Tart Gummy Snacks

I found a rather successful recipe for gummy snacks that my kids have really enjoyed.

I found a good brand of organic fruit snacks (Costco's Tutti Fruitti Organics), but there is still some added sugar... So... in an effort to try to cut out as much processed stuff as we can, here come gummies!

My husband could eat gummy bears all three meals a day. Thankfully, this isn't a common practice and though he didn't fall head over heels for this recipe... the kids loved it!

Now, it contains gelatin, which is the base for jell-o but its not the aspartame-laden stuff from the jell-o box. And, if you didn't know... gelatin is from the bones of animals and it matters if the animals were sick or healhty when they collected all the gelatin, so it's important to buy a brand of gelatin that is from health, pastured raised animals. The Great Lakes brand one of the best and Amazon will ship it right to your front door :)

Tart Gummy Snacks

Adapted from Mommypotamus' Sour Gummy Stars

- 3 Tablespoons grassfed gelatin 

(gelatin from the bones of grass fed animals)

-1/3 cup fresh squeezed lemon or lime juice... I also tried orange juice sucessfully. Try to eliminate as much pulp as possible

- 3 Tablespoons raw local honey (found at local farmer's markets)

1. Whisk together all ingreidnets in a sauce pan over low heat until it is all melted, stirring constantly because it easily burns

2. Pour into silicone molds (the .99 ikea ones at the checkout line work great!)

3. Freese for 5-10 minutes until firm upon touching them

4. Pop out and keep at room temperature

(note... these begin to get really chewy and hard after a day or two, so best to make a little at a time for little mouths)

(also... I would test them out yourself first to make sure they are suitable for the age of your child. You know what chewiness they can handle, so just be mindful of that)