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trumpetmidget
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Wed Nov 05, 2008 7:59 pm |
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I am making a gingerbread piece for a competition. There is a stained glass cross on one of the walls. When I baked the gingerbread, I put crushed blue jolly ranchers in the cross hole to achieve the blue stained glass look. When it came out, the window was green. So, I was wondering if someone who understood the chemistry of what happened could tell me why it turned green. I thought maybe it mixed with the gingerbread. But, I didn't have a thick enough window, so I melted jolly ranchers to spoon into the window. Those melted jolly ranchers turned green, too. Why?
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SugarFrosted
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Wed Nov 05, 2008 8:06 pm |
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The only way for blue to become green is to add yellow...gingerbread is yellow enough to make that happen, imo. |
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dg10148
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Wed Nov 05, 2008 8:08 pm |
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Don't green and yellow make blue maybe that is why you are getting green |
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trumpetmidget
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Wed Nov 05, 2008 8:10 pm |
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Right, which is what I thought. But, when I melted the second set, they were in a seperate bowl, not touching the gingerbread. I melted them in the microwave. When they came out of the microwave, they were green. What would I have to melt to get blue?  |
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Atomikjen
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Wed Nov 05, 2008 8:18 pm |
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is it possible that the blue jolly rancher may have been overcooked and burned a little? if it got a little burned/brownish, that might account for the greenish tint?
the only think I could think of to get blue "glass" would be to bake your pieces first and then make a clear melted sugar and add blue to that...
that makes little sense to me  time for bed =D |
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Frankyola
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Location: Los Angeles, CA
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Wed Nov 05, 2008 8:25 pm |
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When I was making the watter (hard rock candy) for my pirate ship on my gallery that happen to me, I made the firs batch and it was blue but after that I use the same pot to make the 2nd. and I burn it a little bit and it was green  so I got to colors water but you know what it look so nice for the efect that I want to give to the water, so I got an fortunate little accident  . So maybe yours was overcooked like Atomikjen said. |
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redpanda
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Wed Nov 05, 2008 8:54 pm |
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When sugar carmelizes, it turns a golden brown color. That golden color plus blue would make a nice green color. I don't know if you melt the Jolly Ranchers very slowly, whether you can keep it at a low enough temperature to prevent any color change. |
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TexasSugar
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Wed Nov 05, 2008 9:58 pm |
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Have you tried to add blue coloring to it? |
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trumpetmidget
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Thu Nov 06, 2008 11:29 am |
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I baked the jolly ranchers at 375 for 10 minutes and when I melted them the second time, I did it in the microwave for 30 seconds. So, I guess it cooked to fast. That would make sense that the sugar carmelized and that is why it is green. It's not detrimental, it's just not what I wanted.  But, it will still work. I'm thinking of seeing if I can paint blue candy color on it and if that will do something to help. |
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KoryAK
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Thu Nov 06, 2008 1:43 pm |
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| dg10148 wrote: | | Don't green and yellow make blue maybe that is why you are getting green |
I'm pretty sure that green and yellow do not make blue. |
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