Ok. So if I had boiled it longer then it might not have happened I suppose. Possibly but one never knows for sure with re-cooking jellies and especially so when adding more liquid. Pectin, in most any form except for Pomona, can be "touchy" about its handling according to my wife who's the jelly making expert in the family. Dave

I was going to add the candies to apple juice - I have a gallon of organic apple juice from concentrate, no added sugar. The Pom/Cherry was in a slightly tinted bottle and looked dark purple but when I poured a bit in a glass to taste (it was unsweetened) it was brown. I did have a larger bottle (clear plastic) of a lighter Pom/Cherry so figured we'd make that in case the Grange had already made up the tags (under "Other Jelly" division but I had put Pm/Ch so don't even know if she can do Cinn Apple or if that would be under Apple). But since the more attractive juice had sugar added, and all I had was powdered pectin, it didn't work out too well. Maybe pectin wasn't all the way dissolved (though DD did stir and looked OK until the end of the pan) but after processing all the jars have varying amounts of something precipitated out and sitting on the bottom. A plate test did show a weak gel after 1 min boiling but I'm not sure the clear stuff at the top of the jars is even going to set - we thought we could scoop it off and use it for ourselves. So I hope she can enter Cinn Apple under Other - unless someone has other suggestions? Maybe call it Candy Apple? It it really spicy or does it taste like the red candy apples at the fair? And I thought this was going to be easy! She was so excited to enter this year - but there's always the baking contest she had signed up for too. She's got a birthday party and sleepover tonight so we're going to have to make the jelly tomorrow afternoon.

No, it doesn't get less hot. Dilute with fresh cider and make 3 or 4 batches.

It's too late, probably, but the juice is fine. I often get impatient and squeeze the contents of the jelly bag and get cloudy jelly, but it is still perfectly safe and tastes fine. If you taste your strained juice and it tastes good, it's not scorched, it's fine, use it. Annie