Homemade Honey Cough Drops Recipes

HOMEMADE HONEY LEMON COUGH DROPS

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients in a small pot.
• Heat the pot slightly over medium heat and melt the ingredients together.
• The honey mixture will start to bubble, remove from heat and whisk until bubbles/foam recedes slightly. Replace on heat.
• Do this for 2.5-3 minutes, whisking every 15 seconds or so. You want the mixture to get HOT but not to outright burn.
• The mixture will start to change color (dark honey color).
• After three minutes-ish, pour the mixture into silicone molds but do not fill them all the way. You want the drops to be very small and thin.
• Let cool on the counter for twenty minutes then place in the freezer to set.
• Pop the disks out when you need them. They are chilled and soothing but they're also sticky once melted (almond-like a taffy) so try not to chew them too much!
• Makes 8 drops depending on mold.

HOMEMADE HONEY COUGH DROPS

Steps:

• In a heavy bottom sauce pot, boil sliced ginger in water. When it reaches boil, simmer until the liquid reduces to about 1/3 Cup. This will be the ginger extract.
• In the same pot with the ginger extract, add the honey and cinnamon stick and bring to boil. Watch the pot carefully because it will bubble up. Make sure it doesn't boil over or burn and be very careful not to touch the boiling honey. It's very very hot.
• Add a pinch of pink salt.
• Boil until the candy thermometer reads 250°F - hard candy temperature.
• If you are using candy mold, pour the honey mixture carefully into the mold. Set it aside until it's cooled and refrigerate until hardened.
• If you are using the powder sugar method, spread the powdered sugar (blend granulated sugar in a high power blender) on a cookie sheet about 1/2 inch in thickness. Make round circles with a back of round measuring spoon, creating small craters. Basically, you are making a "mold' right on the powder sugared surface on the cookie sheet. Pour the honey inside the craters. Yes, they will not be all perfectly uniform like silicone candy molds but you'll get the shapes you create and shape you want. You can also portion out the sizes you want too.
• When the cough drops are hard enough to pick up or unmold them if using the candy mold, roll them around in the sugar so they don't stick to each other. Store them in a glass jar in the refrigerator. I think they will last a quite awhile.

HOMEMADE HONEY COUGH SYRUP

Steps:

• Add 8 tablespoons of the echinacea root, 8 tablespoons cinnamon bark and 8 tablespoons ginger root to the cold water and bring to a boil; reduce to a simmer. Put a lid on pot keeping it slightly ajar and continue to simmer until the liquid is reduced to half of its original amount.
• Strain herbs from the liquid and discard.
• Add 1 cup of honey and heat thoroughly.
• Remove from heat and allow to cool. Transfer to glass bottles and store in the refrigerator.

HOMEMADE HONEY HERBAL COUGH DROPS

Steps:

• Pour 1 ½ cups of boiling water over the herbs of your choice.
• Allow the herbs to steep for at least 20 minutes or until the water is cool. Squeeze the liquid out of the herbs and discard them. Strain the resulting tea.
• Combine your herbal tea with the honey in a small, deep saucepan with a heavy bottom.
• Clip a candy thermometer to the side, with the tip in the liquid but not touching the bottom. Bring to a boil and simmer, stirring frequently, until the temperature reaches 300°F.
• As the mixture thickens and condenses, you may need to tip the pan sideways to take an accurate reading.
• While the syrup is cooking down, prepare your pan. It's also a good time to cut pieces of waxed paper or cellophane to package your drops. I use wax paper, cut into 3-inch-by-4-inch rectangles.
• When your syrup reaches 300°F, or the "hard drop stage," immediately pour it into your prepared pan to cool, using a silicone scraper to get it all out of the saucepan.
• Immediately fill the saucepan with hot water.
• Allow the mixture to cool until you can just handle it without burning your hands. This will take 15 to 30 minutes.
• Lay out a clean silicone sheet or length of wax paper to work on and dust it with the anti-stick powder of your choice.
• When you can handle the mixture use a knife or scissors (dip into cold water between cuts to minimize sticking) to cut the hardening mixture into long strips and then drop-sized bits and place them on your powdered work surface.
• You can shape them a little to round the corners as you go, but don't dawdle, as the workable stage is fleeting.
• Once they are all shaped, toss them, a few at a time, into a jar with ¼ cup of your anti-stick powder, and give it a shake to cover all sides.
• Tap off the excess and wrap each one securely. Then place the wrapped drops in a jar with a tight-fitting lid.
• Store your jar in a cool location and use your drops as needed to soothe your throat and calm coughs.

OLD FASHIONED HOREHOUND COUGH DROPS

Steps:

• Boil the horehound leaves in the 2 cups water for 10 minutes; discard leaves.
• Add twice as much honey as the remaining liquid and stir the mixture smooth.
• Then blend 2 cups of sugar with 1/8 tsp.
• of cream of tartar in a saucepan, and add the honey-horehound mixture.
• Stir over medium heat until sugar melts.
• Then lower flame and continue stirring till a dollop of the candy forms a hard ball when dropped in cold water.
• At that point, pour syrup into buttered baking dish and cut into small squares as candy begins to harden.
• Finally, roll in confectioners sugar and then granulated sugar and store in airtight containers.