Homemade fruit snacks, but make them spooky and good for your gut health with no refined sugars! Two simple flavour options that your toddler is sure to love, these aren’t just ordinary fruit snacks.. using pure beef gelatin these snacks are great for gut health, skin, hair, nails, and contain essential amino acids. They come together with only a few easy steps and minimal ingredients, make them at the start of the week for a convenient healthy snack or lunchbox option!
WHAT YOU NEED
Fruit puree: choose your fruit and blend well (in a blender)
Fruit juice: helps smooth out and blend the fruit
Pure beef gelatin: choose a high quality grass fed option, this is what makes them “gummy”
Honey: for sweetness
STORAGE
Fruit snacks will keep up to 5 days in your fridge (if they last that long).. store in an airtight container.
TIPS
You can use straight juice if you choose, make sure it’s a pure juice with no sugar added/not from concentrate. I prefer using a real fruit and juice 50/50 mix.
IN THIS RECIPE
My first mixture is blueberry puree and coconut water (purple fruit snacks), my second mixture is mango puree and orange juice (yellow fruit snacks). Feel free to experiment with your own flavours!
Link to silicone mold (affiliate): HALLOWEEN MOLD
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Homemade Fruit Snacks
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup fruit puree in this recipe I used blueberry and mango
- 1/2 cup fruit juice in this recipe I used pure coconut water with the blueberry (purple version) and orange juice with the mango (yellow version)
- 2 tbsp pure fed gelatin
- 2 tsp honey add more to adjust sweetness
Instructions
- Blend your fruit well until fully combined.
- Add fruit juice and mix.
- Pour fruit mixture into small saucepan and place on stove, leave heat off.
- Sprinkle gelatin over fruit puree, let sit for 2 minutes until it gets wrinkly.
- Turn heat onto medium, stir well and let heat for about 5 minutes.
- Transfer liquid into silicone mold of choice, I used halloween ones here.
- Move to fridge for minimum 2 hours.
- Remove from molds and place in airtight container until ready to eat.
