Last month at my checkup it was mentioned that next time, I'd get the horrid sugar water to drink for the glucose test at the next visit, and my midwife suggested that I could also take home a bag of jelly beans to eat instead, if I preferred. This got me all excited about the possibilities of eating sugar without drinking the dreadful fake orange juice, and I had just decided to make a batch of toffee for my glucose overdose, when I discovered, this last visit, that it had to be a very carefully controlled dose such that only a certain number of Brach's jelly beans would do. The hassle of tracking down the right brand and size and having to chew all those jelly beans in five minutes didn't seem worth it, so I resigned myself to drinking the orange stuff after all. However, having gotten all excited about making a batch of toffee, I decided to go ahead and make some anyway, which I did.
I have yet to find a good recipe for it; I remember that it requires roughly equal parts butter and brown sugar, which must be boiled for a certain length of time before being poured over chopped nuts and topped with chocolate chips, but the only recipe I found in all my cookbooks required corn syrup and water as well. This didn't sound right, but I tried it, and it turned out pretty well, although the finished product was a bit too chewy around the edges. Perhaps actually having a candy thermometer would have helped.
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I confess I don't mind that glucose drink. They carbonate it, so I just pretend it's *really sweet* Sunkist. This last time, I actually had to leave a fraction of it and share it with the kids, who were terribly interested in this aspect of pregnancy. I'd never heard of the jelly-bean substitution, but the thought of eating that many jelly-beans in that short a time... especially when they're not Jellie Bellies... is not appealing.
-- SJ
With my first, my midwife gave me a printout with about 8 different candy choices that would qualify as equally sugary. I tried the 2 Hershey's bars since they were easy to find, but that much chocolate in 5 minutes made me not want any for the rest of my pregnancy! ;-) This time I am going to try the jelly beans - not a huge fan of those anyway so months without them won't even seem odd.
I confess I dind't mind the glucose drink either. Since it was carbonated I actually rather enjoye dit. So far it's the best test they've run! =D Sick, I know...(or so I'm told).
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