I was recently sent a sample of Log Cabin maple syrup to taste test. Log Cabin recently removed high-fructose corn syrup from their original formula, and they wanted me to weigh in on the flavor. Does Log Cabin taste as good now that they’ve changed the ingredients?
The first thing I tried this on was surprisingly not pancakes – it was chicken!
I recently found this recipe for Garlic Chicken and Roast Potatoes, which called for 1/4 cup of maple syrup. The garlic sweetens as it cooks, and combines with the syrup to make a wonderful flavor that’s a little reminiscent of a sweet BBQ sauce. This was the first time I’d ever made this recipe, and I can’t recommend it highly enough – the slow cooked chicken was so tender and good, and Jai actually told me that he thinks this might be the best chicken he’s ever had. Suffice to say, I was pretty proud of myself that night!
If you want more to see more pictures and get further details on how I prepared the chicken, click here to read a post I wrote about it on my frugality blog, Super Coupon Girl.
If you want more to see more pictures and get further details on how I prepared the chicken, click here to read a post I wrote about it on my frugality blog, Super Coupon Girl.
But of course, the true test of any syrup is how it tastes on pancakes, so I whipped up a big brunch the next day.
I made enough pancakes for myself, Jai, and my future father-in-law. We all enjoyed it – I thought the syrup was delicious. Later on, I asked Jai what he thought of the syrup, and he said, “I thought it was very good. It tastes like a really high-quality syrup.” I agreed with him and mentioned how I couldn’t even tell the difference with the high fructose syrup gone. “Wait, this was a healthy syrup? Really?!” He was actually quite surprised, because this tasted like one of the better syrups we’ve used! Perhaps the lack of high fructose is actually better flavor-wise, since they replaced with with real sugar – this has a very pure taste.
So from chicken to hotcakes, everything we tried this on tasted very yummy. Log Cabin gets full marks from my pancake-obsessed household!
I would have never thought to use syrup with chicken. How neat!
Sounds great. I don’t like to use the syrups with high-fructose corn syrup, so this sounds like it’s worth a try!
Thanks for sharing your ideas on other ways to use syrup. I’ve tried this syrup too and love it. I plan to exclusively buy this brand just to get away from HFCS and I like the taste better!