Another Cavity Post

Every couple of years I run across a recipe for some type of candy--usually fudge--and I think, "That sounds good. I think I'll make that."

This time the recipe was for Soft Peanut Butter Brittle. I gathered the ingredients (sugar, water, corn syrup, peanuts, peanut butter and baking soda) and started cooking...and things started to go wrong.

I don't know how it happened but somehow a little corn syrup spilled on my stovetop and, without me knowing, some got underneath the burner. As my sugar/corn syrup heated to around 220 degrees the spilled syrup started smoking then caught fire. Not having a fire extinguisher, I did the next best thing. I turned on the exhaust hood fan and switched the pot to another burner.

Once I hit 295 degrees, off went the heat and in went the peanuts/peanut butter and baking soda. Snap went my wooden spoon.

I got everything mixed and spread out on a cookie sheet. After cooling, I broke off a piece and while chewing it I thought, "Next time I need to remind myself that I don't really like candy."