Wine Gumdrops
A fun childhood treat with adult flavors!
Servings: 8 people
Calories: 136kcal
Ingredients
- 195 g sugar
- 49 g unsweetened applesauce
- 131 g wine or plain fruit puree
- 16 g corn syrup
- 49 g pectin
- 1/2 t salt
- 1/2 t lemon juice
Instructions
- Spray the parchment paper or mold with oil or cooking spray.
- Measure out all ingredients. This goes very quickly and needs constant supervision!
- Put applesauce in medium pot on medium heat for about 5 minutes, or until it looks drier.
- Add wine, salt, karo syrup and whisk, turning heat up to high.
- Add a spoon of the sugar into a bowl with the pectin and stir together. (only if using powdered pectin. Liquid pectin can be added without the addition of sugar)
- While stirring, slowly pour in pectin in to wine mixture. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly.
- Rain in half of the sugar while whisking, and wait for it to return to a boil before adding the rest.
- Once all the sugar is added and it has returned to a boil, start a time for 3 minutes. Stir constantly.
- Remove from heat and let it settle for about 10-15 seconds, stir in lemon juice.
- Immediately pour onto parchment paper. If the pan is larger than the amount of wine mixture, fold the parchment paper over to shape and smooth the top.
- Leave to cool to room temperature, and then cover and rest for at least 8 hours.
- Once they are dried out, cut with a knife that has been oiled/sprayed; toss in sugar. Leave out for several more hours to continue drying out. DO NOT place in refrigerator.
Notes
Using the weight measurements for recipes like this that require absolute precision will give you MUCH more reliable results. If you tried it and it didn't work perfectly, please grab a kitchen scale and try again. Feel free to reach out to me if you need help!
Nutrition
Serving: 67g | Sodium: 160mg | Calcium: 1mg | Vitamin C: 1mg | Sugar: 27g | Fiber: 1g | Potassium: 25mg | Calories: 136kcal | Saturated Fat: 1g | Fat: 1g | Protein: 1g | Carbohydrates: 33g | Iron: 1mg