Gooey Gum Drops
If you played the game Candy Land as a kid, you know there's a space called "Gum Drop Mountain". Relive your childhood with this super easy Gooey Gum Drops recipe, sure to be a great hit with your kids for the holiday season. It's also a great holiday candy recipe but can be made year round, too.
Notes
For green gumdrops: Substitute oil of anise for strawberry extract and greed food coloring for red. For yellow: Substitute oil of lemon and yellow food coloring For red: Substitute oil of clove for strawberry extract Makes about 1 1/4 pound.
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Cooking Time3 hr
Ingredients
- 1 package (1 3/4 ounces) powdered fruit pectin
- 3/4 cup water
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup light corn syrup
- 2 teaspoon imitation strawberry extract
- red food coloring
- sugar
Instructions
- Combine fruit pectin, water and baking soda in a medium-size pan. (Note, mixture will foam).
- Combine sugar and corn syrup in large saucepan. Place both saucepans over high heat.
- Cook, stirring alternately until foam disappears from fruit pectin mixture and sugar mixture boils rapidly for 5 minutes.
- Pour fruit pectin mixture into boiling sugar mixture in a thin stream until all pectin is added. Boil, stirring constantly 1 minute longer.
- Remove pan from heat. Stir in extract and a few drops of coloring.
- Immediately pour mixture into and 8-inch x 8-inch x 2-inch pan. For fancier shapes, spoon mixture into tart or similar little pans. Allow to stand at room temperature (do NOT refrigerate) until candy is cool and firm.
- Cut gum drop mixture into fancy shapes with small cutters or into cubes with a knife dipped in warm water.
- Roll in granulated sugar.