Jelly candies. Homemade gummy candies: preparing “Gummy Bears. Juice treat

Flowers 26.01.2024
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Required ingredients:

  • Chocolate (72%) – 150 g
  • Gelatin – 15 g
  • Cream (10-33%) – 300ml
  • Almond flavoring – 1/3 tsp.

Cooking is quite a fun activity. After all, every time you can get a new, unique product self made. The process of creating candies seems complicated only at first glance, but in fact it is very easy and simple. Why not try yourself as a chocolatier and make chocolate jelly candies for children and adults at home? By the way, you can make such sweets - they will surely like such a delicacy.

How to make chocolate jelly candies:

1. Soak gelatin in 200 ml of cream (the percentage of fat content can vary from 10% to 33%, this does not matter). When it “swells,” heat in a water bath until smooth, stirring constantly. Tip: if you don’t have cream for chocolate jelly sweets, you can also use 3.5% milk.

2. Break the chocolate into pieces. Add the rest of the cream and place in a water bath. Melt the chocolate until smooth so that there are no lumps left.

3. Add gelatin and cream to the melted chocolate in several steps. Mix the whole mass thoroughly.

4. Add almond flavoring and stir again. Tip: candies can be made with a light alcoholic note by adding your favorite liqueur or cognac.

5. Pour the chocolate and cream mixture into a silicone candy or ice mold. Place in the refrigerator until completely set, at least 5-6 hours. At the end, you can put the mold in the freezer for 30 minutes.

Jelly candies are considered today one of the most useful species confectionery products. This is because they contain few chemical ingredients that have a detrimental effect on health, including no palm oil, which “clogs” blood vessels and provokes the development of atherosclerosis, stroke and myocardial infarction. However, it is within your power to make gelatin candies at home, thereby eliminating even the potential harm from consuming this delicacy.

What kind of dessert is this?

Homemade jelly candies are prepared on the basis. This ingredient gives the sweet delicacy the ability to have a positive effect on the skeletal system and musculoskeletal system, skin, hair, nails and teeth. The fact is that gelatin is animal collagen in its pure form. And this protein, in turn, is responsible for the elasticity and strengthening of tissues.

Additional components of homemade gelatin candies include concentrated fruit juices, berries, cottage cheese, cocoa powder, vanilla, cinnamon, and coffee. Be sure to add sugar syrup or honey to them. Due to the sweet components, gelatin candies should not be eaten in large quantities. This is especially true for adults and overweight children.


Tricks for making gelatin candies

To enjoy the incredible taste of homemade gelatin candies, you need to know the basic principles of making sweet treats. So, how to make jelly candies at home?

  • Gelatin. To swell and form jelly, it should be placed in a deep container filled with cold water. The gelatin mixture should sit for 15-20 minutes to obtain the desired consistency and texture.
  • How to prepare sugar syrup for jellies? Pour ¾ cup water into a saucepan. Place the container on the stove and bring to a boil. Then add granulated sugar to the water. Stir the solution until the sugar is completely dissolved. Simmer the sugar syrup over low heat for another 5 minutes, remove from heat.
  • After adding the ingredients specified in a specific recipe to the gelatin mixture, you need to pour the delicacy into molds. Then the dessert needs to be cooled to room temperature (let it stand indoors) and put in the refrigerator to harden for a couple of hours.
  • It is not forbidden to give homemade jellies the desired color and smell by using food coloring and flavorings. But here it is important not to overdo it. And, of course, remember about naturalness and usefulness.
  • At home, you can use both portion molds and baking dishes to harden gelatin candies. It’s just that in the second case you will have to cut the gelatin layer into squares, rectangles or triangles, which will require additional time and effort on your part. The mold must first be greased with vegetable oil so that future candies do not stick to its bottom and it would be easier to remove them in finished form. Another option is to line the bottom of the baking dish with foil, which you in turn moisten with a special cooking spray.
  • Ready-made candies should be rolled in powdered sugar, sesame seeds or coconut flakes - to your taste or depending on the instructions of a specific culinary recipe.
  • Gelatin candies should be stored in a hermetically sealed glass or plastic container, preferably in the refrigerator, but can also be stored outside at room temperature.
  • When cooking sugar syrup, do not leave the sweet solution unattended and do not forget to stir it often to avoid accidents (if there are children in the house) and burning of the treat.

Jelly candy recipes

Now about the most delicious part. We offer you recipes for the healthiest jellies that can be easily and quickly made at home.

Candies "Classic"
You will need: cold water - 100 ml, sugar or any fruit syrup - 200 ml, gelatin - 12 tsp.
How to cook. Take a saucepan and pour gelatin into it. Then pour in cold water and add 100 ml of syrup. Leave the mixture alone for 10 minutes. After this time, heat it over low heat until the gelatin is completely dissolved. When this happens, add the remaining 100 ml of syrup to the gelatin solution and stir. Pour it into silicone molds and place it in the refrigerator to harden.


Jelly candies “Forest berry”
Ingredients of the treat: assorted berries (blueberries, raspberries, wild strawberries, currants, blueberries, etc.) - 200 g, freshly squeezed Orange juice- 1 glass, gelatin - 8 tbsp.
How to cook. Place the berries in a saucepan, pour citrus juice over them. Place the mixture on low heat and cover the container with a lid. Keep the berries on the stove until they are softened. Now beat the berry mixture until you obtain a mass with a homogeneous consistency, add gelatin. Place the pan back on the heat. Wait for the gelatin to dissolve, remove the container, cool for 10 minutes. Pour the berry-gelatin mixture into molds. To freeze the treat, place it in the refrigerator.


Candies "Juicy"
Necessary components: gelatin (12 tsp), your favorite juice, preferably freshly squeezed (200 ml); a little honey.
How to cook. Pour juice over gelatin. After 10 minutes, turn on the heat under the pan with the mixture and heat the contents of the container until the gelatin dissolves. Then add honey to the future treat if the solution doesn’t seem sweet enough to you. Pour the gelatin mixture into the molds. Let the dessert cool at room temperature. Place it in the refrigerator to harden.

Jelly candies "Exotic"
Ingredients: 5 tbsp. water, 3 tbsp. gelatin powder, 2 tbsp. liquid bee honey, 1 carambola fruit, half a glass of lemon juice.
How to cook. Pour gelatin with water and leave the mixture to swell. During this time, remove the outer shell and cut the carambola into pieces, squeeze the juice from the lemons. After the gelatin swells, the jelly solution must be put on fire. Simmer the mixture over low heat, stirring occasionally. When the gelatin has dissolved, add honey and citrus juice to the saucepan.

Stir again. Place pieces of exotic fruit at the bottom of the molds for gelatin candies and fill them with the prepared sweet gelatin mixture. The dessert will harden in the refrigerator.


Candies with gelatin “Currant”
You will need: 200 g granulated sugar, 1 tsp. gelatin, 50 ml water, 500 g black or red currants.
How to cook. The fruits need to be washed, dried, then boiled for about five minutes and rubbed through a fine sieve. Skins and seeds should be removed from the berry puree at the end. The currant pulp must be combined with sugar, put the pan with this mixture on low heat and cook until the sweet component of the dessert dissolves.


Gelatin is poured with cold water, after swelling it is added to the hot berry mixture. The resulting mass is poured into molds, which, after cooling to a warm state, are put into the refrigerator. Ready-made candies should be rolled in powdered sugar.

Gummy Bears
Ingredients of the treat: 240 ml of any juice, 1 tbsp. honey, 3 tbsp. powdered gelatin.
How to cook. Pour the juice into the gelatin in a saucepan, heat the mixture and bring it to a boil, remembering to stir frequently. Let it simmer for 1 minute, then remove the container from the heat. Fill special silicone molds for making “bears” with jelly using a pipette. Place them in the freezer for 20 minutes. Store the product in the refrigerator.

Use our recipes, prepare jelly candies for health and pleasure. Bon appetit!


Almost everyone loves candy, especially children. And to enjoy such a delicacy, you don’t have to go to a store or pastry shop. For example, delicious jelly sweets can be prepared at home.

Cooking options

How to make homemade jellies? Several methods are suggested below.

Method No. 1

The easiest way to prepare it is from jelly, that is, a ready-made jelly mixture that can be purchased at any store.

Here's what you'll need:

  • one package of store-bought jelly dry mixture;
  • three teaspoons of gelatin;
  • glass of water.

Process description:

  1. First, add a small amount of gelatin cold water so that it swells. Leave it for fifteen minutes.
  2. Pour the remaining water into the pan and bring to a boil. After a minute, add the jelly mixture to it, mix everything well.
  3. Then add the gelatin that has had time to swell into the mixture, stir again until all components are completely dissolved.
  4. Pour the slightly cooled liquid into molds and place in the refrigerator.
  5. After about an hour and a half, the candies will harden and be ready to serve.

Method No. 2

You can make natural sweets from berries, for example, black currants. Compound:

Instructions:

  1. Rinse the berries well, place on a ceramic or glass baking sheet and place in the oven for half an hour.
  2. Take out the currants, cool them a little, rub them through a sieve, cover the skins with sugar and leave for an hour. Next, rub the mixture through a sieve again, mix the resulting syrup with the berry pulp, and discard the skins.
  3. Pour the mixture into a saucepan, put on fire and cook until thickened.
  4. Pour gelatin with cool water, and when it swells, add it to hot thick currant syrup. Stir everything, cool.
  5. Pour the syrup into molds and put in the refrigerator to let the candies harden.

Method No. 3

Make sweets from fruits, such as apples. You will need:

  • 300 grams of apples;
  • 0.5 l of water;
  • 1.5 cups sugar;
  • 1-1.5 tsp. gelatin.

Description of preparation:

  1. Peel the apples and remove the cores. Place them in a saucepan, cover with water (leave a little for gelatin), and put on fire. Cook the fruit until completely softened.
  2. Pour the remaining cool water over the gelatin and leave to swell.
  3. Grind the boiled apples along with the liquid in a blender. Reheat the mixture slightly if it has cooled too much. Next, add gelatin into it so that it dissolves completely.
  4. Pour the applesauce into the molds and put the dessert in the refrigerator to harden.

Method number 4

The chocolates will be incredibly delicious. How to make them? First prepare the ingredients:

  • 15 g (three teaspoons) gelatin;
  • 150 g chocolate (preferably dark);
  • about 300 ml cream (fat content does not matter);
  • a packet of vanillin.

Instructions:

  1. First, pour the gelatin into 200 milliliters of chilled cream, let it stand and swell, then pour the mixture into a saucepan and heat until the gelatin crystals are completely dissolved.
  2. Pour the remaining cream into a bowl, crumble the chocolate there, and then place the container either in the microwave or in a water bath. When the chocolate has melted, pour this mixture into the cream with the gelatin dissolved in it, also add vanillin and stir everything thoroughly again.
  3. Pour the chocolate-cream liquid mixture into molds and place in the refrigerator.
  4. When the dessert has hardened, remove the sweets from the molds and serve with tea.

Method No. 5

To make cherry candies you will need:

  • a glass of natural cherry juice;
  • half a glass of granulated sugar;
  • three to four teaspoons of gelatin.

Preparation:

  1. First, pour the cool juice over the gelatin. When it swells, place the container on the fire.
  2. Keep the mixture on fire and stir it until the gelatin dissolves.
  3. Add granulated sugar, stir it.
  4. Pour the sweet juice with gelatin into molds, put it in the refrigerator and wait.
  5. When the sweets have hardened, they can be removed and served.

Tips for housewives:

  1. You can make homemade jelly sweets with filling. To do this, before putting it in the refrigerator, add pieces of fruit or, for example, candied fruits to the mixture (fruits can be added during the heating stage to soften them).
  2. You can get candies of absolutely any shape, for example, bears, cherries, strawberries, and so on. Just buy interesting molds.
  3. Ready-made candies can be sprinkled powdered sugar, then they will not stick together.

Delight your guests or family members by serving delicious homemade jelly sweets with tea!

Marmalade and jellies are liked not only by children, but also by adults. You can prepare them yourself from a simple set of products. The main thing is to maintain consistency. Jelly sweets are made at home using agar-agar or gelatin. This delicacy can be prepared from natural berries or fruits.

What is added to these sweets?

To make jellies at home, you can use any berries, fruits and even vegetables. Carrots or pumpkin are ideal. When making treats, you should take into account the amount of pectin in berries and fruits. The more of this component, the less gelatin is required. This also applies to granulated sugar. If the fruit is sweet, then you should add less. The amount of sugar can be varied depending on your own preferences.

Jelly candies at home can be prepared not only from a certain type of fruit, but also from a mixture. The treat can also be chocolate or milk. Candied fruits, fruit puree or juice are often added to such sweets. If desired, the delicacy can be made into any shape, multi-layered and even covered with glaze. Silicone molds are used to make jelly candies.

Pumpkin candies

The recipe for homemade jelly sweets is quite simple. To prepare this delicacy you only need a few ingredients. To make pumpkin candies, you need to have on hand:

  • 1 kg pumpkin pulp.
  • 1 kg regular sugar.
  • About 4 glasses of water.

Preparation of products

So, how to make jelly candies at home? First you need to prepare the pumpkin. It is recommended to peel the vegetable and then cut it into small cubes. The chopped pumpkin should be placed in a saucepan, and then pour in 0.5 kg of granulated sugar. The vegetable should be left under sugar for 8 hours. During this period, the pumpkin will release juice. The container should be placed on low heat. Its contents must be boiled. After this, the pumpkin should be left for several hours to cool.

Make syrup from the remaining sugar and water. To do this, combine the components in a saucepan and put on fire. Half of the water should boil away. The finished syrup should be cooled and then added to the container with the pumpkin. The mixture must be brought to a boil and then removed from the heat. The mixture should be left for 10 hours.

Final stage

It takes quite a long time to prepare jellies at home. When the pumpkin has cooled, you need to drain the sugar syrup and then boil it for 20 minutes, preferably over low heat. Then the vegetable pieces need to be filled with liquid again. It is recommended to repeat the procedure until the syrup becomes thick enough. You can add a little orange essence to it for flavor. Carefully remove the pumpkin pieces from the container using a fork and dry them. It is recommended to store the finished treat in a glass container in the refrigerator.

Peach candies

To prepare the treat you will need:

  • Granulated sugar - 400 g.
  • Peaches - 400 g.
  • Lemon juice - about 1 spoon.
  • Liquid pectin - 3 large spoons.

Cooking process

Peaches must be crushed into puree. The mass should be passed through a sieve. This will remove the peel. In a deep saucepan, mix the puree, 100 grams of sugar and lemon juice. The mixture must be brought to a boil and cooked for 15 minutes over low heat. The liquid should completely evaporate.

After this, add pectin and remaining sugar to the container. While stirring the mixture, increase the heat under the pan. You need to cook the delicacy for about 10 minutes. The mass should be quite thick. The mixture must be poured into prepared forms and cooled. Jelly candies are ready. If one large mold was used to prepare the delicacy, then its contents should be cut into portions.

Jelly candies are loved by many: both adults and little ones with a sweet tooth. But does everyone know how to prepare them at home? It couldn't be easier to do this. To make jelly sweets at home, you will need a minimum of ingredients: fruit juice, a little water and gelatin. By the way, gelatin is very useful for our body, because it is rich in nutrients and amino acids, contains proteins and dietary fiber. You can use any fruit juice (store-bought or homemade), but if you want to end up with sweeter candies, add sugar while heating the juice.

Ingredients

To make jelly sweets at home you will need:

gelatin - 25 g;

natural fruit juice - 200 ml;

water - 50 ml.

Cooking steps

Pour gelatin into a bowl and add warm water, leave to swell for 10 minutes. Then place over medium heat and, stirring, wait until the gelatin is completely dissolved (this will take 5-7 minutes). But don't boil!

Pour the juice into a saucepan, put on fire, bring to a boil and simmer for 1-2 minutes. If you want your homemade jellies to be sweeter, add sugar to taste at this stage.

Remove the juice from the heat, let it cool for 3-5 minutes, and then combine it with the dissolved gelatin and mix vigorously.

Pour the resulting mixture of juice and gelatin into the cells of a silicone mold (you can also use silicone muffin molds) and place in the refrigerator for at least an hour (until completely hardened).

Jelly candies prepared at home are easy to take out of the mold, do not break or tear, they are quite dense, moderately sweet and incredibly tasty.

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