![]() Measure juice into a small sauce pan and turn the heat on medium low.Then measure fruit puree into the larger measure cup/bowl first. If you’re starting with whole fruit, make fruit puree by blending fruit in a blender.Don’t think you can’t do this just because you don’t have a mold! If a silicone mold is out of the question, use a glass dish instead and cut these delicious healthy homemade gummies into squares. Be sure to read the measurements so you’re not ending up with monster-sized gummies (like I did when I picked this LEGO set – the big green man is over 3″ tall!). The goal though is to choose a silicone mold that makes small, individual gummies like this one for hearts or this one for bears. But you don’t have to do bears or LEGO – I’ve seen dinosaurs, robots, circles, flowers… you name it! I asked the kids if they’d prefer bear shapes or LEGO shapes, and they chose LEGO (obviously). The shape of healthy homemade gummies is flexible too! You can combine them something else though for sure! In general, avoid single strong acidic flavors since they tend to not gel up as well (think pineapple juice or grapefruit). ![]() apple) will make a mild gummy and in my humble gummy-loving opinion, would be better paired with something stronger to keep the gelatin flavor at bay. grape juice) will make for a very tasty gummy. If the fruit/juice flavor combination sounds good in your head, chances are it’ll be good in a gummy. The flavor combinations for healthy homemade gummies are endless! Personally I feel better knowing there’s whole fruit inside these healthy homemade gummies, but I’d be okay making them with 100% juice too (so long as the juice didn’t have any added sweetener!). You can use fruit puree OR fruit juice OR a combination of both – it’s entirely up to you and what’s in your kitchen. ![]() But if you haven’t eaten many gummy bears in your life, you might not need it. I used it because my taste buds have come to expect the flavor of typical processed gummy bears (thank you HFCS!). You don’t have to add it and there’s no need to alter the recipe if you don’t. I personally have not tested this myself, but in research it appears that you can substitute it relatively easily in recipes. Note: You CAN make healthy homemade gummies with vegan gelatin. If you’re in the same boat, buy what you can afford and stick to the recipe. Of course, you could spend bukoo bucks on this gelatin so you can’t taste the flavor.īut I’m frugal, and that’s WAY out of my price range. You know how you can add more of an ingredient in order to achieve a certain effect? Well I tried adding more gelatin to make these healthy homemade gummies more “gummy” and the result was not pleasant. So don’t get all gung ho and add a bunch more gelatin thinking you’ll get rock solid gummies. Just one tablespoon contains a whopping 6 grams of protein – talk about a super-food (and in my gummies?! Squee!!)īut it does come from animal proteins and by default, doesn’t taste that great. Now, before you take on this challenge yourself, there are a few things you need know.Īlthough way good for you, gelatin on its own does not taste good. It took some experimenting, and LOTS of taste testing (against my will, of course), but I’ve come up with a homemade gummy recipe that will totally give any other typically processed gummy a run for its money.ĪND it’s healthy!! Healthy Homemade Gummies So in my quest to re-make processed foods into healthier whole food versions ( I’ve tackled these so far), I faced gummies head on. I know first hand how incredibly addicting those little gummies can be! Not that I blame them (of course), but now that I know what’s IN them, I don’t want my kids to touch them with a 10 foot pole. I personally haven’t ever given my kids gummy bears, but I know they’ve had them. It’s easy (sort of) for me to resist the urge to eat gummy bears, but my poor kids don’t stand a chance. Somehow my gut already knew that those chewy little bites of goodness were tainted. I read the labels of gummy bears one time and rolled my eyes.
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