The manufacturing method of the honeycomb structure includes a step of coating a surface of each of releasing sheets with a paste for an electrode, to prepare electrode forming sheets in which the releasing sheets are provided with electrode paste films; a formed honeycomb body with the electrode forming sheets forming step of attaching the electrode forming sheets to a side surface of a tubular formed ceramic honeycomb body which is the curved surface to prepare a formed honeycomb body with the electrode forming sheets; and a honeycomb structure forming step of firing the formed honeycomb body, or removing releasing sheets from the formed honeycomb body to form the formed honeycomb body with the pastes for the electrodes, and then firing the formed honeycomb body with the pastes for the electrodes, to obtain a honeycomb structure having a side surface provided with the electrodes.