4-Ingredient, Healthy Gummy Candies

Didn’t you just love gummy candies when you were a kid? Gummy worms … gummy bears … oh, I could snack on them mindlessly for hours! These days I’m not as interested in binging on flavored corn syrup, and I’m certainly not going to feed those candies to my daughter.

But what’s a childhood without gummy candies? Are there healthier, even nutritious, alternatives? YES!

You can make your own with high quality, nutritious ingredients. All you need is fruit juice, grass fed gelatin, honey (if your fruit juice isn’t sweet enough), and lemon juice if you want them to be sour gummies.

Now, about the gelatin. In case you didn’t already know, it’s an impressive health food deserving of a place at your kids’ snack table.

• Gelatin is a source of 18 different amino acids which makes it a great supplement for overall gut health

• Gelatin is derived from collagen. Did you know that there are 28 different types of collagen in the human body? The largest is found in skin, so supplemental collagen is beneficial to overall skin health.

• Gelatin has been linked to decreased joint pain and inflammation so it may help with joint health and mobility

For a child’s growing body, this is excellent stuff! And what a great way to feed it to them – in healthy candy form!

Now, here’s what you do:

1. Measure out the grass fed gelatin powder you will need.

2. Add half of the juice you are using to a bowl and sprinkle the gelatin over the juice.

3. Leave the juice & gelatin mixture alone for a few minutes: the gelatin will dissolve (or if we’re getting fancy, “bloom”)

4. Take the remaining fruit juice and warm it gently. Warm it, don’t let it get hot or simmer.

5. Slide the grass fed gelatin & juice mixture into the pan with the rest of the warm juice on the stovetop. Whisk until everything is combined and smooth – there shouldn’t be any visible bits of gelatin.

6. Stir in any extra ingredients – in this recipe those will be raw honey and fresh lemon juice.

7. Now your homemade gummies are ready to pour into silicone molds so that they can actually be gummies once they have refrigerated and set!

    

Visit Meatified for their Sour Watermelon Gummy recipe, Wellness Mama for her Homemade Chewable Vitamins, or Delicious Obsessions for an immune-boosting Elderberry Gummy recipe … or create your own!