My children were very upset with me last night when they saw I was making gummy bears. Why? I told them they could not eat any as I needed them for a morning photo shoot…for you all. The boys will be happy this afternoon when they get home from school and find this healthy candy ready to eat. These gluten-free gummy bears are the perfect thing to pack as a treat in school lunches, make a wonderful after-school snack, and are a great homemade Halloween candy for your little ghosts and goblins.
My boys (both teenagers now) are literally obsessed with these fruit juice-sweetened gummy bears and worked with me as I made them numerous times to perfect both the texture and flavor.
Gummy Bears
Ingredients
- 1 cup organic grape juice, pineapple, or pomegranate juice
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- ¼ teaspoon stevia
- 3 tablespoons gelatin
Instructions
- In a medium saucepan bring juice to a boil
- Allow to cool for 3 minutes, then stir in lemon juice and stevia
- Very gradually, Whisk in gelatin
- If you do not whisk gradually and thoroughly your bears will be lumpy
- Allow mixture to cool almost to room temperature, then pour into gummy bear molds
- Refrigerate for 2 hours
- Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for 3-4 days
Each healthy gummy bear candy has close to 2 grams of protein –not bad for a snack food. My older son likes to eat these with breakfast.
I haven’t played with gelatin for quite some time, however, Kelly kept telling me about her gummy recipe using pure gelatin (as in unflavored, without all of the sugar and dyes found in the more commercial product) and now I’m totally on the gelatin bandwagon.
Gelatin is fantastic for gut health and high in protein, which makes it an optimal food for my family. I make sure to purchase the grass fed gelatin and have found it to be very high quality. Here’s to the oxymoron of healthy candy, and gummy, or gummi, bears!
Cheryl says
How much honey did you use? I have never liked stevia.
Cheryl says
HI – just wondering… liquid or powdered stevia?
thanks!
Pamela says
LINK… Liquid.
Mia Pritchett says
I did make these in a regular jello mold-very gummy and yummy. The Great Lakes gelatin just has such a strong smell and taste (not really in the best way either). My boys were not too sure about eating it. I guess Mom gets it all:)
Katarina says
What can I substitute stevia with? And howuch for the recipe? Would u reccomebd other juice flavors? Thank u.
Leah says
I used a scant squirt of agave.
Jennifer P. says
Gummy Bears are my all time favorite guilty pleasure! Do you use liquid stevia or powdered?
Lisa says
Click the link. Liquid.
Heather J says
Wow, these are really good! I wanted to play with gelatin so this recipe came at the right time :)
I used plastic Ikea ice cube trays for my gummies. Super cheap and they come in lots of different shapes. One tray had 10 figures (half the batch). I got 20 gummies from the recipe.
Abigail says
Where do I get the gummi bear molds?
Leah says
Amazon!
Donna says
The gummy bear molds are currently unavailable on this site and may or may not become available in the future.
Karen says
Awesome recipe Elana.
Where do you get the gummy bear tray from?
maya says
if you really want to make them healthy, use agar agar instead of gelatin!