Sugar syrup problem

[FlyingFox]

Today I was making some gingerbread flavored sugar syrup. It turned out tasting great, but its consistency is somewhat... strange. It is slimy and gooey, like a raw egg white. I have no idea why this has happened, is it possible that I overcooked it? I also used a mixture of white granulated sugar, brown granulated sugar and some muscovado sugar. Could that be the reason?

Thank you for your help!

 

[danpeikes]

possibly to much sugar and not enough water? What else did you put in?

 

[Andy M.]

Try reheating it and mixing in a little water to thin it out.

 

[FlyingFox]

I used 600 ml ( 2 1/2 cup) of water and 400 g (1 1/2 cup) of sugar + around 4 teaspoons of ground spices (ginger, cinnamon, cardamom, allspice, cloves and nutmeg) and 1 1/4 teaspoon of vanilla extract.

 

[danpeikes]

the ground spices may make it a little pasty. you are better off using whole spices and fishing them out after.