# Oh boy have I gotta lotta corn syrup! Now what? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 10, 2009, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-boy-have-i-gotta-lotta-corn-syrup-now-what/513357 "2009-10-10T23:21:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Miss\_Woodhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@Miss\_Woodhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Woodhouse)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2009, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-boy-have-i-gotta-lotta-corn-syrup-now-what/513357/21 "2009-10-12T17:39:20Z")
Candy. all good candy recipes call for light corn syrup because it helps inhibit crystallization in the cooling process. English toffee uses quite a bit of corn syrup, well my mom’s recipe does anyway. I also make a sticky gooey caramel popcorn with light corn syrup that’s fantastic. (we don’t do the dried out hard Karmel Korn stuff at our house. If it doesn’t stick to your fingers and teeth it’s not worth eating.) caramel popcorn: 1 cup butter 1 1/3 c sugar 1/2 c light corn syrup (some times I do 3/4 cup just for kicks. it makes the goo a bit softer) 1/4 t salt 1 cup popcorn kernels that have been popped. I have no idea how much popped popcorn that makes. We use a great big stainless steel bowl to hold it all. cook over medium heat to boiling, stirring continuously. Boil for four minutes. Remove and pour over popcorn. Stir it all together and then chow down. Or serve nicely depending on your guests. If you like you can stir in 1 1/2-2 cups roasted peanuts. BTW, I wouldn’t worry too much about using light corn syrup up that quickly. It’s got a shelf life longer than a Twinkie. ---
**Author:** ![Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sticks_and_scones/32/16951_2.png) [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sticks_and_Scones)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2009, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-boy-have-i-gotta-lotta-corn-syrup-now-what/513357/22 "2009-10-12T18:10:31Z")
Funny story. Today I decided to make **Mahna Mahna’s** caramel recipe because I had all of the ingredients I needed except the evaporated milk. While at the store buying my other groceries for the day I bought some milk too. I made the caramels this afternoon and when I was completely finished and they were cooling in the pan I saw the evaporated milk sitting on the counter.:smack: The caramel tastes good but I doubt it will ever sit up properly. Now I suppose I’ll have to find another use for it. :dubious: **MickNickMaggies** I would try your idea next but I’d probably leave out the gelatin. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2009, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-boy-have-i-gotta-lotta-corn-syrup-now-what/513357/23 "2009-10-12T21:31:36Z")
I use the stuff mainly for “Kick-Off Chicken Nuggets”. The sauce is (in home dinner size, obvioulsy you’d have to scale up): 1/3 cup water 2 teaspoons corn starch (mix those two first) 1/2 cup corn syrup 1/3 cup ketchup 2 tablespoons soy sauce (mix those into the water/corn starch mixture) 1/2 cup diced onion, 2 cloves garlic minced, 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper. Sautee these three until soft, then pour in the liquid mixture, then, when it bubbles, add in a pound of breaded/battered (already cooked) chicken nuggets. ---
**Author:** ![Quercus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/7ab992/32.png) [@Quercus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-boy-have-i-gotta-lotta-corn-syrup-now-what/513357/24 "2009-10-13T13:18:56Z")
Sticky buns? (unless you’re against not just pecan pie but anything involving pecans and baking). Though I guess you’d have to be catering a few breakfasts for this to work. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-boy-have-i-gotta-lotta-corn-syrup-now-what/513357/25 "2009-10-13T14:04:38Z")
> [@Always Brings Pie](#): > > Funny story. > > Today I decided to make **Mahna Mahna’s** caramel recipe because I had all of the ingredients I needed except the evaporated milk. While at the store buying my other groceries for the day I bought some milk too. > > I made the caramels this afternoon and when I was completely finished and they were cooling in the pan I saw the evaporated milk sitting on the counter.:smack: The caramel tastes good but I doubt it will ever sit up properly. Now I suppose I’ll have to find another use for it. :dubious: > > **MickNickMaggies** I would try your idea next but I’d probably leave out the gelatin. 😃 You can remelt caramel. Add in the evaporated milk and reheat it to the hardness stage you want. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-boy-have-i-gotta-lotta-corn-syrup-now-what/513357/26 "2009-10-13T14:13:23Z")
[Hot chocolate fudge sauce](http://www.karosyrup.com/recipe_details.asp?id=1507) [Flavored syrups](http://www.karosyrup.com/recipe_details.asp?id=1371) ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-boy-have-i-gotta-lotta-corn-syrup-now-what/513357/27 "2009-10-13T18:32:19Z")
> [@Always Brings Pie](#): > > For some reason unknown to me there are about 2 1/4 gallons of corn syrup that have been living on my ingredient rack for quite some time. I don’t know how it got there, but I’d like to find some good ways to get rid of it. I’m not really big on pecan pie. Maybe candy or something? > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks! Well, if it were 50 years ago, you could mix it with evaporated milk and make baby formula! (apparently that’s why my mother had it around the house. I threw it away when I was 30 years old and found it, still in the cabinet… with stuff growing in it). Some other ideas: Caramel corn: [http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Caramel-Corn-Clusters-230488](http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Caramel-Corn-Clusters-230488) Lollipops: [http://www.exploratorium.edu/cooking/candy/recipe-lollipops.html](http://www.exploratorium.edu/cooking/candy/recipe-lollipops.html) ---
**Author:** ![Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sticks_and_scones/32/16951_2.png) [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sticks_and_Scones)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-boy-have-i-gotta-lotta-corn-syrup-now-what/513357/28 "2009-10-13T19:53:23Z")
> [@Harmonious\_Discord](#): > > You can remelt caramel. Add in the evaporated milk and reheat it to the hardness stage you want. I wasn’t sure how well that would work or if there would be weird crystallization problems but I might try it since the finished product is too thin to cut into candies and I’d like to try a do-over anyways. (I will try some of these other ideas in the next couple weeks. I just happened to have nearly everything on hand for caramels.) Thanks everybody! ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-boy-have-i-gotta-lotta-corn-syrup-now-what/513357/29 "2009-10-13T20:01:12Z")
I was looking around and [these](http://www.recipezaar.com/pecan-pie-truffles-394153) look _divine._ (Pecan Pie Truffles) ---
**Author:** ![maladroit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@maladroit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maladroit)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-boy-have-i-gotta-lotta-corn-syrup-now-what/513357/30 "2009-10-13T20:38:31Z")
Speaking of divine… Divinity is pretty good. It’s a sort of meringue/marshmallowy candy. My mom used to make it for xmas every year, with a maraschino cherry and chopped nuts. Here’s one recipe, but there are tons of others online. You can make it without nuts if you want, too. [http://www.angelabetts.com/blog/2007/05/22/divinity-candy-recipe/](http://www.angelabetts.com/blog/2007/05/22/divinity-candy-recipe/) ---
**Author:** ![SSgtBaloo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac91a4/32.png) [@SSgtBaloo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSgtBaloo)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-boy-have-i-gotta-lotta-corn-syrup-now-what/513357/31 "2009-10-13T20:46:45Z")
Fudge!! ---
**Author:** ![MickNickMaggies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/59ef9b/32.png) [@MickNickMaggies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MickNickMaggies)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-boy-have-i-gotta-lotta-corn-syrup-now-what/513357/32 "2009-10-14T16:24:28Z")
> [@Always Brings Pie](#): > > Funny story. > > Today I decided to make **Mahna Mahna’s** caramel recipe because I had all of the ingredients I needed except the evaporated milk. While at the store buying my other groceries for the day I bought some milk too. > > I made the caramels this afternoon and when I was completely finished and they were cooling in the pan I saw the evaporated milk sitting on the counter.:smack: The caramel tastes good but I doubt it will ever sit up properly. Now I suppose I’ll have to find another use for it. :dubious: > > **MickNickMaggies** I would try your idea next but I’d probably leave out the gelatin. 😃 there are vegan recipes out there- they use agar agar. (I’m a vegetarian, myself) ---
**Author:** ![Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sticks_and_scones/32/16951_2.png) [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sticks_and_Scones)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-boy-have-i-gotta-lotta-corn-syrup-now-what/513357/33 "2009-10-14T18:17:24Z")
> [@MickNickMaggies](#): > > there are vegan recipes out there- they use agar agar. (I’m a vegetarian, myself) Oops, ha ha. Thanks for the information but that was kind of a joke. I meant I’d probably leave out the gelatin because I’m such an airhead. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-boy-have-i-gotta-lotta-corn-syrup-now-what/513357/34 "2009-10-14T18:59:13Z")
Do you have enough where if it broke open it would kill 11 people and hurt 50 more? > **[Great Molasses Flood](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Molasses_Disaster)** > > The Great Molasses Flood, also known as the Boston Molasses Disaster,\[a\] was a disaster that occurred on Wednesday, January 15, 1919, in the North End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. > A large storage tank filled with 2.3 million U.S. gallons (8,700 cubic meters) of molasses, weighing approximately\[b\] 13,000 short tons (12,000 metric tons), burst, and the resultant wave of molasses rushed through the streets at an estimated 35 miles per hour (56 kilometers per hour), killing 21 people an... Am I really the first one who thought of this?\* \*Yeah yeah, I know Corn Syrup is not molasses, but still… ---
**Author:** ![SSgtBaloo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac91a4/32.png) [@SSgtBaloo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSgtBaloo)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-boy-have-i-gotta-lotta-corn-syrup-now-what/513357/35 "2009-10-14T22:18:34Z")
> [@Enright3](#): > > Do you have enough where if it broke open it would kill 11 people and hurt 50 more? > [Great Molasses Flood - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Molasses_Disaster) > > Am I really the first one who thought of this?\* > > \*Yeah yeah, I know Corn Syrup is not molasses, but still… Yes. Yes you are. :smack: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-boy-have-i-gotta-lotta-corn-syrup-now-what/513357.md?page=1)