First I want to issue a warning, the HOT mixture that you are going to end up dumping into a pan can cause serious burns.  So please be careful, and aware of your surroundings.  I am a big fan of letting kids help, but this is a step that they should stand safely back and just observe.

Begin by making a strong tea out of the herbs and water. Use ¾ to 1 cup of dried horehound for each cup of water. Place them into a stock pot and bring to a boil and let boil for a couple of minutes.

Remove from heat, cover and let sit for about ½ hour.  

Strain the herbs off with either a jelly bag or cheese cloth.  Discard or compost the horehound.  

Place the tea into a pan with honey.  You will need 1 and ½ cups of honey for every one cup of tea.  Add ¼ teaspoon of cream of tarter for each cup of tea.

So if you have 2 cups of tea you will add ½ teaspoon of cream of tartar and 3 cups of honey.  

Bring to a boil and continue to boil and stir until a candy thermometer reaches 300 degrees.   

While this is boiling spray a large pan with sides on it like a jelly roll pan, with non stick spray or you can use butter.  Just make sure the butter has a good coverage and is not too thick.  

When your tea/honey mixture has reached 300 degrees (this may take a few minutes to get there), pour into prepared pan… Spread out and let cool slightly.

As soon as it starts to cool down and set up, score it with a knife, and then as it sets a bit more cut apart into pieces.  The initial scoring will make the cutting easier.  If you have let it go too hard, then cutting will probably not be an option.  

In that case you will need to break it into pieces.  It is still perfectly useable, just will be in some funky shapes and sizes and may have some sharp points.   

Use when you have a sore throat, congestion, cough and related symptoms of the cold and flu season.

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