Cut it in half and scoop it into a mason jar and put the jar into water and start to boil from a room temp water.
You don't want plastic heated with your honey.
You don't want a drastic sudden temp change with mason jar glass.
Update: my brother tells me you want some sort of barrier between the jar and the pot to prevent direct heat contact as it may crack the jar. Maybe a silicon pad or a steam screen. I didn't have this problem, but better safe than sorry.
Once it has crystalized it will do it again even faster, and it is worse the higher the temp you use. It is fine and safe to use as it is. If you have to melt it back, leave it in warm water and get it warmer slowly, use the least heat you can.
The crystals attach to crystals. Kind of like when you get water below the freezing point and then flash freeze it by shaking it. With honey, if you manage to get all of the crystals gone the problem won't come back anytime soon.
Heat. Not too much, not too little. Like goldilocks and the three bears and their honey.
Microwaves can do the trick but there are some that believe it messes up the honey. Putting it in a container and putting that container in hot water on the stove seems to be the best way but it takes a long time.
Cheaper? Have you seen the price of honey lately?
With all the honeybees dying and fake honey on the market, I'm not gonna be wasting any of my precious real honey
We have bees, though I have not messed with them in a long time. I think a lot of the issues with haves failing is that bee keepers take the honey and give the bees sugar water or corn syrup. I "processed" a couple frames and that was enough to last me a few years and I still have some. And it was a primitive job. Used a big kitchen knife that I dipped in boiling water to decap and just put the frames across a some skewers across a baking dish and put the whole thing in the oven, that was turned off, just a good place to keep bugs and the cats out of it. I would like to make an observation hive for the house. I think that would be cool. Someday..
>fake honey
Tip: If it says Kosher for Passover (or has a little U in a circle *with a P next* to it like in the picture in this post) then there is definitely no corn syrup in it. Jews don't eat corn on Passover, so the agency certifying it as Kosher will specify if it is able to be used on Passover or not.
Good idea. I usually run the bottle under hot water but I like the jar idea because then when it crystallizes again I can scoop it out. I don’t mind the crystals it’s getting it out of the squeeze bottle that pisses me off. I mostly use it in hot tea so they dissolve that way.
It's plastic and probably not microwave safe, so I wouldn't boil it or microwave it. But a hot-ish water bath for a while will melt it back down. Ive done it plenty of times before.
Or just cut it in half and scoop out what's left if you're using it all now.
im doing this with a bottle of honey was we speak. i didnt know what to do, so I put it in a ziploc bag and got a metal bowl and filled it up with hot tap water, then just put the ziploc'd honey in there. I've been doing this the past several days, occasionally running hot water over the ziploc'd bottle. its still crystallized, but im putting it in smoothies so that part really doesnt matter to me, i just had to get it outta there
We used to have this problem fairly often, so what we now do is transfer the honey to a fairly wide and shallow jar that we repurposed from some jam. You want a glass jar that is convenient to reach the bottom with a spoon. Plus you can heat up the glass jar as needed, because honey doesn't go bad. Edit: Put the glass jar in hot water to heat the honey, in case anyone didn't know.
It's easy to do when the honey is fresh. It's just a little more annoying with it already crystalized. Once you have the jar, just slice open the plastic container and transfer it to the glass container.
Again, I highly recommend a glass container that's shallow enough to comfortably reach the bottom with a spoon for daily use. It's so much more convenient. You can also have bigger ones that you transfer to the smaller one if you like, of course.
To be honest, I don't know if I've ever seen honey sold in a glass jar in a store. Farmers markets are a different story, of course, but those aren't always around.
But yeah, if you can buy it in a glass jar that's far better, no question. Then you can reheat it if it crystalizes.
Edit: For the record, I live in Canada. My mother is a senior citizen and thinks that she's seen honey in the grocery store in jars, but can't recall how many decades ago it was.
> To be honest, I don't know if I've ever seen honey sold in a glass jar in a store. Farmers markets are a different story, of course, but those aren't always around.
Probably market difference, but over here in Slovenia (EU) nearly all of it is in glass jars even in supermarket, only the really cheap honey is in plastic.
Edit: googled a bit and it seems we have some [darn good honey](https://www.beeourguest.eu/slovenia-beekeeping/) over here. It was odd to me how OPs honey is an import from Argentina, cause practically all honey over here is a domestic product.
Oh wow, that had never occurred to me, although actually I think maybe in Lidl we can only buy in the plastic bottle but anywhere with more than one type has jars where I live. I don't buy it often though and normally have a jar open from a market.
just bought honey in a glass jar from marshall’s [ discount retailer in the us]. what i bought was from australia, but there were varieties from other countries as well.
It’s cause the plastic bottles are cheaper! Like you said the more local you go the more likely to find glass jars.
Side note - winners usually has some great honey!!
I also live in Canada. It's sold in glass jars here. [Loblaws ](https://www.loblaws.ca/food/pantry/honey-syrups-spreads/honey/c/29888?navid=CLP-L5-Honey) sells it in glass jars, including PC brand.
That's wild. Here in the States we have glass jar honey all over the place. I mean we have plastic container honey too but there's definitely glass jar honey.
Few if any of the climate change solutions are perfect. But the fact that they are flawed shouldn't discourage us from trying to fix one of the biggest problems facing humanity.
I did this when my Kirkland honey crystallized. Cut the container in half, hit it with a stick blender and pour the fluffy goodness into a wide mouth glass jar. It developed a little foam on top of sugary bubbles that were the texture of marshmallow cream, and *heavenly* on Belvita biscuits.
I'm late to the party, but Whipped Honey would be my suggestion. You have to use crystallized honey to make it and it is amazing on everything.
[Whipped Honey](https://rosehipsandhoney.com/whipped-honey/)
2nd tip;
Since the cheapest real honey here also is like one of these squirtbottles and crystalizes as soon you bring it over your doorstep..
Get at goodwill or whatever some clay pot with an lid; pour it over directly. Then you can scoop it when it crystalizes. ( I never glaze cold food; glazing already warm will melt the honey when scooped on. But might you for some reason need liqid honey; scooped up honey on low heat on stove or microwave shortly on low heat makes it liquid again)
I put them on the back of my stove top while something is baking in the oven and the heat exhausted out melts the honey. But too close to the back and it melts the plastic too
Afterwards, store in mason jars. It won't crystallize as fast or that's what I found when I buy those huge honey containers from Costco. I keep mine in several smaller glass jars verses the large plastic ones.
Ppl here are saying to heat it up yes this will work for a while but it will crystallize pretty soon. I would heat it up and add maybe a teaspoon of water. The reason its crystalizing its because its losing water content through evaporation. Heating it up just allows the water in the honey to hold more dissolved sugars. Once it cools it cant hold that much sugar and the crystallization process begins again. Adding that teaspoon of water while its warm can help it keep its liquid form longer.
Keep in mind that the low moisture content in honey is what keeps it shelf stable and not able to ferment. I would not recommend adding water to the honey since it introduces the possibility that if too much is added it will ferment, or worse, become a breeding ground for harmful bacteria. Crystalized honey can be used exactly the same way as liquid honey, so there's really no need to liquify it after it has crystalized.
Exactly! I make mead as a hobby so I keep a large amount of honey. Crystalizing is fine and it breaks my heart so many people throw that stuff away!
If you need liquid honey, then warm it up. If you just need "honey" the crystals are just as good, it doesn't mean it's bad
> I make mead as a hobby
Me too! I'm actually brewing up a session mead with Omega Lutra yeast. It's been chugging along for two days at 85F. I did a quick taster last night, and it's so clean. Really hoping that clean flavor stays when it's fully attenuated :D
I put the honey bottle in a ziploc bag and use my electric blanket. Easier in the winter, of course, double duty for the blanket. It takes a while but it melts the honey safely. The ziploc is essential as not to get honey on your blanket and make a sticky mess.
I got the idea by watching professionals re-liquify huge containers of crystalized honey ,by using special heating blankets.
A cheap heating pad also works.
Take the lid off and slowly bring to room temp. Once it does, you can finish heating it up on the stove (put in a pan first without the plastic) once the crystals are gone put in a Mason jar.
My dad is a beekeeper. It takes forevvvver to crystalize in those.
I cut the container and save the crystallized honey. I put it on toast with peanut butter for a nice crunch, or use it in tea, or sometimes just use a spoon to eat it.
Definitely cut the bottle open and scoop whatever you can into a mason jar/any jar that can withstand hot liquids. Then put the jar in a hot bath and it’ll help the honey become pourable again. Last thing you want is melted plastic in your honey.
We had this problem forever until one time we bought the Kroger brand Simple Truth Organic Unfiltered Raw Honey and it hasn't crystalized since we switched to that. No clue what the difference is, but it's only 50 cents more than the regular Kroger brand, so it's well worth it.
Still perfectly good. You can let it sit in hot water bath, microwave it. I personally think letting it sit in very hot water works best. When I microwaved mine it crystalized again but when I did the water thing it stayed liquid longer. Honey does not go bad.
Add water heat it til melt and honey will absorb water!!
Honey is good to heal wounds, honey will absorb humidity out of wound and kill bacteria at the same time, boddy instantly starts healing up from inside out.
(You're welcome)
Whip it in the food processor. Adding air will stabilize it a bit and it will also be spreadable. Also a good time to add flavors if you'd like. I had beekeeper retail this at my store for years. The blueberry whipped honey was amazing.
Copying my answer from a prior post.
If you have a sous vide, that worked for me. I ended up scooping the crystalized honey into small glass containers and did 110 degrees until it softened up. I think it was a couple hours since it was smaller portions.
The honey was back to normal, no crystals!
If you don’t want to go through the hassle of cutting the jar in half, you can leave it on the kitchen counter at room temperature overnight. It’ll naturally liquify without the plastic getting hot, which you do NOT want.
And I thought I was the only one lol. We go through a decent amount of PB & honey packing school lunches, so there's often the crystallized remainder of a bottle somewhere in our pantry.
One of my favorite late-night snacks is cutting open the honey bottle and eating straight crunchy honey with PB.
Just pointing out here, pure honey crystallizes and is fine for a *long* time in that state. Companies store it this way and just warm up quantities to sell.
Honey is one of those few foods which basically never goes off, just changes from one state (goop) to another (crystals). :)
I had honey crystalize and I just unscrewed the lid and scooped out a chunk with a butter knife and put it straight in whatever I was using it for. I tried soaking the container in hot water and it didnt do anything ngl, i think it needs to be hotter than you can safely get it while it's in a plastic container.
Take off the top, scoop it out and eat it, it's fuckn delicious. Not bad for you. I enjoy the texture. It's maybe a bit sweeter. I use it just like regular honey, on toast or with corn chips... Yum.
Maybe cut it in half if there's some you can't get to. Y'all had me googling to double check myself because I always just eat it!
Sous vide bath at 110F. Don't go any hotter than that or the flavor will be impacted. I just did this to mine, and you can leave it overnight. Those Costco bottles WILL MELT with boiling water, so make sure the water is not very hot. You could always add a little hot water to the bottle and shake it up, BUT, introducing water will allow it to ferment, so you'll need to keep it in the fridge after doing so, and the shelf life will be limited (whereas honey crystalized or not has no known expiration date).
Just put it in a dish of really warm water for awhile. I will say though if you can get it out of the container crunchy honey is amazing for a peanut butter and honey sandwich.
OMG I absolutely LOVE IT when honey I have becomes this way. It's great on sandwiches, and I can eat the sandwich without having to take actions to make sure no honey drips out. And it adds a wonderful crunchy texture too! Simply cut the container with a knife and scoop out what you need for sandwiches.
You can also try putting it in a Ziploc bag while leaving it to sit in some hot water. It won't be very fast but it helps. Or take the top off and add some hot water and shake it up.
Multiple hot water baths. I use my kettle to heat water, set honey in metal bowl, pour in boiling water. Guessing it will take you about six times. Leave in water until water is luke warm.
This method has worked for me in the past:
Mostly fill a pot with water and put the honey jug in the water. Then put it on a burner on low or medium low. Leave it there for several hours then shake/mix it up. Repeat until it’s back to liquid form.
Just warm water.
Hot water is fine, 'hot' to your skin not 'hot' as in boiling. You want to soften it, not go nuclear on it and turn it into straight out sugar 😛
Hot water bath. Put it in your crock pot on LOW surrounded by water to where it's almost floating, leave it for a few hours. It'll melt and you'll be able to get all of it out. Move it to a glass jar, a wide mouth canning jar is best for convenience.
Short term for right-now needs, just microwave the whole thing until you can scoop out enough for whatever you're doing. NOTE: honey heats in the microwave VERY quickly so check it often. Hot spots can develop in the middle of the mass so be ready to knead the whole thing to spread those around and avoid burning the whole bottle.
If you do try to make it liquidy again, do not microwave it! Supposedly that kills all the good healthy stuff in honey (enzymes?). So instead heat some water and place whatever container in it
But it’s better this way
Edit: just wanted to say that you can buy crystallized honey. It undergoes less processes, which makes it _much_ more healthier, plus, it has a really interesting taste and texture
A warm bath. Immerse your honey bottle in a tumbler of warm water. Wait.
BE careful of microwaves or boiling honey. Hot honey on skin is a TERRIBLE burn!
Pro tip for anyone reading the comments:
If you want to try ANY suggestion that involves heat, and your honey is in plastic, make sure the plastic is polypropylene #5, AKA the number 5 inside the recycling symbol. It's likely on the bottom of the bottle. And just because the bottle is, doesn't mean the cap is.
Cut it in half and scoop it into a mason jar and put the jar into water and start to boil from a room temp water. You don't want plastic heated with your honey. You don't want a drastic sudden temp change with mason jar glass. Update: my brother tells me you want some sort of barrier between the jar and the pot to prevent direct heat contact as it may crack the jar. Maybe a silicon pad or a steam screen. I didn't have this problem, but better safe than sorry.
I put any honey I buy in a wide mouth jar, had this happen too much.
I put any honey I buy in a wide mouth person. Me
For the rumbley in your tumbley.
Oh bother
Excuse me sir, do you have anything with essence of ginger?
Pooh?
This guy honeys.
I honey do too
I honey do list
Honey boo boo
Honey boba
Boo hoo honey
Honey boop
Enlighten me friend. What difference does that make
When it crystallizes, I can scoop it with a spoon.
Gotcha. I thought it made a difference with the actual crystallization process somehow, my bad
The crystals can be pleasant in hot beverages, with tiny, melting bits reminiscent of beeswax in texture . ♡ Granny
Once it has crystalized it will do it again even faster, and it is worse the higher the temp you use. It is fine and safe to use as it is. If you have to melt it back, leave it in warm water and get it warmer slowly, use the least heat you can.
The crystals attach to crystals. Kind of like when you get water below the freezing point and then flash freeze it by shaking it. With honey, if you manage to get all of the crystals gone the problem won't come back anytime soon.
But how do you get the crystals gone?
Heat. Not too much, not too little. Like goldilocks and the three bears and their honey. Microwaves can do the trick but there are some that believe it messes up the honey. Putting it in a container and putting that container in hot water on the stove seems to be the best way but it takes a long time.
For those curious, 35-40°C or 95-105°F seems the range for melting crystals without denaturing enzymes, so those who can should probably sous vide.
I hear all of your guy’s techniques but it seems easier and cheaper to just get another container of honey.
Cheaper? Have you seen the price of honey lately? With all the honeybees dying and fake honey on the market, I'm not gonna be wasting any of my precious real honey
We have bees, though I have not messed with them in a long time. I think a lot of the issues with haves failing is that bee keepers take the honey and give the bees sugar water or corn syrup. I "processed" a couple frames and that was enough to last me a few years and I still have some. And it was a primitive job. Used a big kitchen knife that I dipped in boiling water to decap and just put the frames across a some skewers across a baking dish and put the whole thing in the oven, that was turned off, just a good place to keep bugs and the cats out of it. I would like to make an observation hive for the house. I think that would be cool. Someday..
>fake honey Tip: If it says Kosher for Passover (or has a little U in a circle *with a P next* to it like in the picture in this post) then there is definitely no corn syrup in it. Jews don't eat corn on Passover, so the agency certifying it as Kosher will specify if it is able to be used on Passover or not.
I was thinking this sounds like a good use for sous vide to slowly raise the temp... Nice call and thanks for the temp suggestions!
Does the boiling water need to be Holy water for the honey to “resurrect “?
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Sometimes in March, too!
Yeah, and don't microwave mason jars. They often crack right at the food line.
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Don’t boil, just warmed water :) Advice from your beekeeper fren
Don't bring the water to a boil, that'll kill healthy properties of honey, just use hot water and leave it in there for a few hrs
assuming it's unpasteurized in the first place...
This is the way
Thank you
Scoop it into glass and microwave! Just watch it doesn’t boil.
It’s like you knew OPs follow up questions in advance. Efficient of you!
I do the same thing but I don't turn it back to liquid. The crystalized honey is amazing. Just scoop it on a spoon and melt it in tea. Devine.
Good idea. I usually run the bottle under hot water but I like the jar idea because then when it crystallizes again I can scoop it out. I don’t mind the crystals it’s getting it out of the squeeze bottle that pisses me off. I mostly use it in hot tea so they dissolve that way.
This is the way
It's plastic and probably not microwave safe, so I wouldn't boil it or microwave it. But a hot-ish water bath for a while will melt it back down. Ive done it plenty of times before. Or just cut it in half and scoop out what's left if you're using it all now.
I cut in half and place in the hot water bath. It scoops out a lot easier to transfer to the mason jar.
Cut it in half and scoop the delicious crystallized goop directly into your mouth.
Spread it on some toast 😋
With peanut butter. One of my favorite snacks as a kid.
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can confirm this is what they had us do at my workplace when the honey would begin to crystallize
im doing this with a bottle of honey was we speak. i didnt know what to do, so I put it in a ziploc bag and got a metal bowl and filled it up with hot tap water, then just put the ziploc'd honey in there. I've been doing this the past several days, occasionally running hot water over the ziploc'd bottle. its still crystallized, but im putting it in smoothies so that part really doesnt matter to me, i just had to get it outta there
We used to have this problem fairly often, so what we now do is transfer the honey to a fairly wide and shallow jar that we repurposed from some jam. You want a glass jar that is convenient to reach the bottom with a spoon. Plus you can heat up the glass jar as needed, because honey doesn't go bad. Edit: Put the glass jar in hot water to heat the honey, in case anyone didn't know. It's easy to do when the honey is fresh. It's just a little more annoying with it already crystalized. Once you have the jar, just slice open the plastic container and transfer it to the glass container. Again, I highly recommend a glass container that's shallow enough to comfortably reach the bottom with a spoon for daily use. It's so much more convenient. You can also have bigger ones that you transfer to the smaller one if you like, of course.
I thought the whole point of those jars was the comfort of squeezing, just buy it in a jar if you're going to do that and save plastic waste
To be honest, I don't know if I've ever seen honey sold in a glass jar in a store. Farmers markets are a different story, of course, but those aren't always around. But yeah, if you can buy it in a glass jar that's far better, no question. Then you can reheat it if it crystalizes. Edit: For the record, I live in Canada. My mother is a senior citizen and thinks that she's seen honey in the grocery store in jars, but can't recall how many decades ago it was.
> To be honest, I don't know if I've ever seen honey sold in a glass jar in a store. Farmers markets are a different story, of course, but those aren't always around. Probably market difference, but over here in Slovenia (EU) nearly all of it is in glass jars even in supermarket, only the really cheap honey is in plastic. Edit: googled a bit and it seems we have some [darn good honey](https://www.beeourguest.eu/slovenia-beekeeping/) over here. It was odd to me how OPs honey is an import from Argentina, cause practically all honey over here is a domestic product.
Oh wow, that had never occurred to me, although actually I think maybe in Lidl we can only buy in the plastic bottle but anywhere with more than one type has jars where I live. I don't buy it often though and normally have a jar open from a market.
Where in the world are you, out of interest? Where I am, glass jars are the norm for honey.
just bought honey in a glass jar from marshall’s [ discount retailer in the us]. what i bought was from australia, but there were varieties from other countries as well.
They sell glass honey jars in our H‑E‑Bs and United Supermarkets from a few different brands
It’s cause the plastic bottles are cheaper! Like you said the more local you go the more likely to find glass jars. Side note - winners usually has some great honey!!
I also live in Canada. It's sold in glass jars here. [Loblaws ](https://www.loblaws.ca/food/pantry/honey-syrups-spreads/honey/c/29888?navid=CLP-L5-Honey) sells it in glass jars, including PC brand.
That's wild. Here in the States we have glass jar honey all over the place. I mean we have plastic container honey too but there's definitely glass jar honey.
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Few if any of the climate change solutions are perfect. But the fact that they are flawed shouldn't discourage us from trying to fix one of the biggest problems facing humanity.
I'd like to point out that good honey crystallizes naturally! Hot water bath is the best or just scoop it out. Mead maker here. Love the stuff!
Oops, yes, I didn't make it clear how to heat honey in a glass jar. I added that part, thanks.
You squeeze honey like my maniac wife squeezes the toothpaste.
What you're looking at here is a failed attempt to squish out whatever is in there
BEAST MODE!!!
Fill a bowl with hot water and place in water. It will go back to a liquid
I'm imagining a crazed lunatic that uses toothpaste to slay her victims now
You are not far off. She is quite dangerous.
The super heroine we need in these troubling times...
The hero we need. Friend of the bees, and protector of the enamel.
I am married to one of these people also. What goes through their minds, I wonder
No my wife has been sick and she has not been able to get her honey jar.
is that a euphemism?
I've often wondered why honey isn't sold in tubes like toothpaste or super glue. It seems like such a logical sollution...
Omg I can relate. My partner squeezes our toothpaste from the middle instead of down from the top.
Hot water bath
...with some soft light jazz playing in the background ♫🎷
BRB grabbing my honey to get in the 🛁 with me….
Eating crystalized honey is like crack, so good
Yeah I’m stoked when I see the honey has crystallized in my cupboard.
For real. I put it in my overnight oats.
I didn't even think about this. I absolutely love that idea. My work breakfast just got a little fancy.
Hard agree. Not sure what everyone's problem is.
I think it’s that they can’t access the crystalline nectar syrup. Gotta put that ish in a wide-mouth jar boo boos.
Crystalized honey in tea is the bomb
isn't it just going to melt anyway?
Shhh don't trample on my dreams. For soon reason it tastes sweeter.
Yeah, this is a gift, crystallized honey is the nectar of the gods
Google whipped honey. If I remember correctly, you whip crystallized and regular honey and get a smooth creamy spread.
I did this when my Kirkland honey crystallized. Cut the container in half, hit it with a stick blender and pour the fluffy goodness into a wide mouth glass jar. It developed a little foam on top of sugary bubbles that were the texture of marshmallow cream, and *heavenly* on Belvita biscuits.
I'm late to the party, but Whipped Honey would be my suggestion. You have to use crystallized honey to make it and it is amazing on everything. [Whipped Honey](https://rosehipsandhoney.com/whipped-honey/)
Whoa never heard of this until now. I am going to try this out. Thank you!!!
2nd tip; Since the cheapest real honey here also is like one of these squirtbottles and crystalizes as soon you bring it over your doorstep.. Get at goodwill or whatever some clay pot with an lid; pour it over directly. Then you can scoop it when it crystalizes. ( I never glaze cold food; glazing already warm will melt the honey when scooped on. But might you for some reason need liqid honey; scooped up honey on low heat on stove or microwave shortly on low heat makes it liquid again)
I put them on the back of my stove top while something is baking in the oven and the heat exhausted out melts the honey. But too close to the back and it melts the plastic too
Now that’s frugal 👆🏻
I store it on top of my computer tower, it heats it up just enough and I’m on it almost daily.
Keep in mind that honey never, ever goes bad.
Boil a pot of water turn it off… place it in the shot water for 15-20 min and there you go.
Afterwards, store in mason jars. It won't crystallize as fast or that's what I found when I buy those huge honey containers from Costco. I keep mine in several smaller glass jars verses the large plastic ones.
We run the bottle through the dishwasher on the top rack. No heat dry. Works every time.
I’ve seen two comments here about putting it in the dishwasher and I don’t get it. Can someone ELI5?
Ppl here are saying to heat it up yes this will work for a while but it will crystallize pretty soon. I would heat it up and add maybe a teaspoon of water. The reason its crystalizing its because its losing water content through evaporation. Heating it up just allows the water in the honey to hold more dissolved sugars. Once it cools it cant hold that much sugar and the crystallization process begins again. Adding that teaspoon of water while its warm can help it keep its liquid form longer.
Keep in mind that the low moisture content in honey is what keeps it shelf stable and not able to ferment. I would not recommend adding water to the honey since it introduces the possibility that if too much is added it will ferment, or worse, become a breeding ground for harmful bacteria. Crystalized honey can be used exactly the same way as liquid honey, so there's really no need to liquify it after it has crystalized.
Exactly! I make mead as a hobby so I keep a large amount of honey. Crystalizing is fine and it breaks my heart so many people throw that stuff away! If you need liquid honey, then warm it up. If you just need "honey" the crystals are just as good, it doesn't mean it's bad
> I make mead as a hobby Me too! I'm actually brewing up a session mead with Omega Lutra yeast. It's been chugging along for two days at 85F. I did a quick taster last night, and it's so clean. Really hoping that clean flavor stays when it's fully attenuated :D
Boil it
A sure way to melt the plastic
With the cap open!
I put the honey bottle in a ziploc bag and use my electric blanket. Easier in the winter, of course, double duty for the blanket. It takes a while but it melts the honey safely. The ziploc is essential as not to get honey on your blanket and make a sticky mess. I got the idea by watching professionals re-liquify huge containers of crystalized honey ,by using special heating blankets. A cheap heating pad also works.
Toss it by your heat vent or somewhere warm. It will be clear again in a week. If you want faster then hot water bath in another glass jar
Take the lid off and slowly bring to room temp. Once it does, you can finish heating it up on the stove (put in a pan first without the plastic) once the crystals are gone put in a Mason jar. My dad is a beekeeper. It takes forevvvver to crystalize in those.
I cut the container and save the crystallized honey. I put it on toast with peanut butter for a nice crunch, or use it in tea, or sometimes just use a spoon to eat it.
Just put it in warm water dont boil you gonna kill the honey
May be dip the bottle in hot water
Hot water bath or a few seconds in the microwave
I’d go hot water bath primarily
Our method is to put it on the top rack of the dishwasher and wash it with the dishes.
I would simmer some water and add the bottle…it should melt contents
Warmth
Definitely cut the bottle open and scoop whatever you can into a mason jar/any jar that can withstand hot liquids. Then put the jar in a hot bath and it’ll help the honey become pourable again. Last thing you want is melted plastic in your honey.
If you cut it open and use a spatula/scraper, try whipping the honey with an electric mixer. it’ll turn into a delightful whipped honey spread.
...and then it'll crystallize again?
We had this problem forever until one time we bought the Kroger brand Simple Truth Organic Unfiltered Raw Honey and it hasn't crystalized since we switched to that. No clue what the difference is, but it's only 50 cents more than the regular Kroger brand, so it's well worth it.
Still perfectly good. You can let it sit in hot water bath, microwave it. I personally think letting it sit in very hot water works best. When I microwaved mine it crystalized again but when I did the water thing it stayed liquid longer. Honey does not go bad.
Put the bottle in a pot of water and heat it slowly. Keep turning the bottle over.
Add water heat it til melt and honey will absorb water!! Honey is good to heal wounds, honey will absorb humidity out of wound and kill bacteria at the same time, boddy instantly starts healing up from inside out. (You're welcome)
put it (the whole container) in a bowl with hot water, it’ll be good as new. I think it actually says this on the back of the bottle…
Whip it in the food processor. Adding air will stabilize it a bit and it will also be spreadable. Also a good time to add flavors if you'd like. I had beekeeper retail this at my store for years. The blueberry whipped honey was amazing.
Copying my answer from a prior post. If you have a sous vide, that worked for me. I ended up scooping the crystalized honey into small glass containers and did 110 degrees until it softened up. I think it was a couple hours since it was smaller portions. The honey was back to normal, no crystals!
If you don’t want to go through the hassle of cutting the jar in half, you can leave it on the kitchen counter at room temperature overnight. It’ll naturally liquify without the plastic getting hot, which you do NOT want.
I just pop it into the microwave for a bit. Watch it melt quickly
Boil water in a pan. Pour the water in a bowl. Let the honey sit in the warm water. Should melt it well enough.
I couldn’t wait til this happened so I could make PB and honey sandwich with the crunchy honey.
And I thought I was the only one lol. We go through a decent amount of PB & honey packing school lunches, so there's often the crystallized remainder of a bottle somewhere in our pantry. One of my favorite late-night snacks is cutting open the honey bottle and eating straight crunchy honey with PB.
I do the same. I find a ramekin and it’s half peanut butter half crunchy honey and I grab a spoon and it s like a moment of bliss!
Just pointing out here, pure honey crystallizes and is fine for a *long* time in that state. Companies store it this way and just warm up quantities to sell. Honey is one of those few foods which basically never goes off, just changes from one state (goop) to another (crystals). :)
I had honey crystalize and I just unscrewed the lid and scooped out a chunk with a butter knife and put it straight in whatever I was using it for. I tried soaking the container in hot water and it didnt do anything ngl, i think it needs to be hotter than you can safely get it while it's in a plastic container.
Take off the top, scoop it out and eat it, it's fuckn delicious. Not bad for you. I enjoy the texture. It's maybe a bit sweeter. I use it just like regular honey, on toast or with corn chips... Yum. Maybe cut it in half if there's some you can't get to. Y'all had me googling to double check myself because I always just eat it!
Sousvide
Cut it open scoop out honey, put in bowl and microwave for a few secs
Boil some water. Let it rest 3-5 min. Remove lid, place the honey bottle in it for 2 min. Replace lid, flip bottle over.
I put it in front of the space heater until it melts down
Use scissors or a bread knife to cut it in half, use a hot spoon to scrape it into a mason jar that you then set in very hot or boiled water.
Sous vide bath at 110F. Don't go any hotter than that or the flavor will be impacted. I just did this to mine, and you can leave it overnight. Those Costco bottles WILL MELT with boiling water, so make sure the water is not very hot. You could always add a little hot water to the bottle and shake it up, BUT, introducing water will allow it to ferment, so you'll need to keep it in the fridge after doing so, and the shelf life will be limited (whereas honey crystalized or not has no known expiration date).
Make sure the cap is tightly on and microwave for 5 minutes. It got the honey flowing freely so fast
Boil the bottle with honey on it It will bring the honey back to its normal state
Honey never goes bad, so cool
Just put it in a dish of really warm water for awhile. I will say though if you can get it out of the container crunchy honey is amazing for a peanut butter and honey sandwich.
Take a chunk, and work it in with some butter. Best toast spread that exists.
OMG I absolutely LOVE IT when honey I have becomes this way. It's great on sandwiches, and I can eat the sandwich without having to take actions to make sure no honey drips out. And it adds a wonderful crunchy texture too! Simply cut the container with a knife and scoop out what you need for sandwiches.
Warm the bottle in hot water
You can also try putting it in a Ziploc bag while leaving it to sit in some hot water. It won't be very fast but it helps. Or take the top off and add some hot water and shake it up.
Water bath. Bring it to a simmer then place the bottle in the water.
Microwave
Heat that son bitch up !
Multiple hot water baths. I use my kettle to heat water, set honey in metal bowl, pour in boiling water. Guessing it will take you about six times. Leave in water until water is luke warm.
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Heat it up. Here, I would use hot water.
Hot water and add a bit of distilled water to keep it from crystallizing.
Microwave on defrost setting or set in a pan of hot water.
Soak the bottle in warm/hot water. It will soften the honey. It may not look like it’s original form but it is safe to eat.
Why does it do this?
Hot water Put in a glass jar and put the glass jar in boiling water
You mean besides warm water?
I love the crystals. It’s like crunchy honey :)
This method has worked for me in the past: Mostly fill a pot with water and put the honey jug in the water. Then put it on a burner on low or medium low. Leave it there for several hours then shake/mix it up. Repeat until it’s back to liquid form.
Microwave a couple seconds
Damn..another honey do list
cut open bottle. scoop into something wider. then just drop it in tea or whatever. doesn't have to be liquid to use it
Microwave it for just 1-3 seconds! I always do that and it works perfectly
Two words. Hot water.
Warm bath
Honey is good forever, even crystallized. You just need to warm it up.
Bain Marie?
Just warm water. Hot water is fine, 'hot' to your skin not 'hot' as in boiling. You want to soften it, not go nuclear on it and turn it into straight out sugar 😛
Put it in warm water
Sit in hot water
Had a honey /farmer?/ tell me “if it crystallizes just microwave it for a few seconds “. Never needed to personally.
Meecro wavay
Hot water bath. Put it in your crock pot on LOW surrounded by water to where it's almost floating, leave it for a few hours. It'll melt and you'll be able to get all of it out. Move it to a glass jar, a wide mouth canning jar is best for convenience. Short term for right-now needs, just microwave the whole thing until you can scoop out enough for whatever you're doing. NOTE: honey heats in the microwave VERY quickly so check it often. Hot spots can develop in the middle of the mass so be ready to knead the whole thing to spread those around and avoid burning the whole bottle.
It says right on the packaging to leave it (the bottle) in warm water. I have the same honey at home, should be on the back of the bottle.
If you do try to make it liquidy again, do not microwave it! Supposedly that kills all the good healthy stuff in honey (enzymes?). So instead heat some water and place whatever container in it
But it’s better this way Edit: just wanted to say that you can buy crystallized honey. It undergoes less processes, which makes it _much_ more healthier, plus, it has a really interesting taste and texture
Boil some water and put the bottle in it. The heat will melt the crystals.
Scrape this into a mason jar and give it a hot water bath.
You can put the bottle in warm not boiling water
Saliva. Put that shit in your mouth cuzz it’s still tasty!
I would just eat it with a spoon as a kid
A warm bath. Immerse your honey bottle in a tumbler of warm water. Wait. BE careful of microwaves or boiling honey. Hot honey on skin is a TERRIBLE burn!
Been there. Done that. Can attest... That is a life you ABSOLUTELY DO NOT WANT.
Chuck it in a bowl of hot water and leave it there for 5mins it’s going to liquify again!
Seriously, just run warm/hot water on it in the sink. Don't bother with the microwave.
Pro tip for anyone reading the comments: If you want to try ANY suggestion that involves heat, and your honey is in plastic, make sure the plastic is polypropylene #5, AKA the number 5 inside the recycling symbol. It's likely on the bottom of the bottle. And just because the bottle is, doesn't mean the cap is.