Hokey Pokey

Step 1

Put the sugar and syrup into a saucepan and stir together to mix. You can't stir once the pan's on the heat, though.

Step 2

Place the pan on the heat and let the mixture first melt and then turn to goo and then a bubbling mass the color of maple syrup - this will take 3 minutes or so.

Step 3

Off the heat, whisk in the baking soda and watch the syrup turn into a whooshing cloud of aerated pale gold. Turn this immediately onto a piece of baking parchment or greased foil.

Step 4

Leave until set and then bash at it, so that it splinters into many glinting pieces.