With a little imagination, your kids might just think these are real gummy candies. They’re healthier than the sweet stuff—just pure fruit juice and unflavored gelatin (and no added sugar!).
Yummy Gummies
Makes:
4 Servings (makes 12 to 60 gummies, depending on the size of your ice cube trays or candy molds)
Hands-on time:
10 minutes
Start-to-eat time:
5 hours
Ingredients
- 1 cup juice (we used carrot/orange and cranberry/raspberry)
- 2 envelopes unflavored gelatin
Kids kitchen skills:
- measuring
- stirring
- stovetop cooking
Tools:
- 2 cup measuring cup
- small cooking pot
- spoon or small whisk
- candy molds and/or shaped ice cube trays
Step-by-step
Grown-up steps
- Measure 1 cup of juice. Pour 2/3 of the cup into the cooking pot. Leave 1/3 cup in the measuring cup and sprinkle it with the unflavored gelatin and let it sit.
- Meanwhile, a grown-up can help heat the juice until it starts to boil. Carefully pour the hot juice over the gelatin.
- Stir for about 5 minutes, or until the gelatin dissolves.
- Pour it into the candy molds and/or ice cube trays (work in the sink in case there are spills!).
- Refrigerate until the gummies set, about 5 hours. Run the molds under hot water and slip out the shapes. Eat right away or cover and store in the fridge for up to a week.
