Simple Honey Recipes
More than just a sweet treat, you can find easy honey recipes for many purposes. Whether you want a quick snack or a comforting dessert, honey has a lot to offer. In this collection, you’ll find simple honey recipes that show just how delicious and useful honey can be in everyday cooking.
To keep things simple, I’ve grouped the recipes into categories like main dishes, sweet treats, beverages, and even a few honey-sweetened drinks. Just more examples of the numerous ways to use honey in food and beyond.
Recipes Using Honey
A natural sweetener, honey is made by bees from plant nectar. The flavor and color of honey can vary from one harvest to the next. This gives you many options for pairing it with different types of food.
But, beekeepers can also harvest special mono-floral varieties such as Clover, Orange Blossom, Buckwheat or Sourwood honey. Each of these varieties lend their own unique floral tones to your recipes.
Main Dishes
Here are some great recipes that feature honey as an ingredient. Whether making a hearty lunch or delicious dinner – you are sure to find something to love.
Air Fryer Honey Chicken Dinner
The air fryer is a popular tool for many cooks because it makes fast work of producing a meal and uses less oil than deep frying.
This recipe for Easy Air Fryer Honey Chicken has awesome flavor and no oily aftertaste. If you want to spice things up a bit you can always add a bit of hot sauce.
Baked Honey Chicken Tenders
This recipe is one of my favorites for the oven – Baked Honey Chicken Tenders. They are flavorful but not too strong for picky eaters.
Perfect for those of you who hate soggy breading on tenders. Crispy, moist and delicious, your family will love them.
Honey Garlic Shrimp Stir Fry
My husband loves shrimp. This delicious stir fry recipe will have the gang asking for seconds and maybe thirds.
Shrimp, honey and lime team up with a little butter and garlic to create an awesome dish. I served this with pasta and parmesan. Give Honey Garlic Shrimp Stir Fry a try!
Baked Honey Mustard Pork Chops
Dry tough baked pork chops are a thing of the past with this recipe. The honey, mustard and mayonnaise combine to the create the best darn Honey Mustard Pork Chops around. Be sure that you do not over cook them and you will have a winner.
Fruit Salad with Honey Lime Dressing
Generally thought of as a side dish or dessert… Honey Lime Fruit Salad can also serve as a light lunch. The honey adds just a bit of sweetness while not masking the flavor of fresh fruit.
Treats Sweetened with Honey
Here are just a few snack and dessert ideas that will bring a smile to anyone’s face. Be warned in advance that you may find yourself making them more and more often. Don’t forget to check out my favorite honey snacks that are easy and portable.
Honey Glazed Pineapple Rings
There is just something festive about grilling – especially when the weather is nice. One of our favorites is grilled pineapple. This Honey Glazed Grilled Pineapple is quick and easy to fix and sure to please.
Chocolate Honey Caramel Turtles
Using pecans, chocolate and caramel made with honey, these fun and delicious turtle candies are a crowd pleaser.
Impress your friends and family with Honey Caramel Turtle Candy. A delightful treat when your sweet tooth has a serious craving for chocolate and caramel.
Honey Caramel Apples
Create a twist on the traditional recipe and make our own honey caramel apples. Often paired with a tangy green apple, you can use any kind of apple that your family likes. This caramel is thinner than tradition caramel. You can adds nuts for extra flavor.
Dehydrated Pineapple with Honey
One popular snack is to make dehydrated pineapple slices with a honey dip or glaze. The honey adds a bit of sweetness to the dried fruit and helps prolong freshness too!
Cheerios Honey Peanut Butter Bars
Sometimes there is no time for breakfast. A handy cereal snack to eat on the run may be just what you need. Even better, they can be made ahead of time and frozen.
Cheerios Honey Peanut Butter Bars are made using plain Cheerios cereal (I like the multi-grain option). Of course you can use varieties but you will be added more sugar and calories.
Honey Roasted Almonds
When you want something really quick and really delicious, reach for this Honey Roasted Almonds with Sea Salt Recipe.
Oh boy, talk about tasty – and yes they do have fat but its mostly healthy fat. A nice snack option and they will keep in a sealed container for several weeks – but trust me – they won’t last that long!
Honey Roasted Cashews
A variation on roasted almonds is using cashews instead. Toasting cashews in a butter, honey mixture creates a unique flavor that is a great treat for every day or any special occasion. Honey Roasted Cashews. These festive nuts are great for the holiday.
Honey, Peanut Butter & Oatmeal Balls
These small snack bites combine the healthful properties and tempting flavor of peanut butter, oatmeal and honey.
Easy to make, they store well in the freezer. Honey, Peanut Butter & Oatmeal Balls do freeze well, but you can still eat them frozen. Do not put them there to hide them from yourself – it does not work.
If you need something super quick and easy – this Recipe for Simple Honey Joys is a fan favorite. Most of the needed items are probably already in your pantry.
Honey Roasted Pecans in Oven
Roasting them in the oven with a thin glaze of honey brings out the best nutty flavor of pecans. This is a very easy recipe – you don’t have to add a lot of things. But, you can if you want to.
Honey Roasted Pecans can be enjoyed by the handful or used as a topping for salads, ice cream and more.
Honey Popsicles – With Greek Yogurt and Berries
Looking for a cool, sweet treat? You don’t have to visit the ice cream isle at the market. You can make your own. These cool ice pops with no regular sugar added are healthy treat.
Don’t let the heat of Summer get you down. Make your own Honey Popsicles featuring Greek Yogurt and avoid the empty calories found in some many cool snacks.
Baked Goods
Do you know that you can use honey in baking? It helps hold in the moisture and avoid dry baked products.
Crispy Honey Bee Cookies
Baking cookies is a fun activity that the whole family can enjoy. Well sugar cookies have met their match. Besides – who doesn’t love a bee shaped cookie?
Of course you can use regular cookie cutters to make these Crispy Honey Bee Cookies but the bee shapes are so cute.
Homemade Honey Cheesecake
You will love the delicious creamy texture of this homemade Cheesecake make with Honey instead of granulated sugar.
This recipe is designed to work with your Instant Pot which makes success almost guaranteed. Top with a sweet drizzle and fresh berries of your choice.
Easy Blueberry & Honey Scones
Are you a lover of fresh baked scones? If so, you really need to try my Honey Scones with blueberries (or your favorite fruit). It features nutritious blue berries and is truly a taste explosion in your mouth.
Honey Blueberry Muffins
How about a tasty muffin? These moist Honey Blueberry Muffins are a great choice. Not too sweet and filled with nutritious whole foods, they are great right from the oven.
Honey Cranberry Cookies
Let’s face it, sometimes you just really need a cookie….right? These cookies have great flavor and will satisfy your cookie craving. Featuring nutritious cranberries Cranberry Cookies may become a holiday favorite.
Pumpkin Pie Sweetened with Honey
Making a pie never gets any easier than this recipe for honey pumpkin pie. Mix all the ingredients in a bowl and pour into a pie crust.
Bake until done, let cool and then enjoy. You only need a few ingredients and the cleanup is minimal. Consider making a homemade pumpkin pie for your family.
Peanut Butter Honey Cookies
The peanut butter extravaganza continues with these Peanut Butter Honey Cookies. They are the perfect answer for those of you wanting to feed your craving for peanut butter.
This recipe makes a firm cookie that has body and lacks the greasy feeling that so many peanut butter cookies have.
Honey Bee Cake – Deliciously Sweet
In addition to adding flavor, and moisture to your baking, honey also can be used as a theme. Who would not be delighted with this adorable honey bee cake with fondant bees to complete the theme.
Honey Bee Cake Pops
Bring a smile to every face with these cute bee cake pops. You don’t have to be a master chef to have fun with bee-themed desserts. Mine look a bit weird but they taste great.
Homemade Honey Bee Cake Pops can make your next birthday party or special occasion be a buzzing success.
Drinks Made with Honey
Honey can be used in recipes in place of granulated sugar in many different drink recipes.
Honey Bee Latte Coffee Drink
Want to create a special coffee drink that you will love and save some money too? The Honey Bee Latte is a wonderful combination of warm milk, espresso and sweetness from the beehive.
Homemade Honey Lemonade
Yes, you can make your own lemonade and use a natural sweetener instead of refined sugar.
It is easier than you may think and only requires 3 ingredients. Honey Sweetened Lemonade is very refreshing for any occasion.
Other Great Honey Recipe Ideas
We have just barely scratched the surface of possibilities when it comes to cooking with honey. It is not a requirement to have a recipe, you can enjoy eating honeycomb as a stand alone treat.
Honey Apple Butter in the Crockpot
Got a few extra apples sitting around? Or maybe you are in the mood for a new spread to use on those bagels or biscuits? Make your own Honey Apple Butter Crockpot Style.
t’s a great item to make for yourself or to give at Christmas. You can take it through the canning process for long term storage or keep in the frig to eat right away.
Homemade Blueberry Syrup
We have several blueberry bushes that “thanks to the bee pollination” produce a lot of berries. I struggle to find ways to use the berries and not make too many cobblers!
You don’t have any fresh berries? No worries. This recipe works great with frozen blueberries too. Grab a few cups of berries, a lemon and a little water – viola – Homemade Blueberry Syrup with Honey.
Best Homemade Honey Teriyaki Sauce
Sure, it is easy to pick up a bottle of sauce at the grocery – but who knows what it in there. Make your own delicious teriyaki sauce at home with this easy recipes.
You only need a few items and the sauce has so many uses in the kitchen. Best Honey Teriyaki Sauce.
You can also try these:
- dehydrate it to make your own honey powder – this can be used as a topping on ice cream, yogurt and more.
- use it as is a great preservative for fruits such as: Dehydrated Cinnamon Apples.
- what about Cinnamon Honey Butter?
- soothe an itchy throat – try infused honey lemon ginger tea.
Go forth and explore, you can find recipes for every taste preference. You can even make gummy bears with honey. And, remember to try different flavors as this too affect the final flavor of your food.
Final Thoughts
If you store honey properly, it never spoils. No wasted money here! Whether you have a large quart jar of this delightful treat, or maybe only a few honey sticks in your purse for your afternoon tea – no matter, there is a lot you can do. Find some new ways to include honey in your recipes.
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