A spoonful of this and you understand why it never lasts long in a house with kids. Mickelberry Gardens builds their Elderberry Honey Tonic on raw Pacific Northwest honey and organic raw apple cider vinegar, then steeps in organic black elderberry, organic echinacea tops and Pacific Northwest bee propolis. The result is thick, syrupy and genuinely delicious: sweet like honey, with a bright sour zing from the vinegar behind a deep berry flavor.

This is a raw oxymel, the honey and vinegar preparation Hippocrates wrote about, and keeping the honey raw is the whole point. Take it straight off the spoon, stir it into warm water for a honey sweetened tea, or drop it into sparkling water. The 4 fl oz bottle pours twenty four teaspoon sized servings, which makes it the size to keep in the bag rather than the cupboard.

Prefer the bigger bottle? Get the 8 oz Elderberry Honey Tonic.