Homemade Gummy bears: Gummy bears are a delicious snack and kids love them. So you can also try making them at home with a very easy recipe. Gummy bears at home can be a healthy snack for your children.
It all depends on the ingredients. So you can make a delicious and healthy treat for your kids. Preparing gummy bears at home is not rocket science. You just need to have silicone gummy bear molds and some basic ingredients.
The simplest way to make gummy bears at home is to use, Jell-O that is available in every flavor and sweetened vegan gelatin. You can make them sweet or sweet n sour, any flavor of your choice.
Homemade Gummy Bears
Gummy bears at home are so reasonable to make for your kids. There are many methods from which you can make gummy bears at home. You can also use fruit juice to make them.
You can also take help from your kids. They will surely have fun making these gummies with you. Kids love these type of activities at home and it keeps them entertained as well.
Mentioned below are two recipes of preparing a gummy bear, one is using JELLO and other is with gelatin. Both the recipes are very easy to follow.
- Gummy bears prepared using Jello
- Gummy bears prepared using Fruit Juice
How to Make Gummy bears using Jello
To prepare gummy bears using jello you will need one pack of jello and gelatin. Jello is already sweet so you need not worry about adding extra sugars. Kids like sweet gummy bears too.
You can use a jello box of your choice whatever color you and your kid want. You can also use different colors of jello to make multi-colored gummy bears.
Ingredients required
- A half-cup of water
- 1 jello packet
- Silicon Gummy bear molds
- 1 tablespoon Gelatin
Cooking Method
- Take half a cup of water in a pan and put it on low heat.
- Add 1 whole packet of Jello in the water with constant stirring.
- Then put 1 tablespoon of gelatin in the mixture. Now stir it until it is saturated in the mixture.
- Now remove it from heat and put this mixture into the gummy bear mold carefully. You can also use a dropper to pour the mixture in the mold.
- Now put them in the refrigerator for a few hours. Once they are hard, easily remove them from molds. If the jellies are not hard enough then leave them for another few hours.
How to Make Gummy bears using Fruit Juice
Fruit juice for making gummy bears at home is a really nice idea. You can also use fresh juice if you want to avoid artificial sweeteners in your jelly. You can also use honey for sugar. But honey is not recommended for kids below 1 year so be careful.
A small amount of sugar is also good if you want gummy bears to be little sweeter.
Ingredients Required
- 1 tablespoon of suitable honey
- A half-cup of water
- A half-cup of juice
- Silicon gummy bear molds
- 2 tablespoons of gelatin
Cooking Method
- Take half a cup of water in a pan and put it on low heat.
- Now add 1 tablespoon of honey in the water.
- Then put 2 tablespoons of gelatin in the mixture with constant stirring.
- After that, remove the pan from the heat for a few minutes.
- Now put this mixture into the gummy bear mold carefully. You can also use a dropper to pour the mixture in the mold.
- Now put them in the refrigerator for a few hours. Once they are hard, easily remove them from molds. If the jellies are not hard enough then leave them for another few hours.
Store these gummies in the refrigerator to keep them for a long time. You can keep them for a week or two and enjoy them.
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