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If we can get you drunk with honey, just imagine the endless possibilities with it. Here are eight snacks you need to try with honey for the ultimate sweet tooth experience.
Honey and ice cream
The star of the show. Caramel is a pretty nice topping, but there’s something about the natural taste of honey and vanilla ice cream topped with crushed wafers that just works.
Honey and oatmeal
Pick honey over sugar next time you want to have oatmeal. The trick is to add more water to dissolve the thick honey paste. I promise you’ll never go back to sugar after this.
Honey and pancakes
I don’t get why people bother with syrup when honey exists. It’s much healthier than pancake syrup, so you don’t have to feel guilty pouring it all over your pancakes.
Don’t knock it till you try it Golden Morn and sugar with lots of milk is already a hit and you’ll only contest this if you’re a semo lover. But Golden Morn and honey? That’s something you need to try while snuggled in on rainy nights.
Honey and apples
Peanut butter and apples work as a midnight snack if you’re feeling peckish, but if you’re looking for something sweet, honey and apples are your go-to. And if you now blend that combo with cucumber, you’ll get a really nice smoothie as a breakfast meal.
Honey, Greek yoghurt and chopped fruits
Parfaits are already sweet because of the natural sugar in fruits. But if you’re a sweet tooth like me that wants to pretend to be fitfam and enjoy a sweet snack, add a teaspoon of honey to the yoghurt and thank me later.
Regular salt and sugar popcorn can get pretty boring, so honey-flavoured popcorn has been my new addiction when I go to the cinema. The only place I’ve had one is at Grand Square in Abuja, so maybe try this homemade version?
Honey and puff puff
I don’t rate puff puff, but glaze it with honey and it becomes a 10. Bonus points if it’s chocolate or red velvet puff puff.
On a night I wanted to drown my sorrows from capitalism with a cocktail, and honey was the closest thing I had to a sweetener. I searched for a few recipes and found a couple of easy ones you need to get on today.
Bee’s Knees
Source: Cookie + Kate
Since our copy editor sneaks gin into his cups of tea at the slightest inconvenience, this one should be his favourite. All you need is dry gin, lemon and honey. But honey isn’t great with cold cocktails, so you need to turn the honey into a syrup by mixing it with equal amounts of water and heating it until it’s caramelised. If you hate gin, you can substitute it with vodka.
Recipe:
Find honey. Add two tablespoons of water and honey to a pot or a bowl to microwave. Heat it up until you get a consistency like syrup and set aside.
Get a lemon and grate some of the peels into the honey and water mix. Then squeeze some of the juice in as well.
Now to the cocktail: Fill a glass with ice and pour the honey syrup, lemon and gin. Next, stir things up.
Drink up!
Pro tip: Try pineapple-flavoured vodka with honey syrup and apple juice for an extra wave of sweetness.
I recommend this for tea lovers. It’s a hot cocktail with bourbon, so why not? Fallen leaf is a twist on a hot toddy (spirit, sugar and hot water) — find the recipe here. For this cocktail, you need ginger-flavoured liquor, or you can proceed to juice ginger into vodka and then add cinnamon, lime, nutmeg and honey.
Recipe:
Add 12 tablespoons of bourbon (or more) to a mug. Then add a tablespoon of lemon juice.
Boil some water and add your choice of cinnamon tea. You can also just toss in a cinnamon stick to water and boil it as your tea.
Now pour the honey syrup into the cinnamon tea and bourbon mix.
Garnish with grated nutmeg and a lemon wheel. Cheers!
This is for the coffee crack heads. And it only needs four ingredients: tonic water, gin, cold-brew coffee and honey syrup. The honeyed coffee gin and tonic says 28.3 grams (1 oz) of gin, but I eye-balled it and let the ancestors guide my decision. Enjoy it in any glass or mug of your choice.
Source: Emma Janzen, Imbibe
Recipe:
Make your coffee, toss in some ice and stir. Add in lemon juice, honey syrup and tonic water.
This one is for the plain Janes like myself. Gin is a crowd favourite when it comes to honey syrup, and this recipe includes apple flavour for a kick. You can throw in some blended grapes, lemon and bay leaves, but feel free to tweak the recipe or keep it as simple as possible.
Recipe:
Add gin to a glass.
Get a pot, add in apple juice, a cinnamon stick, honey, grapes or berries and bring to a simmer.
Strain the mix into a jar and pour it into your cup of gin. Add in some lemon juice and bay leaf for cover.
Specially crafted for a drunk night out with the girls on a yacht in Dubai. But I’ll take an evening sipping this cocktail while I pretend I’m the main character of a Tyler Perry movie.
It needs five main ingredients: tequila, honey syrup, lemon juice, lemon peels and Angostura Bitters, a concentrate of herbs, to temper the sweetness. Or you can use agbo; let me know how it goes.
Recipe:
Follow the bee’s knee recipe, but instead of gin or bourbon, use tequila as your base. Now add in Angostura Bitters, a lemon peel and ice.
This is where you’ll see lactose-intolerant people gather. This cocktail recipe is a mix of scotch, milk, cream and honey. I also think this is for bougie drunks because which Nigerian drinks scotch?
Recipe:
Get some alcohol of your choice as a base. Add in cold milk, some yoghurt or cream, orange slices and a cinnamon stick.
Mix the drink, leave it in the fridge to chill and enjoy once it’s chilled.
Beer isn’t for everyone and that’s okay, but can you really say no to a beer cocktail? With honey? C’mon, live a little. This is for the alcohol drinkers that need to be a little bit daring. And it’s the easiest recipe.
Recipe:
Add honey, lemon juice, beer and some mint into a cup. Next, stir the mix until the honey is dissolved.
Honey is one of the few food items that never expire. Such a bad bitch — honey can be enjoyed in its natural form and also go really well with a wide variety of meals.
Here are a few food options you can pair honey with:
1. Beans
This is for people who like their beans sweet. Honey is a better replacement for artificial sugars and it helps to elevate the flavour of the beans. You can add honey to the beans while it’s still on fire or pour some on the beans after it’s been cooked.
2. Garri
Honey performs adds insane sweetness to drinking garri and plays nice with other ingredients. Add milk, and groundnuts and enjoy the life of your head.
3. Tea/coffee
As a coffee hater myself, I’ll always go for the sweetest type of coffee. Adding some honey to your coffee is going to make it easier to consume.
4. Pancake/waffle/puff-puff
If you’re out of syrup and still want to add some glaze or sweetness to your pancake or waffle, you can always add some honey to it. You can also serve the honey as a dipping sauce.
5. Oatmeal
If you’re going to eat oats, it’s good you eat it the right way. Pair it with honey and any fruits of your choice and come back to thank us.
Honey is the saviour avocado needs, regardless of any situation avocado finds itself in. Avocados and honey should be peas in a pod.
7. Ginger
Ginger can be really harsh to eat by itself, but honey tempers the heat and makes it easier to eat. The honey and ginger combination can help soothe some mild illnesses like a common cough.
8. Salads
Honey can be used as a salad dressing when you don’t want the conventional dressing. It helps to add some oomph to the salad.
9. Greek Yoghurt
Yoghurt is fantastic by itself but when you add honey, it becomes god-level.
