Fruit Snacks Make Your Own

By Vanetta

Sugar free from Home Made Simple. Start with our basic recipe, then make it your own with your favorite fruit juice and fresh or frozen fruit.

Fruit Snack Tips
To create sweeter snacks, use fruits at their ripest stage. If they’re not mature and tart, add 1-2 tablespoons of honey to taste.
For a deeper flavor, try using fruit juice concentrate instead of fruit juice.
If using fresh fruit like figs, papaya, pineapple or pears, first boil the peeled cut-up fruit for 5 minutes or the gelatin will not set properly.
Fruit snacks made with fruit will have a fruit leather texture, instead of a gummy bear texture.

Ingredients

• 1 cup frozen mixed berries
• 2 1/4 cups all-natural apple juice, cold and divided
• 2 packets of gelatin (1 packet = 2 1/2 tsp)

Details

Servings 117
Preparation time 15mins
Adapted from pub.vitrue.com

Preparation

Step 1

In a small saucepan over medium heat, combine berries and 1 1/2 cups juice and bring to a boil. Cook berries until they start to soften.
Puree the berry and juice mixture with an immersion blender or regular blender until smooth. Set aside.
In a large bowl, sprinkle 2 packets of gelatin over the remainder cold juice and let stand for 1 minute.
Add the puréed mixture to the cold juice and gelatin mixture and stir until gelatin completely dissolves, 2-3 minutes.
Line a 13x9x2” pan with plastic wrap then pour the mixture on top. Allow to set until firm, approximately 3 hours.
Remove from pan by pulling out with plastic wrap, then cut into 1” squares and serve.

Store remaining fruit snacks in the refrigerator.