# I accidentally made blackberry toffee **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 30, 2010, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-accidentally-made-blackberry-toffee/541274 "2010-05-30T08:13:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2010, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-accidentally-made-blackberry-toffee/541274/1 "2010-05-30T08:13:17Z")
It was meant to be jam. The recipe said “boil hard for a short time”. But I was in and out of the kitchen doing other things, and I didn’t want it to burn, so I kept it down low. Then it just didn’t seem to be reducing, so I just kept boiling and kept boiling… Finally it started frothing and looking sticky and I thought … aha! Time to stop and bottle it. So that’s exactly what I did. I reserved a spoonful to taste when it had cooled down, to see if it was any good. Later on, I had a taste of the spoon. Quite good, but a little … hmm… _caramelized_-tasting, if you know what I mean. And Absolutely. Rock. Hard. I can’t even OPEN these jars that I carefully decanted the mixture into. Ummm…anyone experienced in toffee-recovery? It could be kind of ok (if a little unexpected) if I could only get it into a form suitable for actual eating. Somehow I think a tongue stuck down the top of a 300g jar is not going to wark too well for consumption purposes… ---
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2010, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-accidentally-made-blackberry-toffee/541274/2 "2010-05-30T09:19:14Z")
You will need to warm the jars up and empty the contents. Put them in warm water, and pour in hotter water, build up the heat - you don’t want to shatter the jars. Once you have achieved that, you will them need to put them into the oven on a low warmth, build up the heat. Since jam cooking goes to a little bit over 100C, I imagine you need to get them somewhere around that temperature, then it should flow out. Pour into shallow baking trays, half inch depth and allow to set. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2010, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-accidentally-made-blackberry-toffee/541274/3 "2010-05-30T09:52:49Z")
> [@casdave](#): > > You will need to warm the jars up and empty the contents. > > Put them in warm water, and pour in hotter water, build up the heat - you don’t want to shatter the jars. > > Once you have achieved that, you will them need to put them into the oven on a low warmth, build up the heat. > > Since jam cooking goes to a little bit over 100C, I imagine you need to get them somewhere around that temperature, then it should flow out. > > Pour into shallow baking trays, half inch depth and allow to set. or perhaps the silicon lollipop molds, and add a stick =) ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2010, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-accidentally-made-blackberry-toffee/541274/4 "2010-05-30T16:18:54Z")
It sounds bloody nice, but I’ve found that Blackberries from supermarkets taste nothing at all like Bbs picked off of the bush so maybe Bb toffee might also be a disappointment. But its got me salivating just thinking about it at the moment. ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2010, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-accidentally-made-blackberry-toffee/541274/5 "2010-05-30T17:58:04Z")
Could be worse - when I first read the thread title, I thought it said “I accidentally made blackberry **coffee** ”. That sounds particularly nasty to me… ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2010, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-accidentally-made-blackberry-toffee/541274/6 "2010-05-30T17:59:51Z")
In keeping with a current meme, shouldn’t this thread be called **I accidentally blackberry toffee**?