · porous · air bubbles · treat · confection · molasses · baking soda
- confectionerysweets, fudge, caramel, nougat, toffee
- brittlepeanut brittle, almond brittle, pecan brittle, walnut brittle, hazelnut brittle