13 Christmas Treats With Honey

‘Tis the season for tasty treats to share with your family and friends! Whether you’re baking for the family, preparing for a holiday party or planning your Christmas menu, we’ve got plenty of deliciously sweet Christmas treats that are perfect for this holiday season!

Our Sue Bee® Honey Chocolate Covered Pretzels (pictured above) are as fun to decorate as they are to eat! Whether you top them off with sprinkles or just chocolate, they’re delicious either way.

You only need a few simple ingredients and 15 minutes to make our Sue Bee® Microwave Honey Peanut Brittle! And what’s more, it makes a perfect gift to give to friends.

It isn’t the holiday season without sugar cookies! Our Sue Bee® Reindeer Honey Sugar Cookies are as yummy as they are festive.

Martha Stewart shares a tasty recipe for Honey-Spice Gingerbread Cookies. Cut them into any holiday shape and get decorating!

If you love salty and sweet combinations, these Salted Caramel Pretzel Cookies from Redefined Mom are for you!

Homemade caramels? Yes, please! Make a batch of these Honey Salted Caramels from I Wash, You Dry for your holiday get-together.

Honey, spice and everything nice. These Spiced Vanilla and Honey Christmas Cookies from Citrus and Candy are a perfect holiday cookie!

Gold Medal Flour shares a classic recipe for Honey Snickerdoodles that your whole family is sure to love!

My Recipes shares a recipe from Cooking Light for Lemon-Honey Drop Cookies that will add a citrus twist to your holidays!

One word: fudge. This rich, buttery Honey and Macadamia Nut Fudge from Better Homes and Gardens is sure to impress at your holiday parties!  

What’s not to love about a holiday favorite? Give these Peanut Butter Balls from Detoxinista a try this Christmas!

White chocolate, cranberries, orange zest and, of course … honey! This White Chocolate Cranberry Bark from Nourished Kitchen makes for a great DIY Christmas gift.

Switch things up from the usual pecan pie and make these yummy Honey Pecan Squares from Taste of Home!

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Santa’s Honey Snack Mix

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup SUE BEE® honey
• 1/2 cup butter
• 5 cups Rice Chex (or Corn Chex)
• 3 cups small pretzels
• 2 cups small kernel popcorn
• 3 cups Christmas M&M’s

Directions

• Heat oven to 300 F.
• In a large bowl, combine cereal, pretzels, and popcorn
• In microwave, melt butter and combine with honey.
• Pour honey mixture over cereal mixture; stir well until coated.
• Spread onto a foil covered cookie sheet (or in a jelly roll pan) and bake for 10 minutes.
• Stir after 10 minutes is up and continue baking for 15 minutes or until cereal is glazed and honey mixture is absorbed.
• Immediately place snack on waxed paper and sprinkle the M&M’s all over the snack mix; let cool.
• Store in tightly covered container.

Honey Cranberry Champagne Sparkler

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup Sue Bee® honey
• 1 12 ounce package fresh cranberries
• 1 lemon
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 3/4 cup water
• 4 inches stick cinnamon, broken
• 5 whole cloves
• 1 tablespoon snipped fresh sage
• 1/4 cup lemon juice
• 2 cups ice cubes
• 1 bottle of champagne or non-alcoholic champagne, chilled

Directions

• With a vegetable peeler, remove strips of peel from lemon.
• In a medium saucepan, combine sugar, water, strips of lemon peel, stick cinnamon, whole cloves and sage. Bring to boiling, stirring to dissolve sugar. Add 2/3 cup of cranberries (reserve 1/3 cup of the cranberries for garnish). Return just to boiling, stirring with a wooden spoon. Reduce heat, cover and simmer for 5 minutes.
• Remove from heat; cool to room temperature, about 1 hour. Stir in honey and lemon juice. Press mixture through a sieve; discard solids. Cover and chill syrup for at least an hour and until ready to use.
• To serve, in a small punch bowl combine the cranberry syrup and ice cubes. Slowly add champagne, stirring gently. Ladle into glasses (or cups). Garnish with the reserved cranberries and with sage sprigs, if desired.

Sue Bee® Honey Coconut Snowballs

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup Sue Bee® Honey
• 1 cup shredded coconut, unsweetened
• 2 Tbsp virgin coconut oil
• 3/4 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
• 1 cup flake coconut, sweetened
• Confectioners sugar for dusting (optional)

Directions

• In a blender, mix Sue Bee® honey, shredded coconut, coconut oil, vanilla and sea salt until well-combined.
• Using your hands, form honey-coconut mixture into a dozen 1-inch balls.
• Spread flake coconut on wax paper and roll each ball in coconut flakes until fully coated. Sprinkle with confectioners sugar if desired.
• Chill in refrigerator for at least one hour.

Honey Peppermint Lip Balm

Ingredients

• 2 tsp SUE BEE® honey
• 1 tbsp shea butter
• 2 tbsp coconut oil
• 1 1/2 tbsp beeswax
• 1/4 tsp essential peppermint oil
• pipettes
• 10 lip balm tubes or small jars

Directions

• Melt the shea butter, coconut oil, beeswax and honey in a double boiler.
• Whisk together until completely melted, then stir in the peppermint oil.
• Use a pipette to divide the liquid amongst the tubes or containers, filling them.
• Let the balm set with the caps off for 6 to 12 hours.

12 Overnight Oat Recipes Made With Honey

Morning seems to be one of the busiest times of day. Get up, shower and dress, prepare breakfast … and if you have kids you may need to get them ready and prepare their lunches for school. Simplify your routine by making breakfast the night before. These overnight oat recipes made with honey are easy to put together and will be ready for you when you get up. If you don’t have time to eat at home they are also great for on-the-go situations!

Our Overnight Oats recipe is simple and flexible. With a vanilla base you can add fruit, granola or any other flavoring to make this breakfast your own.

If coffee is a must for you in the early hours of the day then you will love the Healthy Maven’s Mocha Overnight Oats.

This recipe for Overnight Oats With Figs and Honey by Gina’s Skinny Recipes incorporates the fruit of the season with Mother Nature’s sweetener to add flavor.

The Overnight Refrigerator Oats With Fruit and Honey recipe from the Lemon Bowl calls for a little fresh fruit and cinnamon.

Raisins are always a wonderful addition to oatmeal. Use classic ingredients in Our Favorite Overnight Oats shared by 100 Days of Real Food.

One ingredient that always seems to be in the kitchen are bananas. Slice up a few and use them in this Banana Blueberry Overnight Oats recipe by a Pumpkin and a Princess.

Go for a tropical flare with Deliciously Ella’s Creamy Mango and Banana Overnight Oats.

Have some dessert for breakfast! Well, Fearless Dining’s Gluten Free Peach Cobbler Overnight Oats isn’t really a dessert, but it tastes like it!

Hearty and filling, Apple Cinnamon Overnight Oats from Kecia’s Flavor Breakthrough will keep you awake and ready to go for the day.

Clean Food Dirty City shares this recipe for Raspberry Chia Overnight Oats that is creamy way to start your day.

PB and J Overnight Oatmeal from PinkWhen is just what you need if you are craving a little peanut butter.

Chocolate for breakfast? Why not! Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Overnight Oats by Happy Food Healthy Life lets you indulge in a sweet way.

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Candy-Decorated Thanksgiving Cupcakes

Ingredients

For the cupcakes

• 2 tablespoons Sue Bee® Honey
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon allspice
• 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 sticks of butter, at room temperature
• 2 cups sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1 1/2 cups pumpkin puree
• 1/3 cup hot water

For the white buttercream frosting

• 3 tablespoons Sue Bee® Honey
• 1/2 cup butter, room temperature
• 2 cups powdered sugar
• 1/2 tablespoon of milk
• pinch of salt

For the chocolate buttercream frosting

• 3 tablespoons Sue Bee® Honey
• 1/2 cup butter, room temperature
• 1 1/3 cups powdered sugar
• 1/3 cup cocoa powder
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 tablespoon of milk

For decorations

• 1 small bag of candy corn
• yellow M&M’s (amount will vary depending on amount of cupcakes)
• 1 bag of caramels
• green Dots candy
• candy-coated or chocolate-covered sunflower seeds
• Sixlets

Directions

For the cupcakes

• Preheat oven to 350 F and line 2 standard cupcake pans with 12 paper baking cups each.
• Sift together the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg and salt on a sheet of wax or parchment paper; set aside.
• Place the butter in the bowl of a stand mixer. Beat on medium speed until fluffy. Stop to add the sugar, then beat on medium until well incorporated.
• Add the eggs one at a time, mixing slowly after each addition. Mix in the pumpkin puree and honey.
• Reduce the speed to low. Add 1/3 of flour mixture to the butter mixture; gradually add 1/3 of the hot water, beating until well-incorporated.
• Add another third of flour mixture, followed by another third of the hot water; scrape the bowl as needed. Add the remaining flour mixture, followed by the remaining hot water and mix slowly until just combined.
• Fill cupcake papers until 2/3 full. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes (start checking at 20 minutes) or until toothpick comes out clean.
• Transfer to wire rack to cool completely.

For the frosting(s)

• Place all of the ingredients in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment; beat until well-combined and desired consistency is reached.

For the Thanksgiving dinner decorations

• Frost cupcakes with white buttercream frosting.
• For each turkey, unwrap three caramels; place on small piece of waxed paper and microwave on high for 5-7 seconds or until softened.
• Break off desired amount for the body, roll into an egg shape. Roll two smaller pieces into wings and two pieces into legs. Press onto body to attach.
• For leaves, roll out green Dots candies to 1/8-inch thickness; cut leaf shapes. Place a turkey on top of each cupcake; arrange leaves, sunflower kernels and Sixlets around turkeys.

For turkey decorations

• Pipe the white buttercream frosting onto the cupcake.
• Pipe the chocolate buttercream frosting in the center to create the turkey’s body.
• Place 5 pieces of candy corn to create the feathers and a yellow M&M on top of the chocolate buttercream for the face.
• Using an edible marker, carefully draw eyes on the yellow M&M.
• Using dyed frosting or an orange rainbow chip and a heart confetti sprinkle, create the beak and wattle of the turkey.

13 Thanksgiving Recipes With Honey

Thanksgiving is fast approaching but have no fear … from sides to desserts, we’ve got you covered this year! Squash, carrots and stuffing, to rolls, turkey and pie, the sweet flavor of honey shines through in all of these recipes … which means you are sure to make one mouthwatering Thanksgiving dinner!

Sides:

These Brussels Sprouts with Balsamic Honey from the Food Network will be a yummy side dish this Thanksgiving!

Give our Sue Bee® Honey Glazed Squash a try for a simple and delicious side dish. The honey adds the perfect amount of sweetness to this fall comfort food.

Our Sue Bee® Gingered Carrots with Honey add a fun twist to classic cooked carrots. The ginger, honey and lemon juice give them a unique flavor that is sure to be a hit.

Stuffing that combines honey and cornbread … what’s not to love about that? This Honey Cornbread Stuffing recipe from the National Honey Board will be the perfect addition to your Thanksgiving meal. (Use our Sue Bee® Sweet Honey Cornbread recipe for your day-old honey cornbread.)

All Recipes shares a Pear Honey Cranberry Sauce that is refreshingly sweet and tangy … and sure to be a hit with your family and friends!

Whip up our Sue Bee® Honey Cranberry Relish for a sweet, fruit-filled relish that will taste great with your Thanksgiving turkey!

Bread:

It wouldn’t be Thanksgiving without homemade bread to go along with the meal. Give these Honey Potato Rolls from Foodie With Family a try!

Pair your Honey Potato Rolls with this Honey Butter from All Recipes or spread on any other bread to add some sweetness!

Main Dish:

With all sorts of spices and a honey glaze to top it off, our Sue Bee® Honey Glazed Turkey is what you need to be making this Thanksgiving.

Give our flavorful Sue Bee® Holiday Honey Baked Ham a try if your family wants something other than turkey this year … or make it in addition to a turkey!

Whole Foods shares this recipe for Honey and Rosemary Brined Turkey with Herb Riesling Gravy. Not only will you get a tasty turkey, but gravy, too!

Desserts:

It wouldn’t be Thanksgiving without a little pie, and you can’t go wrong with our Sue Bee® Honey Pumpkin Pie! Top it off with a dollop of whipped cream and you’re all set.

Our Sue Bee® Honey Pecan Pie is deliciously sweet. Serve it with a scoop of ice cream and you’ve got the ultimate Thanksgiving dessert.

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Honey Cranberry Relish

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup Sue Bee® Honey
• 1 12-oz. package fresh cranberries
• 2 large oranges, peeled and seeded
• 2 apples, cored and chopped
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts

Directions

• In a food processor, combine the cranberries and oranges. Coarsely chopped until mixed and place in salad bowl.
• Add apples to the food processor and coarsely chop. Combine apples with cranberry and orange mixture.
• Stir in chopped nuts and honey.
• Refrigerate and serve chilled.

Spiced Honey Apple Cider

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup Sue Bee® Honey
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 8 whole cloves
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 4 cups apple cider

Directions

• In a 2-quart saucepan, combine Sue Bee® honey, water, lemon juice, cloves and cinnamon.
• Bring to a boil.
• Stir in cider and heat through.
• Serve hot.

Honey Cranberry Oat Bread

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup Sue Bee® Honey
• 1/3 cup vegetable oil
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup milk
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup quick-cooking rolled oats
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups fresh or frozen cranberries
• 1 cup chopped nuts

Directions

• In large bowl, combine honey, oil, eggs and milk; mix well.
• In medium bowl, combine flour, oats, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt; mix well.
• Stir dry ingredients into the honey mixture.
• Fold in cranberries and nuts.
• Spoon into two 8×4 inch greased and floured loaf pans.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 40-45 minutes or until wooden toothpick inserted near center comes out clean.
• Cool in pans on wire rack for 15 minutes.
• Remove from pans; cool completely on wire rack.
• Serve and enjoy!

Honey-Glazed Squash

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup Sue Bee ® Honey
• 2 tablespoons butter, room temperature
• 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
• 1/4 cup chopped walnuts
• 1/4 cup raisins
• salt and pepper
• 2 acorn squash

Directions

• Cut squash in half and remove seeds.
• Place, cut side down, in shallow pan. Add 1/2 inch hot water to pan.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 40-50 minutes until almost tender.
• Turn cut side up and season with salt and pepper.
• Combine honey, butter, Worcestershire sauce, walnuts and raisins in a bowl.
• Spoon into squash.
• Return to oven and bake 15 minutes longer until filling is heated and squash is tender.
• Serve and enjoy!

Honeyscotch Topping

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup Sue Bee®Honey
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup butter
• 2/3 cup evaporated milk

Directions

• Combine Sue Bee® honey, sugar, salt, butter and 1/3 cup evaporated milk in a saucepan.
• Cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally until the internal temperature reaches 234 F.
• Stir in remaining evaporated milk and cook until thick and smooth – leave for 1 minute and then remove from heat. It will continue to thicken as it cools.
• Serve hot, at room temperature, or cold.

Honey Bottle Halloween Costumes

If you’re looking for decorations for your Halloween festivities or something to do with the kids, it’s time to get crafty with our Honey-Inspired Painted Pumpkins or Honey Bottle Halloween Costumes (directions below)! Dress up or paint an ordinary bottle of Sue Bee® honey to create a festive decoration or the perfect prize for a costume contest!

What you’ll need:

– 12-oz. table server of Sue Bee® Clover Honey (Minion or Frankenstein)

– 12-oz. squeeze bear of Sue Bee® honey (Mummy or Ghost)

– 1-lb. bottle of Aunt Sue’s® Raw & Unfiltered Honey (Candy Corn)

– 2-oz. bottles of acrylic paint (colors: Bright Yellow, Jack-O’-Lantern Orange, True Blue, Holly Green and/or Snow White)

– a few paintbrushes (different sizes)

– painter’s tape (1.88-inch width)

– 1 black permanent marker

– a few facial tissues

– 1 self-adhesive bandage roll (in the first-aid section of your local pharmacy)

– a rubber band or small piece of ribbon

For the mummy, begin wrapping a 12-oz. squeeze honey bear in the bandage, starting at the bottom. Layer around the bear until you’ve reached the top and there are no gaps in the bandage. Using scissors or a box cutter, cut slits in some of the bandage layers to create a more worn and shredded effect, and your honey bear mummy is ready for Halloween.

For the ghost, simply take two Kleenex tissues layered on top of each other and place over a 12-oz. squeeze honey bear. Gather the material around its neck and tie with a rubber band, piece of ribbon or piece of string. Using a black permanent marker, carefully draw eyes and a mouth on the ghost’s face (note: the permanent marker will bleed on the tissue, so draw and color slowly). Fluff up the tissues and you’re all set!

For the minion, start by taping off the bottom section of a 12-oz. table server with your painter’s tape. Paint the top (larger) section of the bottle with the yellow paint and let dry. Repeat until the yellow is solid. Once it’s fully dry, remove the painter’s tape and paint the bottom section blue and let dry. Repeat until the blue is also solid. Once it’s fully dry, paint eyes and mouth on the bottle or print off eyes and a mouth to complete your minion.

For Frankenstein, start by painting an entire 12-oz. table server bottle green. Let dry and then add a second coat Once it’s fully dry, draw two large ovals for the eyes with a black permanent marker. Following the example in the photo above, add a nose, a squiggly mouth and hair with the black permanent marker (note: also color the top of the bottle with the black permanent marker to complete the hair). Next, paint the inside of the ovals using a small paint brush and the white paint. Once they’re fully dry, create the eyes by following the photo above and coloring the black part with the permanent marker. Lastly, attach two bolts or screws (whatever you have laying around) with double-sided tape to the sides of the face to complete the Frankenstein look.

For the candy corn, start by taping off the cap and the bottom section of a 1-lb. Aunt Sue’s® honey bottle. Paint the exposed section with the orange paint and let dry; repeat as necessary. After orange section is fully dry, remove painter’s tape from bottom section and paint this part yellow. Let dry and repeat as necessary. Lastly, paint the cap solid white, let dry and your piece of candy corn is finished!

Share your creations with us by uploading a photo to our Facebook page or tagging us on Twitter and Instagram using @SueBeeUSA!

Halloween Treats With Honey

Bring on the pumpkins, costumes, parties, haunted houses and especially … the sweets! There will be plenty of store-bought candy around on Halloween, so why not whip up some homemade goodies? Try any of our delicious Halloween treats that are all made with honey. From pumpkin monster cookies to all things candy corn, there is something for everyone to love!

Combine Sue Bee® honey, pumpkin, oatmeal and M&M’s for a delicious fall twist on the classic monster cookie with our Honey Pumpkin Monster Cookies!

What’s not to love about a recipe with “sweet and salty” in the name? Our Sweet and Salty Candy Corn Bars are the perfect way to end a night of trick-or-treating.

Feel like staying in and watching scary movies this Halloween? Make a batch of our Honey Monster Munch Mix to snack on while you do!

For all of the candy corn lovers out there, this one’s for you! Try our Honey Candy Corn Pudding Pops for a fun, frozen treat.

Finally, our Honey Candy Corn Drink is sure to be a hit at any Halloween party! And if you didn’t think it could get any cuter, try topping it off with a few candy corn pieces.

Honey-Inspired Painted Pumpkins

Create a Sue Bee® Honey-Inspired Work of Art!

It wouldn’t be Halloween without pumpkin decorations!

If you want to skip out on the mess of carving but still want to get creative, paint your pumpkins using any of our honey-inspired images below. Click the images to download the PDF file. After printing, carefully trace along the edges of the images/patterns with a black marker before filling in the lines with paint.

Be sure to check out our Honey Bottle Halloween Costumes, too!

Share your painted pumpkins with us by uploading a photo to our Facebook page or tagging us on Twitter  and Instagram using @SueBeeUSA!

Honey Candy Corn Drink

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons Sue Bee® Honey
• 2 cups mango nectar
• 1 box of lemon-flavor gelatin
• 1 cup boiling water
• 3 1/2 cups cold orange soda
• 1 cup whipping cream
• candy corn for topping

Directions

• Boil water.
• Add gelatin to boiling water; stir until dissolved.
• Stir in mango nectar.
• Pour mixture into a clear 2-quart pitcher.
• Cover and put in fridge for 3 hours (it may take longer – you want it thick but not set).
• Gently pour orange soda in. (Tip: Stick a wooden spoon over the top of the gelatin mix and pour the orange soda with your cup touching the spoon, so the soda runs down the spoon onto the gelatin. Pour slowly.)
• Combine whipping cream and honey; mix with a beater for a few minutes until peaks form in whipped cream.
• Using a spoon, gently dollop whipped mix over the soda (it won’t sink).
• Stir before drinking.

Honey Candy Corn Pudding Pops

Ingredients

• 3 teaspoons of Sue Bee® Honey
• Small box (3.3 ounces) Instant Jello Pudding White Chocolate
• Large box (5.1 ounces) Instant Jello Pudding Vanilla Flavor
• Orange and yellow food coloring
• 4 cups milk

Directions

• Prepare white chocolate jello by mixing pudding mix with 1 1/2 cups of cold milk. Stir in 1 teaspoon of honey and transfer the pudding mixture to a large plastic bag.
• Prepare vanilla pudding by mixing pudding mix with 2 1/2 cups of cold milk. Stir in 2 teaspoons of honey and divide pudding into two bowls.
• Color one bowl of pudding with yellow food coloring and the other with orange.
• Transfer pudding from the bowls to plastic bags.
• Snip corner of plastic bags and squeeze pudding into popsicle molds.
• Start with white layer and finish with yellow.

Honey Monster Munch Mix

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup Sue Bee® honey
• 12 cups air-popped popcorn
• 3 cups mini-twist pretzels
• 1 cup roasted, salted peanuts
• 1 cup candy corn
• 1 cup Reese’s Pieces
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2/3 cup creamy peanut butter
• 1/4 cup butter
• Orange sprinkles (optional)

Directions

• In a large bowl, mix together the popcorn, pretzels, peanuts, candy corn and Reese’s Pieces and set aside.
• In a medium saucepan, bring the honey, sugar, salt, peanut butter and butter to a boil over medium-high heat while stirring constantly. Boil without stirring for five minutes. Remove from heat and drizzle caramel over popcorn mixture. Stir to coat.
• Spread the popcorn mixture onto two baking sheets lined with parchment paper. Add orange sprinkles.
• Let it cool completely, then break apart to serve.

Sweet and Salty Candy Corn Bars

Ingredients

• 1 cup Sue Bee® honey
• 1 10.5 ounce bag of Fritos
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 cup peanut butter
• 2/3 cup candy corn

Directions

• Butter a 7×11 or 8×8 pan and set aside.
• Pour Fritos in a large bowl, use a wooden spoon to break into large pieces.
• In a heavy saucepan over medium heat, heat honey and sugar to boiling, stirring occasionally. Once boiling, remove from heat and add peanut butter, stirring until smooth.
• Pour mixture into bowl with Fritos, stirring to coat.
• Press mixture (buttering your hands helps) into prepared pan. Sprinkle candy corns on top and gently press into surface.
• Let bars cool to room temperature before serving.