The Healthiest Gummy Bears You'll Ever Eat! Low Calorie, No Added Sugar & All Natural!
Valentines day is less than a week away. For the past couple years, I have resorted to chocolate. I’ve made unhealthy cookies, truffles and cupcakes. This year I wanted to make my Valentine’s favorite candy, but of course, the healthy version.
Jeremy is my Valentine, whether he likes it or not. His inner kid is obsessed with gummy bears. I don’t blame him, who isn’t? He likes them with popcorn, chocolate or plain.
He is a good sport and will eat all my healthy recipes. I’m excited to share this one with him. Whenever I say “gummy bear” his eyes light up.
If you are a mom or work with kids, this would be a great activity to make with the little ones. They are all natural, fun and safe for kids to get carried away in. Turn this recipe into a: art lesson, math lesson or shape lesson. I’m sure you can think of something:)
-Organic Lemon Juice (or freshly squeezed)
-Organic Lime Juice (or freshly squeezed)
-Original Gelatin (Unflavored)
-Organic Mangosteen Liquid Dietary Supplement (other flavors optional)
-Stevia in the Raw
-1 Orange
-1/2 Grapefruit
-2 Cups Blueberries
-2 Cups Strawberries
-1 Banana
Strawberry Orange Flavor Makes: 18 Servings
-Per Serving: 20 Gummy Bears
14 Calories, 0g Fat, 4g Sodium, 38g Potassium, 2g Carbs, .05g Fiber, 1.5g Sugar, 2g protein
-Squeeze as much juice from the orange as a possible (should equal 1/2 cup)
-Measure 1/4 cup of lemon juice and 1/4 cup of lime juice
-Combine: lemon juice, lime juice and orange juice.(citrus juice) If you do not want to waste the orange, add the remainder (pulp) into the juice.
-Dice two cups of strawberries.
-Add: strawberries and citrus juice to a boiling pot.
-Let the mixture simmer on medium until fruit is extra soft.
-Remove mixture from stove and add to a blender or food processor. Add 1 packet of Stevia in the Raw.
-Blend until smooth.
-Let the hot mixture cool 5-7 minutes
-After the mixture has slightly cooled, add five packets of gelatin to the blender.
-Blend until there are no clumps.
-Add to a flat baking sheet or tin.
(the thickness of your pan should be determined on how thick you prefer your gummy bears to be)
-Add to refrigerator for one hour to firm.
-After your gummy mixture has cooled and firmed, remove it from refrigerator.
-Cut out gummy bears with a extra small cutter. You don’t necessarily have to make them gummy bears. You can use any shape you’d like.
(I bought my gummy bear cutter in the clay section at Hobby Lobby)
Blueberry Grapefruit Gummy Bears: 15 Servings
-Per Serving: 20 Gummy Bears
22 Calories, 0g Fat, 6g Sodium, 28g Potassium, 3g Carbs, .07g Fiber, 2.2g Sugar, 2g protein
-Squeeze 1/2 of a grapefruit into a mixing bowl.
-Add two servings of Mangosteen juice.
-Add 1/4 cup lemon juice
-Add 2 cups of blueberries to the bowl and mix.
-Boil the blueberries the same way the strawberries were boiled above.
-After the blueberries are boiled soft, add to a blender or food processor.
-Blend on high, let cool for 5-7 minutes.
-After the mixture has slightly cooled, add five packets of gelatin and one packet of Stevia in the Raw to the blender.
-Blend until there are no clumps.
-Add to a flat baking sheet or tin.
-Add to refrigerator for one hour to firm.
After the gummy mixture has cooled, cut out gummy bears!
Banana Gummy Bears: 8 Servings
-Per Serving: 10 Gummy Bears
21 Calories, 0g Fat, 4g Sodium, 67g Potassium, 4g Carbs, .7g Fiber, 2 g Sugar, 2g protein
-Add one large banana and 1/4 cup of lemon juice to a mixing bowl.
-Mash bananas lightly.
-Add to the boiling pan on medium and let simmer for 3 minutes.
-After the bananas are boiled soft, add to a blender or food processor.
-Blend on high, let cool for 5-7 minutes.
-After the mixture has slightly cooled, add two packets of gelatin and one packet of Stevia in the Raw to the blender.
-Blend until there are no clumps.
-Add to a flat baking sheet or tin. (This was a very small batch, so I used a container)
-Add to refrigerator for one hour to firm.
Once the gummy mixture has cooled, remove and star cutting out banana bears.
Choosing the right kinds of fruit snacks is tough. People hear the world “fruit” and automatically assume it “healthy”.
Most brands consist of: corn syrup, cane sugar, modified corn starch, citric acid, lactic acid, artificial flavor, oils, carnauba wax, sodium citrate, artificial and colors.
My fruit snacks (gummy bears) are all organic. I bought all my ingredients at Whole Foods and took the time to read everything on the labels.
Fruit snacks are better verses candy, but making homemade fruit snacks is the way to go.
Isn’t homemade everything the way to go now a days?
These gummy bears can be made in almost every flavor you can imagine. I’m tempted to try out chocolate raspberry and vanilla grape next. Just in case you are confused when choosing your own flavors.
Go buy this recipe formula:
- 1 Cup Fresh Squeezed Fruit Juice
- 2 Cups Fresh Fruit, 5 Packets (5 tbsp)
- Unflavored Gelatin
- 1 Packet Stevia (or tbsp honey).
I have never skipped out on Valentines Day. I will make Valentines no matter how old I am. I plan on sending my kids off to school with the coolest custom made Valentines. (10 years from now).
This year was no different…
For my valentines day goodies I used:
crayons, white hard stock paper, black pen, staples and mini bags.
I wanted to keep it budget friendly.
After decorating the cut up card stock, I stapled them together to close up the baggy.
This can be customized to any holiday, party or event. For St. Patty’s day, cut out lime flavored clovers and decorate the card with a rainbow and pot of gold!
For Halloween, make orange pumpkins!
