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!
Is the 1/2 cup of hot water necessary? Can I just use room temperature water?
It’s necessary for the gelatin.
Can these be frozen to last longer?
They really don’t freeze well.
we actually freeze ours all the time!
I’m very excited to try this. I’m a big fan of your website. How many can a child have in a day?
If I make a sugar free elderberry syrup with stevia, will the gummies set up correctly?
The texture might be different but they should still set up in the fridge.
Do you have a mold that you could recommend that would be about the right dose for a 16 month old?
I get my coconut oil here and use molds like these 🙂
Good morning. I was reading your recipe for elderberry gummies and I have a couple questions if you don’t mind: What coconut oil do you use and where can I buy the molds to make the gummies?
Hi I made these with kids and the syrup and gelatin turned solid before I had a chance to add warm water, so just removed lumps and adds more gelatin to mixture once all in! Fingers crossed!
Is there any way to make a large batch and keep them fresh. Not sure if it’s possible to freeze the gummies and only keep a weeks supply out at a time. I would like to make a batch for the winter months and just have them all cold and flu season. I know the syrup version seems to keep in the fridge for a few months I’ve been told but have never tried making the gummies just yet. Thoughts?
Wouldn’t the hot water kill the honey’s live enzymes and benefits? Could you let the gelatin/hot water mixture cool completely and then add the elderberry syrup? LOVE the benefits of the local raw honey and don’t want to lose any of them! Thanks
can you share a link for the vital proteins collagen protein? i can only find the collagen peptides and i saw in comments that that doesn’t gel.
also, do you know the substitution for elderberry powder if you don’t have dried elderberries? and then i am assuming you would just strain with a cheesecloth?
i have all my ingredients/tools. just need these last two things answered before i begin!!
thanks…your entire website is WONDERFUL!
The same link: https://wellnessmama.com/go/gelatin/ should have both. It is the one called “Gelatin” with the green lid
Hello Katie,
I am going to make these tomorrow as my ingredients will be delivered :). Do you think I can also add Vitamin C powder to this recipe as well. You have a separate recipe to make vitmain C gummies with Vitamin C Powder and I was just wondering if it is OK to combine them.
Made these and they turned out great, but I have only one little and we don’t go through them very quickly, and they started to develop mold in the fridge after several weeks. Just the tiniest specks of white were visible on the surface and it seemed like such a waste to toss them…. So I melted them back down and boiled the mixture for several mintutes and re-gelled them. Do you think they are ok?
We made a different version of Gummy Bears using these molds: https://www.amazon.com/Candy-Molds-Silicone-Chocolate-Including/dp/B07JP774SS/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&linkCode=ll1&tag=wellnessmama-20&linkId=8622a423df4adc55794cb3ca7015d05b&language=en_US
This mold is silicone and it is easy to use and easy to clean. I plan on making more in the future…
HI! Do you think these would freeze well, to keep for longer periods of time? Just curious about the ability to make larger batches and keep them for a while.
Thanks!
I’m making these now, my question is about dosage (sorry I didn’t read every comment if you did address this already). Just 1/day/kid (mine are 2 & 5)? I’m also adding wild harvested ginseng & probiotics to mine!
I personally give 1-2 a day and as many as desired if they get sick.
Hi. Do you find that these taste like clove? I can’t do clove. I don’t like the smell and the taste makes me gag. Would it be better to just leave it out? Thanks.
Thanks for sharing, my kids love these! Just wondering….
How many should they eat a day? My kids want to eat them all in one sitting lol.
Hi there
I have a 21 month old. Can he have these gummies? How many a day/week?
I just wanted to say how helpful you have been to me over the last 2 years since I found your blog. I feel truly blessed by you!
Thank you!