honey joys

English

Etymology

Blend of honey + joy. Though it was apparently a prevalent snack in shops since the 1930s[1], its first definitive known mention was in a 1938 as a recipe in a newspaper[2]. The origin of the name is unverifiable, as its creator is untraceable.

Noun

honey joys pl (plural only)

  1. (Australia) Party snacks made by mixing cornflakes with honey, butter and sugar and baking in patty cases.
    • 2011, Jacqueline Pascarl, Abducted: The Fourteen-Year Fight to Find My Children:
      Meanwhile, I'm catering for Verity's fifth birthday party on the same day at 2 p.m. – am up to my armpits tonight in honey joys and chocolate crackles! I also have to bake a mermaid cake!
    • 2020, Fiona Palmer, Tiny White Lies:
      And she also said she knows how to make honey joys. We haven't had them since my sixth birthday.

References
  1. 2017, “Oxford Word of the Month: August – honey joy”, in Oxford Australia blog‎ (blog), Oxford University Press, archived from the original on 3 December 2022:
  2. 1938 July 13, G.H Caulfield, “The Argus, 13th July 1938”, in Trove‎:
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