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Easy Healthy Homemade Fruit Snacks | Cute Christmas Shapes

December 22, 2016 by Jennifer 4 Comments

Have you ever felt a little twinge of guilt when you handed your kid a package of fruit snacks? I didn’t allow my first child to have any until AT LEAST well into her twos, and even then it was very limited. Ah, we’re so idealistic as first time parents.

Full disclosure, I stress much less about what kid number two eats, and I may or may not have a Costco sized box of fruit snacks in my pantry as we speak. They are organic (because organic sugar puts kids to sleep as opposed to getting them wired… not), and they were purchased for my daughter’s VIP school party, not for every day consumption.

Easy Homemade Fruit Snacks

Despite doling out store bought fruit snacks in kindergarten as if I’m offering a “healthy” option, I know that healthy they are not. That’s why when my amazing mom started making homemade fruit snacks with my kids, I knew I had to share how easy it is to make these delicious little gummy treats with good, all natural ingredients. Not only do they taste yummy, but the kids love helping, and you can change up the shapes for any season or holiday., like these cute dinosaur fruit snacks.

How to Make Homemade Fruit Snacks

I wanted to make some festive Christmas themed fruit snacks this time, which you could either take to a holiday party, put a handful in a mason jar for neighbor gifts, send in your kids’ lunches, or just make for a fun cooking/craft project. The kids and my mom will whip up a batch just for fun to have a healthy tasty treat lying around. Or you could always use it as #1 in my 4 Secrets to Successfully Shopping With a Baby!

The Juice: 1 Cup

You’ll want the juice to be fairly strong and not watered down. The flavor will get diluted a lot so using something like the 100% Red Tart Cherry Juice below is perfect. Since I was going for the whole Christmas theme, I wanted a red, green, and white juice. The red and white were pretty easy, but I will warn you the green came out tasting a little grassy. I think next time I would use the Naked Juice Green Machine.

Easy Homemade Fruit Snacks

Pour the juice into a saucepan. If you can find a cute helper, even better.

Easy Homemade Fruit Snacks

The Gelatin: 3 Tablespoons

We use this Great Lakes Gelatin from Amazon, which has all kinds of crazy good health benefits. You can also use the kind you find in the grocery store in the Jello section. It will be much easier to mix in if you sprinkle it over the top of the juice rather than just dumping it all in at once.

Easy Homemade Fruit Snacks

The Sweetness: 2 Tablespoons

You could use honey, maple syrup, or agave syrup. Here we used honey for one batch, then ran out and used agave syrup which tasted just as good. The juice is so tart (remember, buy full flavored juice!) that this just adds a little sweetness to your fruit snacks.

The Citrus Juice: 1-2 Tablespoons

My mom’s recipe calls for lemon juice. We were out of lemons so we ended up using fresh orange juice, which my daughter claimed tasted just as good.

Easy Homemade Fruit Snacks

Cook It

Once you’ve combined all the ingredients into the pot, bring it up to a quick boil then turn it down to medium and let it cook for about 7 minutes, or until the gelatin has all dissolved.

Pour It

I got these cute Christmas candy molds, but again you could use any shape for any occasion.

Easy Homemade Fruit Snacks

Put a layer of foil down on a cookie sheet for easy clean up in case there are any spills. Once the molds are filled, put them in the fridge until they’ve set and are gummy-like. One thing to note, if you don’t eat them right away you’ll want to keep them in the fridge, otherwise they will go south pretty quickly.

Easy Homemade Fruit Snacks

Now pop ’em out, and enjoy!

Easy Homemade Fruit Snacks

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Ingredients

  • 1 CUP JUICE
  • 1 TBSP FRESH LEMON OR ORANGE JUICE
  • 2 TBSP HONEY, MAPLE SYRUIP, OR AGAVE SYRUP
  • 3 TBSP GELATIN

Instructions

  1. COMBINE ALL THE INGREDIENTS INTO A POT OR SAUCE PAN
  2. BRING UP TO A QUICK BOIL, THEN TURN THE TEMP DOWN TO MEDIUM
  3. COOK FOR 5-7 MINUTES, OR UNTIL ALL THE GELATIN HAS DISSOLVED
  4. PLACE YOUR CANDY MOLDS ON A BAKING SHEET FOR EASY MANEUVERING
  5. SPOON THE LIQUID INTO YOUR CANDY MOLDS
  6. PLACE IN THE FRIDGE FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS UNTIL THEY ARE SET
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  1. Karen Harris says

    December 22, 2016 at 10:48 am

    Have you tried zucchini fruit snacks yet? I'm not sure you can claim they are healthy either, but it's a fun option. :) Especially when the zucchinis in your garden get out of control in late summer!!!
    Reply
    • Jennifer says

      December 27, 2016 at 1:24 pm

      Zucchini fruit snacks?!?!?! Sounds super healthy and delicious. Do you have a recipe Karen?
      Reply

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