Mark I am about to attempt the same. I have not tried it but if you jars went ping ping or they have the no buldge seal I know they are safe. I think I read that it may take a day or two for them to get thick I will post this to the canning site A couple of us are on and let you know. I have read that sometimes for whatever reasons they never set properly but not to toss them as it could still be used as like a syrup or topping of sorts. On Friday, October 4, 2002, at 12:41 PM, Marc Saegesser wrote: > Delurking again... > > This is a question for all the jelly experts out there. I made a > Habanero > Jelly recipe that I got off of the Pepper Fool site. The jelly looks > wonderful, it has a great orange/amber color, but it didn't set up. Its > still really runny. Has anyone else tried this recipe? This was my > first > attempt at making jelly so I could use some advice. Does the recipe > look > wrong or did I most likely mess something up in the preparation? > > I just compared the recipe I used with another I found on the list and > it > looks like the one I used had less fruit and more sugar. Would that > cause a > runny jelly? How long does it usually take for jelly to set? > > > > > Marc Saegesser > > --leslie in Louisville, Kentucky USDA 6a/b/c? depending on who you ask on what day.