Our yard has been full of dandelions, so my mom suggested we make dandelion honee for Beltane this year! It turned out great, so I wanted to show you how we made it. You can find the full instructions for how to make vegan honee by clicking the link. This post just covers the differences between my original recipe and this one.
We gathered four cups of dandelion flowers:
I added a few tablespoons of baking soda to about eight cups of water, and then soaked the dandelion flowers in the soda water for twenty minutes. We don’t use any chemicals on our lawn, but we live next to farms that do use pesticides. Soaking your produce in soda water is supposed to remove toxins, so I did that just to be sure.
A cute little ladybug came in with the dandelions!
I thoroughly rinsed the dandelions after soaking them, then spread them out to dry:
I let them dry overnight, then pulled the petals off of the receptacle as shown:
To make the honee, bring about three cups of the unsweetened apple juice that you will be using to make the honee to a boil. (Keep the pot covered while you do this.)
Take the pot off the heat, add the dandelion petals, stir, then cover the pot. Allow to steep for two hours:
Strain the petals and reserve the juice:
Use the flavored juice along with the rest of the apple juice as directed in my original vegan honee recipe. You will add the vegan sugar, but you will not use the chamomile tea bags as the honey is already flavored with the dandelions.
I really like the flavor of this dandelion version! It is a little stronger than my original chamomile honee and perfect for when you want a bolder honey flavor. I love both versions, but have already made a second batch of dandelion honee and am going to freeze at least two batches of petals to use during the winter.
Enjoy!
Can’t wait to look into this! Dandelions are so much more our friends than the pesticide folks would have us know. They are SO GOOD for us! Thank you, brilliant, friend!
Thank you, Karmah! I don’t think our neighbors appreciate our dandelion-filled yard, but I love them! So good for the bees too!
Cannot wait to make this a tradition in my life! Thank you so much!
I hope you love this honee as much as I do!
I look forward to making this!
I hope you love the honee!
Thank you SO much for this recipe! I don’t have a way to weigh the mixture as it cooked so I used a candy thermometer. I cooked it to somewhere between the syrup and softball temperature. It came out a little thick and next time I will cook it closer to the syrup level.