Last year, while in Africa I had a Crunchie bar ((which I haven’t been able to find AT ALL in the States…)).  Wanting to duplicate the experience, I decided to try my hand at making sponge candy.  Actually, I’ve tried it several times, all utter failures.  The first time, the candy burned and other tries have resulted in flat candy, candy that stuck unmercifully to the pan/wax paper, and candy that had cooled too much before transferring it.

Has anyone made successful sponge candy?  How do you keep it from sticking?  Does parchment paper work?  What are your secrets for making this candy a success?

I haven’t made sponge candy but I can say parchment paper works excellently for keeping sticky stuff from gluing itself to surfaces. I use it for everything from cookies to pizza to recently cooling caramel in a pan.

something that’s REALLY helpful for candy making (and really, all sorts of cooking/baking projects) is to buy a silpat / generic silicone mat.  nothing sticks to these suckers.

i tried making honeycomb candy once… about half of it tasted great, the other half collapsed and was way too hard.  unfortunately those “halves” were all jumbled together.  you gotta move -fast- with that stuff.