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Homemade Gummi Candy

January 6, 2010 from: http://www.skiptomylou.org/2010/01/06/homemade-gummi-candy/

Well the boys are back to school and Bella and I are finding plenty to do! Yesterday — homemade gummi bears!

All we needed was 1 -3 oz box of flavored gelatin and 2 – 1/4 oz  packages of unflavored gelatin, water and candy molds. (we used two candy molds)

Place 1/3 cup water in a small sauce pan. Sprinkle the Jello and  unflavored gelatin over the water. Let sit 5 – 10 minutes. (If you like chewier gummi candy add in another packet of unflavored gelatin.)

Place sauce pan over medium heat and stir until gelatin is dissolved, about 2-5 minutes. When mixture is liquid and all gelatin has dissolved, remove from heat.  Let cool a minute and then pour into a container that is easy to pour from.  I use a small ceramic creamer pitcher.

Fill molds. If you save the inside of the advent calendar for  projects like do, it works perfect! The sheet of star molds worked a bit better than the bears because they are a bit deeper. However, I must say we were just needing an activity so our standards were pretty low— we thought they all turned out great!

Allow to cool completely, about 20 minutes. They may be placed in a refrigerator for about 10 minutes if the kids are eager.

Once cool, the backs can be lightly dusted with corn starch, if desired.

Peel the gummi candy out of the molds. Don’t be shy, you won’t hurt them when peeling them from the molds. No need to oil the molds!

Enjoy!

Make homemade stickers with the unused unflavored gelatin packets.

Notes: My son felt the blue ones weren’t flavorful enough. Next time we will try 2 boxes Jello, 3 packages of unflavored gelatin and 1/2 cup water.

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Yummy in my Tummy!

by Misty Posted on June 23, 2012
 Last week I found this awesome recipe over at Six Sisters Stuff and had to try it! I’m trying to keep these boys busy every chance I can and they love helping out in the kitchen. What a perfect recipe to do so! I used plastic star-shaped ice cube trays I bought at Wal-Mart yesterday! They turned out very cute. Each “star” measured about 1 in.
This has to be one of the easiest kids recipes I have ever made! It’s always a ton of fun too when my boys can help me. Granted, this was over the stove, but my 2 year-old was able to help pour the Jello and gelatin in the pan prior to heating it.
Homemade Jello Fruit Snacks Recipe:

Ingredients:

  • 1 (3 oz) package gelatin, any flavor (apparently from the comments on their blog, many have used sugar free with much success)
  • 2 (.25 oz) envelopes unflavored gelatin
  • 1/3 c. water

Directions:
Sprinkle the gelatin over the water in a small saucepan.  Heat over medium heat and stir until gelatin is completely dissolved.  Pour into molds and allow to set at least 20 minutes.

These can set up right on the counter, no need to make room in the fridge. They also do not need to be refrigerated (if they even last long enough!)
My boys loved them! As a matter of fact, the 2 year-old ate all but 2 of them… Ugh, he was sneaking them off the counter so brother only got 2! I will definitely be making these frequently.
Thank you to Six Sisters Stuff for sharing this recipe!
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Gummy Bears Recipe

 

by Marianne E. Dambra

Here’s a fun family project. These make great snacks and gifts as well. Instead of buying the expensive Gummi Bears at the confectioner’s, make your own!

Ingredients:

1 package flavored sugar free jello
6 packages unflavored gelatin
1/2 cup cold water

Directions:

1. In a small saucepan, mix both the flavored and the unflavored gelatin.

2. Stir the gelatins up. Pour cold water in mixture and stir with a spatula until you have a gloppy-chunky blob not unlike play-doh.

3. Turn heat stove top burner on medium and melt blob.

4. Stir the blob constantly until melted.

5. Pour the melted mixture into miniature bear molds, or other small candy type molds.

6. Place filled molds in freezer for 10 minutes to cool.

Note: As stated, if you don’t have miniature bear molds, you can use other molds. Or, you can do the following. Take the rack out of your toaster oven and put it on the counter. Drape a big sheet of aluminum foil over it. Cram the aluminum foil down into the gaps, leaving striplike molds. Presto! Gummy tapeworms. Yummy! You can also use cake or cooling racks for this.

[Note: You can also use other shapes of candy molds. These are plastic molds that you can find near the cake decorating supplies of your craft store. Wilton, known as a cake decorating supplier, is one company that sells these. However, even the very small ice cube trays or shaped ice cube trays that you find in kitchen supply stores can be used.]