Homemade grape gummy bears
These cute little bites are easy to make, tasty and a great fun little snack.
Servings: 14 10 gummy servings, approx
Calories: 41kcal
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Ingredients
For homemade grape juice
- 1 lb Concord grapes weight after removing stems
To make grape gummy bears
- 1 cup grape juice
- 3 tablespoon honey
- 3 tablespoon unflavored gelatin powder
Instructions
To make grape juice
- Remove stems from the grapes and wash well. Place the grapes in a pot/pan and mash slightly to help get the juices flowing a little. Place over a medium-low heat and warm to bring the mixture to a simmer. The skins will slide off, seeds will come out and the green insides will gradually change color as the color leaks from the skin and also goes from deep purple to more wine-purple.
- Once the mixture has been simmering gently for around 10 minutes and there are a good number of seeds released and the grape pulp is very soft, remove from the heat. Strain through a fine strainer, through cheesecloth or use a fine plate on a food mill. You can leave it to drain overnight, as suits - not pressing helps it be clearer, though it doesn't matter too much for these. If you use a food mill, I suggest not adding the thicker pulp-like mixture that sticks to the mill itself, the juice that drips through will be thick enough. Instead, just enjoy the thicker sauce as it is (or sweeten and use as a syrup for eg pancakes). Allow the juice to cool.
To make the gummy bears
- Prepare your moulds by washing, drying and sitting them on a baking sheet/tray (or have a dish ready, if you are filling a dish instead). Set aside.
- Measure out the grape juice and place in a small saucepan with the honey. Warm gently over a low heat to dissolve the honey, but only gently - you don't want the honey to get too hot nor the gelatin when you add in next step. It should just be lukewarm. Taste to see if the mixture is sweet enough for you and if needed, add a little more honey (or you can add a little sugar).
- Add the gelatin to the lukewarm, sweetened juice and mix in well with a whisk or spatula. You want to ensure there are no lumps at all. If needed, press lumps against the side or warm very gently to help the gelatin dissolve. You don't need to cook it, just dissolve it. Try to ensure you don't have too much foam/bubbles, as far as possible.
- Pour or use a dropper to fill your moulds/dish. Try to work relatively quickly while the mixture is not too thick. If using the dropper, I find it helps not to use the last few drops as you tend to get more air bubbles in that part. Fill moulds right to the top.
- Once you have used all of the mixture, place the moulds/dish in the fridge and allow the mixture to set completely - you want to leave them at least an hour, but longer is good. Pop the gummies from the moulds once set and store in a container in the fridge (they are fine at room temperature for an hour or two but don't leave out too long).
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Notes
1 pound (450g) grapes makes just about 1 cup (240ml) of juice, but may be slightly short so you may want to add a few extra grapes just to be sure, if making your own juice. Though homemade is also quite thick so you can top up with a little water if you need to as well.
Nutrition
Calories: 41kcal | Carbohydrates: 10g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 0.1g | Saturated Fat: 0.02g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.02g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.003g | Sodium: 4mg | Potassium: 65mg | Fiber: 0.3g | Sugar: 9g | Vitamin A: 21IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 4mg | Iron: 0.2mg
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