When it comes to healthy foods, doctors advise us to eat as many fruits and vegetables as possible. We have quite a wide selection of fruit in our backyard orchard including tangerines, plums, apples and even exotic fruit like papaya. What if I told you, you could pretty much take any of these and make some homemade fruit snacks for your kids?
Yep, with an assortment of fresh or frozen fruit you could make your own snacks, that the kids absolutely love. We know that homemade is always 10 times healthier, than anything that you would buy in stores. The trick to the perfect fruit snack is finding the right balance of ingredients to end up with a snack that is not only chewy, but fruity as well as sweet too.
Here’s What You’ll Need:
- pureed fruit
- unflavored gelatin powder---------------------- Advertisement ----------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------- - honey
- fruit juice
- food processor or blender
- saucepan
- silicone candy molds (optional)
- baking dish
It would be way easier if you could just use large chunks of fruit for your snacks, however for this recipe you need to puree the fruit. The puree will need to be infused with all the other ingredients and this is best done over medium heat. Start by adding the honey and the fruit juice.
After a few minutes, I usually wait for the mixture to start bubbly before slowly adding the gelatin. All that is left for you to do is to allow the mixture to cool and set in the fridge for about 3 hours. Cut or remove the snacks from the silicone molds or baking dish and store in your fridge for up to 7 days. When I make a batch they never last more than a day or two. 🙂
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