I’ve shared my recipes for chewable gummy vitamins and healthy fruit snacks before, and today I’m sharing a flu-busting combination of the two.
It seems that this flu season is going to be a bad one, and elderberry syrup is one of my favorite natural remedies for avoiding or beating the flu. These flu busting gummy bears combine the immune boost from elderberry syrup with the gut benefits of gelatin for a healthy and delicious way to beat the flu.
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Elderberry Gummy Bears Recipe
My kids love these! In fact, that is why the ones in the picture above look a little rough — little hands kept touching them while I was trying to take pictures!
To make this recipe, you’ll need to make homemade elderberry syrup first (don’t worry, it is easy!) and then make them into gummy bears.
Elderberry Gummies Recipe
Servings
Equipment
- Glass container or silicone molds
Nutrition
Notes
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Ever tried to make homemade healthy gummy bears? How did they turn out? Share below!
When making this recipe, do you let your gelatin bloom first before mixing it in with the other ingredients?
I would to make sure it dissolves without clumps.
I make a big batch of these gummies every week for my kids and my parents! I wanted my kids to drink echinacea tea but they didn’t care for it, so I just had the idea to use freshly brewed echinacea tea in place of the water in the recipe. They don’t taste it but they’re getting the extra health benefits in their gummies. Just wanted to share my hack ?
Thank you! I’m going to try this.
These were delicious and everyone loved them however after two weeks in the fridge they molded. Little blue green mold covering the whole gummy and I had to throw them out. Is there anyway to make them drier or mold proof? I really did not want to put them in the dehydrator after making them as they’re so much work
There isn’t a way to make them mold-proof, but you can freeze them to keep them good longer.
How is the best way to oil the small gummy bear molds?
What did I do wrong?? My gummies didn’t solidify. ? I had them in the fridge all night. I made the elderberry syrup , used warm water, unflavored gelatin. Although my elderberry syrup was cold since it was from the fridge, was the temperature of the syrup my error?
Great idea! I made the syrup but one child refuses to take it. They’re just getting over a cold and I wondered how often I should give children the syrup or gummies. Thank you for sharing
Thank you Katie for sharing this recipe. I tried this but taste is only my concern. How to get citrus taste because my kids prefer such taste.
I just made a batch and they set up so quickly I couldn’t even get them into the molds I got about half the molds filled. Do I need to heat all of the elderberry juice so it stays a little warmer?? Suggestions please
That can help. This is very temperature dependent so if it’s even slightly cooler it will set quickly.
Thanks for changing the recipe and not saying anything…I make this recipe all the time and have never had any issues, but this time I’ve had to throw away TWO BATCHES of gummies because of it! What a waste ?
What size are your molds and how many gummies a day do your kids take? I’ve been using your syrup recipe for a couple of years and am switching to gummies because it’s easier. Just wondering about dosage. Thanks!
Mine didn’t solidify enough, any idea why? Thanks for sharing!
I know this sounds like a silly question but can you freeze the elderberry gummies? I want to make them but am certain I can’t eat them all in 5 days. Maybe making a smaller batch would be a better idea.
I froze a lot of them last year. It changed the consistency a little when they were thawed, but we discovered we loved eating them frozen!
I feel like I’m going crazy…I have made your elderberry syrup and gummies for months now, but tonight I realized it only says 2T gelatin…I swear I have been using 1/4 cup. Maybe I used a different recipe in the past? But mine didn’t turn out tonight, they didn’t come out of the molds, and were much flimsier than usual (using 2T). You didn’t by chance change it, did you?!
I did adjust the recipe and will add more explanation to it. There are differences in gelatin types and some people were having trouble with it getting too thick too fast so I adjusted the recipe. You absolutely can make with 1/4 cup.
I’m getting ready to travel abroad (Germany, Czeck Republic, Switzerland, France) with a group of high school students and want to take some elderberry syrup or gummies with me to keep healthy while traveling. Any advice which would be better for taking through customs or keeping from spoiling? I will be gone two weeks and will have access to a fridge some of the time. The weather temperatures should be ranging between 30 to 60 at the highest. Any advice or ideas?
They are too much like jello for me and not really gummy. Would adding more gelatin make them firmer?
This worked perfectly for me and my gummies are a hit with my two year old who wasn’t drinking the syrup for me. I wish I could attach a picture, I used dinosaur molds and they are adorable!
If it helps anyone, I boiled water in my electric kettle and let it cool for a minute before using it in this recipe, so the water was quite hot.
Can I use pectin instead of gelatin? Thanks!
I haven’t ever tried, so I’m not sure but let me know how it goes if you try it.
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How many mg’s of elderberry in each gummy?
It depends on what type of mold you use, and other factors like how concentrated the initial syrup was.
Mine never solidified. I followed the recipe exactly. Any idea why?