# Creamed honey not setting

**URL:** <https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/creamed-honey-not-setting/27786>\
**Category:** Mmm Honey\
**Created:** [October 5, 2020, 2:24am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/creamed-honey-not-setting/27786 "2020-10-05T02:24:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![billrendell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@billrendell](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/billrendell)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2020, 2:24am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/creamed-honey-not-setting/27786/1 "2020-10-05T02:24:17Z")

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Any suggestions I have about 25kg of honey I’ve been trying to turn into creamed honey. I’ve well & truely exceeded to 1:10 ration but just won’t set & crystals are coarser than the original starter.

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**Author:** ![Mark\_Langkilde](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/mark_langkilde/32/23574_2.png) [@Mark\_Langkilde](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Mark_Langkilde)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 11:49pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/creamed-honey-not-setting/27786/2 "2020-10-22T23:49:37Z")

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Hi I had a similar problem from side contamination, larger crystals mixed in and because the creamed honey will form into the largest crystals found even with the 10:1 mix.  
All you can do is slowly warm until all crystals have dissolved then add new seed.

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**Author:** ![Semaphore](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/semaphore/32/14994_2.png) [@Semaphore](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Semaphore)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 6:21am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/creamed-honey-not-setting/27786/3 "2020-10-23T06:21:52Z")

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what temperature are you keeping it at? It should set when kept around 14c. It can take a lot longer to set if temps are higher. This is why I tend to make mine in winter… Crystals should never be larger than the starter- as smaller crystals should grow faster and outpace larger ones. However: if you had larger ones present at the start- then your creamed honey is ‘infected’. You can melt it all down again and start over.