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Creatine Chews These look like a good idea - not tried them yet but am going to do them this week as creatine normally gives me indigestion

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

These turn out a little different than Creatine Candies

(one serving size):

Phosphagems

(6 gems)

5.2 creatine

132 calories

35g carbs

0g protein

0 g fat

Cheap Chews

(6 squares)

6 g creatine

173 calories

39g carbs

4g protein

0g fat

Cheap chews are all natural while Phosphagems do contain artificial flavor. The little bit of protein in the cheap chews probably doesn't help but it shouldn't hurt too much either. The consistency of these versus the Phosphagems product is a little different. The cheap chews are a little more tender, although they will firm up with age. The Phosphagems also seem to get more dense and sticky as time goes on. I personally like them less sticky. In any case, this is cheaper than buying the commercial creatine candies. And that's what some of you have asked about. If I really worked at it, I might be able to duplicate the Phosphagems. I like these better though.

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

Corn sugar (dextrose, derived from cornstarch) is sold in beer-brewing stores. Someone might want to try a derivative using malt extract that contains glucose, maltose, and glucose polymers