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How To Make Cheap Creatine Chews

Those little creatine chews sure are great. Makes it easy to get plenty of creatine - especially in the loading phase. But they're pricey. So I've put together a recipe for creating your own creatine candies at a price that's less intimidating. However, if you're short on time, spending the few extra bucks for the creatine chews is probably the way to go (especially since they taste so damn good).

INGREDIENTS

6 tbs. corn sugar (dextrose)

2/3 cup orange juice, strained of pulp

6 tbs. light corn syrup

4 envelopes Knox unflavored powdered gelatin, softened in 1/4 cup water

1/4 tsp. orange food coloring

1/2 tsp. orange extract

36 grams creatine (about 1.25 oz)

confectioner's sugar

DIRECTIONS

Add the creatine to the corn sugar and mix to disperse.

Combine the creatine/dextrose mixture with the orange juice and corn syrup in a pan and heat them slowly, stirring with a wire whisk until the sugar mixture dissolves.

Continue to stir until the mixture just begins to boil.

Remove the pan from the burner and add the gelatin (when you combine the 1/4 cup water with the 4 envelopes of powdered gelatin it will turn into a big glob - don't worry, it will dissolve in the juice mixture). Continue stirring the mixture until the gelatin dissolves.

Add the food coloring and the orange extract and stir until the mixture is evenly colored.

Pour the mixture into a dampened, 6" square baking pan.

Let the mixture set in a cool place for at least six hours, or overnight.

When firm, cut into 36 squares, remove each square from the pan and roll in confectioner's sugar to coat.

Makes 36 candy squares, each containing:

28.75 calories

6.5g carbohydrates

.67g protein

0 fat

1g creatine

One more thing: Don't put them in the refrigerator because they'll really toughen up.

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