Untamed Confections Blog

The bees (and our local beekeepers) work incredibly hard! 🐝 I took a beekeeping class to get closer to the source of our favorite ingredient, and it completely opened my eyes. Desert beekeeping is a true art form, from tracking short, vibrant cactus and mesquite bloom windows to protecting hives from intense summer heat and wild Africanized genetics. It gave me an entirely new level of respect for the dedicated keepers who harvest our pure Sonoran Desert wildflower honey.

We started our business with a jar of honey

Our decision to use Sonoran Desert Honey as our only sweetener was based on supporting local business, it’s high quality, and our love of this golden nectar. The honey we use in all of our tasty confections is Sonoran Desert, raw and unfiltered, poly-floral honey derived from a variety of desert wildflowers, such as cactus, mesquite, cat claw, palo verde & other flowering plants in the Sonoran Desert. As you can imagine, we have been asked many questions over the years regar