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Recipe:
1 package of flavored Gelatin (Jello)
3 packets of Unflavored Gelatin (Knox is most common in the US - they come 4 packets to a box)
1 500 mg Vitamin C (optional but it adds some great sour flavor)
1/3 to 1/2 cup of water
Tools: Pyrex Measuring cup
A cooking pot that the cup will fit into
Some kind of spatula.
Mold* or a flat bottom pan to pour the candy into
Mortar and Pestle (or a hammer?) to grind up the Vitamin C
In the photos you see me using a shallow pan with just about an 1' - 1 1/2' of water to melt the syrup. You should go ahead and use a pot so you can get the water level up another inch or two. I only used the shallow pan for the photos. It was just so you could see the side of the cup and what is was happening while the syrup was cooking. I use a sauce pan when I make them now. A double boiler would be ideal, but I couldn't find one in the stores I visited. They aren't as popular as they used to be.
The syringe I used to fill the mold is optional. You can just pour the candy in. I bought the syringe at Tap Plastics. You can get big syringes like this in cooking stores also. There are syringes for injecting stuff into meats. They can handle the hot syrup really well. I found the hole at the end was so small was very slow at filling the mold.
I have a metal and plastic trigger activated frosting gun. It is used to decorate cakes. I don't remember when, or where I bought it hahaha. I tend to buy tools when they are on sale and think up a use later. I've never used it to frost a cake. I decided to try it out with the gummie syrup and it worked great. That is what I use now.
(The wire strainer is not needed. I reviewed my notes on the experiments and the clearest candies - the green and red, didn't use the sifter.)
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