I made bbq pear sauce today that would go well with your nuggets, I:

pureed a tin of pears with the suryp;
boiled on stove for a bit;
added a few table spoons of brown sugar; ('cause there is just not enough sugar already :) )
added about half a teaspoon of citic acid and half a teaspoon of salt;
added two cloves of squished garlic;
boiled it for about 10 minutes more for it to thicken up.

it would definitely taste good with deep fried chicken bits in it :)

also, your progress sounds very similar to mine.