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Monday, April 20, 2015

Wine Gummies

I've been a little lazy about posting my trials lately. Chalk it up to busy weekends filled with wedding arrangements (and just plain lazy days). Here's something I made a few weeks ago... I love gummies! Gummy worms and bears especially! So when I found this recipe for WINE GUMMIES, I thought "YAY ADULT GUMMIES!". These are actually super easy to make, it just takes a little while for the initial gelatin powder to start dissolving.

Original recipe here

I apparently forgot to take pictures of the finished cut little gummies.....I guess I was too busy eating them!

Servings: 256
About 3-4 calories per piece

Ingredients:
2 cups wine (16 fl oz)
8 tbsp gelatin (unflavored)*
4 tbsp maple syrup**

*I used the same gelatin as the recipe-creator used.
**I didn't want to make it too sweet, so I stuck to the low-end of the amount of syrup.

Step 1: In saucepan, warm wine on low heat. Keeping the temperature down is very important, so the alcohol does not burn off.
Step 2: Add gelatin 1 tbsp at a time, stirring well before adding more. Finish adding all gelatin and stir until fully dissolved. Froth is OK, it just make some bubbles in your gummies.
Step 3: Add syrup, to taste.
Step 4: Pour mixture into greased 8 x 8 pan (or candy molds).
Step 5: Let cool. You can put in them in the fridge to set (I did); I left them for a few hours and they were fully set.
Step 6: Flip pan upside down on cutting board. You may have to bang the pan down a little to get the gel to slide out.
Step 7: Cut as desired. Because I doubled the original recipe, my gel was pretty thick, so I cut it into smaller pieces (16 x 16).

Recipe's time estimate: not listed
My total cooking time: 30 minutes (15 minute prep, 15 minutes cook) *this does not include cooling time

These turned out so good. And they're addictive. I sat there with a bowl in front of me and easily ate 30-40 pieces before I figured out I should stop. I made both red and white wine versions, and they both turned out well. I will DEFINITELY be making these again!

Ingredients (both red & white wine)

Step 2 (see frothing?)

Step 4 (white)

Step 4 (red)





1 comment:

  1. I made these with cranberry juice and separately with lemon juice, instead of wine, and they turned out just as good! So if you want a non-alcoholic version, it totally works!

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