Fruit Snacks

Home Made Fruit Snacks

3 Cups fruit juice

4 Tablespoons powdered gelatin

3 Tablespoons honey (more or less to taste)

1. pour the juice into a suitable sized pot (it will grow slightly so a pot with some space for that to happen) and sprinkle the gelatin powder over the juice.  Let it sit for a few minutes.

2. Heat it over medium heat and stir constantly.  DO NOT LET IT BOIL.  It will be done when it's no longer gritty.

3. Remove pot from the stove and stir in the honey (if you put the honey in first, like I did the first time, bad things happen and you waste all your effort and money)

4.  pour the mixture into a flat dish like a casserole dish or a brownie pan (or if you're feeling fancy you could use silicon molds)

5. put it in the the fridge until it sets then gently peel it out of the dish and cut it into bite size pieces.

It should last about a week when stored in an airtight container.  I make multiple batches in different flavours and freeze the bite size pieces until I want them for lunches.

UPDATE March 12 2019: So the fruit snacks haven't been the rousing success I thought they'd be.  My daughter loved them at first but lately she's been sending them back uneaten (the rats and the rabbits love this as they get them as a treat).  She says they're "slimy" and "gross" and denies ever having eaten or enjoyed them.

Original recipe from: A Side of Sweet