by Carolyn Barrett, Proprietor, Pleasant Valley Kitchen Company, LLC
I had been buying it from him for several years when, sadly, he died. I knew then I could not let the recipe
die. Something this delicious and unique deserved to be brought to the public. I actually feel like I am
performing a public service, bringing it to market.
It took me four months and about $400 in wasted ingredients to figure out the recipe. There were many
discouraging times when I thought I would never figure it out. But one of my mottos is, if you try hard and it
still doesn’t work, it means you have to try differently. And that’s exactly what I did until the secret of the
sauce revealed itself to me.
After my husband built me a commercial kitchen in our home, I started selling the sauce in July 2008.
Originally named Sticky Fingers Gourmet Sweet Sauce, the product name was changed to Sugar & Spice
Sweet Sauce to avoid trademark infringement.
By popular demand, the product no longer contains high fructose corn syrup (effective April 2009).
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- I did not create the original recipe. A pub owner in Rochester, NY served chicken
wings with a similar sauce at his establishment. I offered to help him bring the sauce
to market. I knew it would sell well because there isn't anything available on store
shelves that is anything like it.
- Although he was not interested in marketing the sauce beyond his pub, he did share
the ingredients and measurements. Even with the recipe, I was not able to re-create
the sauce. It seemed like there was some critical element missing, and I wondered if
that was the pub owner’s way of keeping his recipe a secret.
I had been buying it from him for several years when, sadly, he died. I knew then I could not let the recipe
die. Something this delicious and unique deserved to be brought to the public. I actually feel like I am
performing a public service, bringing it to market.
It took me four months and about $400 in wasted ingredients to figure out the recipe. There were many
discouraging times when I thought I would never figure it out. But one of my mottos is, if you try hard and it
still doesn’t work, it means you have to try differently. And that’s exactly what I did until the secret of the
sauce revealed itself to me.
After my husband built me a commercial kitchen in our home, I started selling the sauce in July 2008.
Originally named Sticky Fingers Gourmet Sweet Sauce, the product name was changed to Sugar & Spice
Sweet Sauce to avoid trademark infringement.
By popular demand, the product no longer contains high fructose corn syrup (effective April 2009).
WATCH TV10 INTERVIEW, DECEMBER 29, 2009: (it takes a moment to load)
- Grilled chicken breasts/pork chops,
- Fried chops/chicken/wings/fingers/nuggets
- Baby back ribs
- Fried shrimp/scallops/seafood
- Bacon wrapped scallops/shrimp
- Tempura
- Chinese/Asian take out/egg rolls
- sushi
- plain cooked broccoli
- anything you want to sweeten or spice,
such as salad dressings, tomato based
sauces, stir fry, rice, oatmeal, etc.
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