Candy

Jell-O Gumdrops

~ lindy

Jell-O Gumdrops

I have seen this recipe on Pinterest from many different bloggers and thought they looked really awesome, so I decided I would like to make them.  This is my take on this recipe.  I think they’re more jell-o than a gumdrop.

I also think that you needed to make sure you use the Larger Sugar Crystals and ONLY sprinkle on top of each gumdrop or it makes the Jell-O gumdrops get gooey and  wet.  These gumdrops would be fun for a birthday party for younger children that like Jell-O Jigglers.

When I made these gumdrops I used red medium sugar and granulated sugar, I didn’t like how they turned out.  So, I would recommend using the larger sugar crystals.

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Jell-O Gumdrops

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I Makes 45-50 small gumdrops, depends on your size of mold shapes

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*Silicone Molds, your choice

*Pam Cooking Spray, very important for spraying molds

*2 envelops Knox Original Gelatin, unflavored

*1/2 cup granulated Sugar

*1/2 cup Hot Water

*1/2 cup Cold Water

*1 3 ounce box Raspberry Jell-O or Jell-O flavor of your choice

*1-2 teaspoons Raspberry Extract, or Extract to go with your Jell-O flavor

*Large Sugar Crystals, optional

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Bring water and sugar to boil in a sauce pan. Then remove from heat and add the unflavored gelatin and flavored Jell-O, stirring until dissolved. Pour mixture into Pam spray molds and refrigerate until firm 4 hours or best overnight.

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In the morning remove from the fridge and allow the gumdrops to come to room temperature.

Then remove the gumdrops from the molds and allow them to dry on wax paper or Silpat. Sprinkle with sugar crystals, let gumdrops set overnight or if you leave them plain you can eat them right away.

 

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Enjoy!

Lindy

 

Graveyard Bones

~ lindy

  

Graveyard Bones

Supplies need:

*White Melting Wafers (melt 1/2 a cup of wafers at a time)

*Candy Molds,  Wilton Graveyard Molds or Walmart or Craft Stores

*Powder Cocoa, for dusting and aged look

*Wax Paper, for handmade bones

*Piping/Pastry  Bag, cutting small hole in the tip or use small round decorating tip (you could also use a plastic sandwich bag,  cutting a small corner in 1 of the bottom corners)

Handmade Piped Bones

Melt the wafers in a glass cup,  filled half way with melting wafers, melt in 30 second intervals and  stirring after each interval until melted.  Pour or scoop melted wafers into the pastry or plastic bag and pipe on melted wafers onto Cocoa dusted wax paper, making bone hand shapes or bone shapes.  Pipe about 1    1/2 inch lines for the bones and then pipe two dots at both ends.

For the hand bones,  pipe an upward  line and pipe a hand shape at the top of the line making a hand shape.  (Make it like you were tracing your hand shape on a piece of paper but in small form.)
Allow for the melted wafer shapes to dry and dip your finger into powder cocoa or you could use a  new or a paint brush just used for food decorating.  Lightly rub with your finger or brush the cocoa onto dry bones for look desired.

Tombstone Bone Mold

For the tombstone and bone molds dust molds with the powdered cocoa  using the same technic as described above, making an aged look and easy release from molds.

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Then melt and pour/scoop the melted wafers into molds being careful not to over fill.  Allow the to dry completely.  I like to refrigerate them until set hard and then remove shapes and use for decorating as desired.

Also see Happiness is Homemade
  

  



  
  

    


  
  

  
See  Frankenstein Pops
Enjoy!

Lindy