Honey Dippers, Chocolate and Caramel. Oh My!

I always thought the ONLY job a Honey Dipper had was to drizzle honey in tea.  Now I have discovered that a Honey Dipper/Honey Wand is also used to move honey from a jar or container over food without creating a mess. They have a practical and cuteness factor all in one.

This is how they are supposed to work. A honey dipper gets placed at an angle in the honey jar and  gets coated with honey as you roll it around. When you take the Honey Dipper out you are then to constantly turn it and no honey will drip. You should be able to dance around the room and the honey should stay on the wand and not drip as long as you keep turning it. When you stop turning it and hold it parallel over the food or tea you desire the honey will start to slowly pour on that item.

I wasn’t exactly sold on Honey Dippers actually working so I decided to buy a cheap one to try it out. To my surprise, when looking at reviews on Amazon, I saw honey dippers can be also be used to drizzle chocolate, maple syrup and caramel. I was mind blown! I purchased a set of 6.

I had planned to have a chocolate fondue and fruit night as a Valentines dessert for my family. To add a little variety I decided that Instead of my beloved fondue I wanted to use the Honey Dippers to drizzle honey, melted chocolate and caramel over the fruit.  It seemed simple enough and kind of fun but as I was new to the honey dripping device I must admit I was a little skeptical. The Honey Dippers would either be a huge hit, drizzling yummy sweet sauces over fruit OR a sticky honey, chocolate, caramel mess. To avert a true disaster the Honey Dippers needed to be put to the test.

Test 1 – Honey

I did exactly as the instructions indicate but I did not dance around the room.  I covered the wand in honey at an angle and removed it from the honey. Kept turning it to stop the flow of honey, held parallel and stopped turning and the honey poured. Start the flow of honey, stop the flow of honey. Yep Success!  Local honey would be a definite choice.

Test 2 – Chocolate

Melting Chocolate. I did the same again. It did not stick as well as the honey but worked! Yay!

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Test 3 – Caramel

Caramel was similar to chocolate-it did not stick as well as honey but It worked! Yay number 3!!

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Fruit drizzling-here we come!

Everything was washed and ready to go.  I had chosen strawberries, raspberries, apples, grapes and bananas. The fruit was put in Corningware in the fridge. I had my white plates and fondue forks at the ready. Finally I had the chance to pull out my ramekins as my chocolate, caramel and honey containers.  What a perfect treat.

I’ve noticed that my plans don’t always work out exactly the way I intend them to. When my husband and I came back from dinner that night we were too stuffed to eat it!  The girls were a little candied out. So the Valentine’s treat was a bust.

Take 2

I’m a person who does not mind making a special day last longer (that’s why I have a birthday month), so the next night I set it all up again. The outcome was fun and yummy. My youngest did end up going straight to the chocolate ramekin after a while.  My oldest had a sports practice but really enjoyed it when she got home. Not exactly how I imagined the family Valentine setting but that’s life right?

Would I use Honey Dippers again?

Would I use the Honey Dippers again to mix it up a little from my fondue by adding a variety of sauces?  In a heartbeat. I can’t wait to have everyone over and do this. Word of advice-plastic tablecloth.

Have you ever tried Honey Dippers?  

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