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Sunday, March 14, 2010

Gummi Bears...Bouncing here and there and....




I had a guest Chef in my kitchen today, Master Chef and Candyteer, Kyle!
His idea was simple. To make Gummi Bears. We headed of to Michael's to get some supplies.
A few candy molds and some bright ideas, and we were off.
Charley at first, was a bit unsure of our guest Chef so he was sure to investigate every move carefully. He approves of Kyle!

The recipe is simple, and we made a few modifications, they are part of this recipe here:

INGREDIENTS
3 packages gelatin (each box has 4 packets in it)
2 tablespoons flavored Jello packages with
1 tablespoon Kool-Aid* (flavor to match Jello)
*each kool-aid pack was about 1/2 tablespoon, so we added sugar to make it one tablespoon
1 additional tablespoon of sugar
1/2 cup ice water
Candy molds

DIRECTIONS
Mix the gelatin with the Kool-Aid and Jello
Slowly add gelatin, Kool-Aid, and Jell-o to 1/2 of a cup of water
Mix well in a bowl, not too fast but not too slow
Allow to stand until mixture looks slushy or liquidy
Microwave the mixture on high for 1 minute and 15 seconds (or just until the top of the mixture bubbles or foams)
Carefully fill candy molds with the now liquidy mixture- we used empty bottles with a tip!
Put the molds in a freezer for 10 minutes
We have decided to let the gummi shapes 'get some air' overnight in the hopes that they firm up nicely.

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