Due to the effects of solute concentration on boiling point, the caramels had to be cooked to slightly different temperatures in order to reach their target moisture contents. Caramels made with 12% moisture were cooked to 113.3 C, while the caramels made with 8% moisture had to be cooked to 121.1 C. The caramels were formulated and scaled on a weight basis and not on a molar basis; as a result, the caramels made with 62DE corn syrup had more low molecular weight molecules per gram than the caramels made with lower DE corn syrups, and therefore required a higher cooking
temperature (117.8 C) to reach 10% moisture. All of the other caramels reached 10% moisture when cooked to 116.7 C.