From honey + bunch.
honeybunch (plural honeybunches)
- (informal) A honey, a darling (term of endearment).
2005, Nancy Garden, Good Moon Rising, page 107:Listen, honeybunch, I don't want to be cruel, but you've got to think of everything.
2008, Marc Harshbarger, Deeper Dish, page 154:“Open your eyes, Dad, I'm not your little honeybunch anymore.”