Carrots in Coca-Cola?! This Recipe Shouldn’t Work… But It Does

Welcome back to the kitchen, friends! Today we're diving into a recipe so strange, so sacrilegious to vegetables, that it might just offend your culinary sensibilities: Coke-Glazed Carrots. That’s right—carrots simmered in Coca-Cola, brown sugar, Dijon mustard, onions, and red pepper flakes. At first glance, it screams “end times side dish”… but weirdly, it works. We explore this bizarre mid-century-style recipe that walks the tightrope between amazing holiday side dish and what were they thinking?! This could actually be a hit at your next Thanksgiving, Christmas dinner, or potluck—especially if you enjoy a sweet-and-savoury glazed vegetable with a twist. Along the way, we chat about personal food preferences, cooking methods, and how sometimes the most ridiculous-sounding recipes surprise you in the best way. 🥕 Highlights: Cooking carrots in Coke: what happens?! Tips for texture and flavour balance Great make-ahead holiday dish idea Honest taste test & surprise reactions 🔥 BONUS: Stick around at the end for more on our continued mission to support Hope Air and our 2025 Give Hope Wings fundraising flight across Canada. 👉 Don’t forget to like, subscribe, and share if you’re into vintage recipes, weird food experiments, and making the world a little better—one carrot at a time. #CokeGlazedCarrots #WeirdRecipes #OldCookbookShow #VintageCooking #SweetCarrots #ThanksgivingSide #ChristmasRecipes #GiveHopeWings #HopeAir #CanadianCooking #RetroRecipes #MidCenturyFood #PepsiCarrots #CocaColaRecipe #HolidaySideDish #GlazedCarrots #CookedCarrotsRecipe Coca-Cola Carrots Recipe Ingredients: 90 mL (6 Tbsp) butter 2-3 large-ish shallots, chopped 4 thyme sprigs 1 Kg (2 lb) carrots, peeled and sliced 1 bottle or can Coke 125 mL (½ cup) stock 30 mL (2 Tbsp) grainy Dijon mustard 30 mL (2 Tbsp) brown sugar Salt to taste Pinch red pepper flakes Heat butter in a Dutch oven over medium until melted. Add shallot and cook, until softened. Add thyme, carrots, Coke, stock, mustard, brown sugar, salt, and red pepper flakes.  Bring to a boil, then cover reduce to a simmer over medium-low. Simmer, until carrots are just tender, about 8 minutes. Using a slotted spoon transfer carrot mixture to a bowl; discard thyme. Increase heat and cook sauce mixture, stirring often, until thickened. Return carrots to sauce mixture and reduce heat; cook, uncovered, stirring frequently, until carrots are tender and lightly glazed in sauce. 2025 Give Hope Wings Fundraiser Page: https://ca-p2p.engagingnetworks.app/3... More info about Hope Air: https://hopeair.ca/ https://hopeair.ca/impact-report-2024/ Our Fundraiser flight will be making stops in June 2025: Thursday June 5: Gore Bay (CYZE) - Launch Event Friday June 6 - Saturday June 7: Sault Ste. Marie (CYAM) - Hope Air Day Sunday June 8 Marathon (CYSP) - Lunch Sunday June 8 Sioux Lookout (CYXL) Monday June 9 Red Lake (CYRL) - Reception Event Tues June 10 - Wed June 11 Winnipeg (CYWG) - Patient and Partner Event More dates to be announced Here is the link to our Apron: https://searchandrescuedenim.com/prod... https://searchandrescuedenim.com/GLEN... Discount code to be used at checkout: GLENANDFRIENDSCOOKING Buy us a cup of tea: https://ko-fi.com/glenandfriendscooking Help us out with a PayPal donation: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr... Join this channel to get access to perks:    / @glenandfriendscooking   This channel is nothing without you our viewers! Thanks for watching the Old Cookbook Show and our Historical Cooking. #LeGourmetTV #GlenAndFriendsCooking Check out our Aviation and Flying Channel:    / glenshangar