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Honey is unfortunately an ingredient that is rather under-used in my household. I’m not sure why, because I happen to love it. Honey on toast, honey on chicken, honey in beer…it’s all good. And I know I can substitute honey into just about any recipe that has sugar in it, but for some reason I very rarely do this. In the heat of the moment, with the oven warming up for a cake or cookies it just never occurs to me to use honey as a sweetener. Maybe this Sugar High Friday, “Oh Honey You Shouldn’t Have” will change that – and me - for the better.

One place where I do regularly use honey is on toast. Honey with peanut butter, honey with jam, honey with butter…and the piece de résistance, creamed honey holding it’s own on a piece of toasted multi-grain bread - the list is endless! For some reason in the heat of the moment with the bread in the toaster I DO happen to remember the various jars, bottles and containers of honey perched in my cupboard.

Creamed honey and peanut butter sandwiches were an absolute favourite of mine growing up – which might explain my present avid sweet tooth to some degree. I have always loved a piece of bread with honey and peanut butter as a substitute for a heavy dessert. There’s also more dessert-like dishes such as pound-cake with honey drizzled strawberries and honey-infused hot chocolate for a nice change from the regular flavours of chocolate, chocolate, and more chocolate.

For this month’s Sugar High I dug deep into my memories of honey – and pulled out my all-time favourite as mentioned: PB & Honey sandwiches. But I put a bit of a twist on this idea and made peanut buttter and honey cookies as well as a batch of home made honey ice cream, and put them both together to create this gorgeously drippy mid-summer treat: Bee-Nut Butter Ice Cream Sandwiches. Oh…so…good…

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Jul 19, 2005:	Cathy (http://mylittlekitchen.blogspot.com) Jennifer - either one of these alone sounds incredible, but together... I can't even imagine! Fantastic idea and beautifully done!
Jul 18, 2005:	Michele (http://www.oswegotea.com) Hi Jennifer, these are absolutely gorgeous! My jaw dropped just reading about them, I can only imagine how wonderful they tasted. And honey ice cream? oh my.. much drooling is happening here.. :)
Jul 18, 2005:	amy (www.beautyjoyfood.com) Peanuts and honey and ice cream-mmmmm. I'll definitely be making these this summer. Thanks so much for stopping by! I've been reading your site forever, and I absolutely love the SHF event.
Jul 18, 2005:	J (http://brandoesq.blogspot.com) hi jennifer,that looks phenomenal - drippy, sticky and lusciously creamy...then again, you'd expect no less from the genius who came up with SHF ;) cheers,j
Jul 18, 2005:	Eve (http://eve.dave3.com) I never had honey ice cream before, but that ice cream sandwich you made looks delicious. I once made a peanut butter and honey mousse pie and I image your sandwiches probably taste similiar. Yum! I only just found out about SHF this Friday. Hopefully, I can participate next month. That's really a great idea you had for it. Cheers!
Jul 17, 2005:	mika (http://greenjackfruit.blogspot.com/) Jennifer- a great entry again. It looks like my favorite dessert Japonais with lots of buttercream.
Jul 17, 2005:	Lisa (http://cakefun.blogspot.com) Wouldn't it be great and a lot healthier if honey replaced white sugar. How does 'Honey High Friday' sound? Great dessert!
Jul 17, 2005:	emily (http://dogdesserts.blogspot.com) Honey ice cream is my favourite! I haven't been able to find it here, so I guess I'm just going to have to bite the bullet and make my own. Love your dessert's name!
Jul 17, 2005:	Emily (http://bakingbeast.blogspot.com) that looks so incredibly good right now.. and i just had a turtle sundae half an hour ago! great flavor pairing... peanut and honey! sounds fantastic.
Jul 17, 2005:	Ruth (www.4everykitchen.com) The ice cream sandwich looks awesome. My favorite kind of honey on toast is right from the honey comb. Delicious especially on raisin toast - might be just the midnight snack I need. I also wanted to thank you for coming up with the SHF's. What a wonderful idea. Should you be interested, I'd love to host one with the theme of ginger.
Jul 16, 2005:	Ana (www.pumpkinpiebungalow@blogspot.com) Beatiful dessert Jennifer. I also love peanut butter and honey on toast. Could have made that my entry, but never thought about it.
Jul 16, 2005:	tscd (http://looktotherainbow.blogspot.com/) I like chilled strawberries with plain yogurt and drizzled with honey. It's nice in the summertime.
Jul 16, 2005:	Augustusgloop (http://grabyourfork.blogspot.com) A bit of a twist? This is peanut and honey at its most elegant and decadent! This looks sooooo good... and your photo shoot looks perfect. Working with ice cream must've been frantic I've heard that food stylists substitute mashed potato whenever they have to photograph ice cream--that's how they get those perfect textured ripples when scooping!