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Homemade Valentine’s Day GUMMIES

February 13, 2015 by predominantlypaleo 6 Comments

 

What I love about homemade gummies is the possibilities are absolutely endless. If there are flavors you absolutely love, add them in, there is no flavor that is illegal. Well, that I know of… I typically like to sneak in some vitamins and immune supportive stuff like in my FLU SEASON GUMMIES which makes me feel good about what’s going into my kiddos.  In addition it makes me feel like I won some sneaky argument which was never fought…my kids are hard heads. I can’t imagine where they get that from.

So I took the littlest little on an errand spree yesterday, in search of a cute heart shaped mold. Luckily in between crying spells she was pretty willing on the prospect that we’d be making a treat with them. I hit up World Market where we barely escaped without breaking something and then luckily found an adorable heart shaped cookie mold at Sur La Table. That place must sneak into my subconscious in order to stock their shelves. #torture

Naturally these gummies needed to be pink. And literally, these gummies needed to be pink…NATURALLY. I have some veggie colored food dyes that I adore but I wanted to see how vibrant I could get them! So since I had just picked up some beets from the local farmer’s market, I decided to do those. The result was perfect and it needed so very little to get the desired color so there was no earthy taste to them. Happy Valentine’s Day y’all!!!

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup organic white grape juice (no sugar added)
  • Freshly squeezed lemon juice (I used the juice from 1/2 large lemon)
  • 1-2 teaspoons beet juice (You can juice this yourself or actually buy store bought like THIS)
  • Olive oil for greasing if using a metal mold
  • 1.5 tablespoons grass fed gelatin (You need the orange/red can like THIS one)
  • NOTE: I used a mold similar to this one HERE but silicone molds work great!
  • NOTE: If you do not have access to or ability to make beet juice, you can heat and strain raspberries or use freeze dried strawberries for color. You can also mix cranberry juice with the white grape juice to dilute for brighter color. Lots of options here.
  1. Over medium/high heat, combine white grape juice, lemon juice, and beet juice
  2. In a small cup ladle out a couple tablespoons of the juice mixture and stir well to combine THOROUGHLY with the gelatin powder
  3. Reintroduce mixture to the saucepan and whisk well, allowing to cook for about 3 minutes or so
  4. Grease the mold (not necessary if using silicone molds) and then pour in the hot juice mixture
  5. This recipe can make up to 40 gummies or more depending on the size of your molds
  6. Once filled, refrigerate the molds until set then gently remove the gummies from the molds. Since I was using the metal mold, I chose to freeze mine for about 20 minutes and then gently used a paring knife to loosen them out of the molds. This is not necessary in silicone molds.

Valentine Gummies

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Comments

  1. Moriah says

    February 9, 2016 at 4:26 am

    Mmmmmmm! My kids will love these! Could they be made flat in a sheet pan and then cut into little squares? I don’t have molds. If so, will they come out easily?

    Reply
    • predominantlypaleo says

      February 9, 2016 at 7:55 pm

      Yes, definitely!

      Reply
  2. christine says

    February 10, 2016 at 1:45 am

    can little honey be added?

    Reply
    • predominantlypaleo says

      January 10, 2017 at 7:44 pm

      DEFINITELY!

      Reply
  3. Becca says

    January 10, 2017 at 8:33 pm

    My son has a citrus allergy. Any thoughts on what I could sub for the lemon juice?

    Reply
    • predominantlypaleo says

      January 10, 2017 at 8:35 pm

      You can try apple cider vinegar to make it “tart”

      Reply

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After being gluten free for 4 years, and having a multitude of chronic health issues, she realized there was still too much processed “food” in her pantry and change was needed. Jennifer began feeding her family more meals from WHOLE foods and less from boxes. Her recipes are predominantly paleo, meaning they are free of grain, gluten, dairy, and refined sugar, but make allowances for a few treats and sweets. She believes food can be medicine when used appropriately and that a few changes now can equate to huge benefits later. Healthy food does not need to be flavorless and void of personality, which she aims to accomplish through her many recipes.

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