What did I do?

[Nillarilla]

Ok so I made crabapple jelly. The first batch I followed a recipe and although slightly weepy it tastes great. Next batch I made an oops. I was meaning to boil down the juice to make a stronger flavour and colour but I added the sugar while I was boiling it down. So it simmered for a couple hours and when I finally got to it it was brownish orange. Did I carmelize the sugar? Is it still edible? I know I should have added the sugar after simmering and just let it boil for 10 min or so then but I realized my mistake after I noticed the colour change. What is it going to taste like?

[cristeen]

So long as you didn't let it scorch, it will just have a deeper caramel-like flavor. I've done this with cherries, just by cooking it too long (without adding sugar).

Otherwise it's fine. Just taste to be sure you don't taste any burnt notes.

[Ellp]

You probably did caramelize the sugar. Its still edible, just think of creme caramel, its made with burnt sugar. The flavour will probably have a slight burnt sugar taste, but that could be good too.

[Nillarilla]

yep tastes syrupy and it's actually pretty good.