Get all of your supplies ready (e.g. candy molds or parchment-lined plate or baking sheet) before starting; you’ll need to work quickly to pour the cough drop mixture once it’s cooked!

In a medium saucepan, whisk the lemon juice and honey together until they’re thoroughly combined, and then stir in the ginger and cinnamon.

Heat the pot over medium-high heat, stirring with spatula. Once it foams up, turn off the heat and stir the foam back into the mixture.

Turn the heat on to medium-high again. Cook and stir almost continuously until it reaches the hard crack point at 300°F.

Wait only a minute to let it cool off the heat before carefully spooning the cough drop mixture into candy molds or small dollops onto parchment paper.

Once they’re fully cooled and hardened, you may want to gently toss and coat your cough drops in an edible powder of choice.

Individually wrap each homemade cough drop in little twists of waxed paper.

Store homemade cough drops in the pantry or refrigerator for several months or longer.

When it’s time to enjoy them – suck, don’t chew! These honey cough drops can be quite hard and sticky on your teeth.