{"id":7595,"date":"2015-05-01T19:33:15","date_gmt":"2015-05-01T09:33:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/?p=7595"},"modified":"2016-05-26T11:53:24","modified_gmt":"2016-05-26T01:53:24","slug":"giant-gummy-bear-recipe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/giant-gummy-bear-recipe\/","title":{"rendered":"Giant Gummy Bear Recipe"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"hrecipe\" align=\"center\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"photo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_71101-550x550.jpg\" alt=\"giant gummy lego man howtocookthat\" width=\"550\" height=\"550\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Not quite a giant gummy bear, today we&#8217;re making a giant gummy Lego man. \u00a0This recipe took a lot of experimentation to get right. \u00a0My first attempts were too rubbery but the addition of one extra ingredient meant the final gummy was beautifully chewy and a huge hit with the kids. \u00a0When it comes to candy (or lollies as we call them in Australia) it&#8217;s not just about getting the flavour right but the texture as well. \u00a0So if you want to get it perfect, then you might need to hunt online to source all the ingredients.<\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t write a blog post this week without expressing my heartfelt sympathy to the families of Australians Andrew Chan and\u00a0Myuran Sukumaran. \u00a0Caught attempting to smuggle drugs\u00a0out of\u00a0Indonesia 10 years ago, they spent the past decade in a Bali jail before being executed by firing squad this week. \u00a0The biggest tragedy is that both men had been completely rehabilitated. \u00a0Both had become Christians and Chan even studied at Bible college by correspondence. He became an ordained minister and was running a thriving church service inside the jail for fellow prisoners. Together, they worked to establish drug rehabilitation programs for other inmates and were described by the prison commander as &#8220;model prisoners&#8221;. \u00a0Sukumaran also took up art with a passion and painted many beautiful paintings in recent years. \u00a0What a major transformation from foolish teenagers into\u00a0fine young men. \u00a0My husband visited Chan in prison a couple of years ago and can attest to his good\u00a0character. \u00a0He was a lovely young man, full of life and eager to share anything he had with others. \u00a0Fortunately the God in whom they trust does show mercy and forgiveness to those who believe so Chan and Myuran can indeed rest in peace.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9GTrwSmv_MM\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"fn\"><strong>Giant Gummy Bear Recipe (makes 3 cups 750ml)<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>105g (3.7 ounces) Gelatin 250 bloom or 166g (5.86 ounces) normal 100 bloom gelatin.<br \/>\n<span class=\"ingredient\"><span class=\"amount\">210millilitres (7.1 fluid ounces) or 3\/4 cup plus 1 Tbsp <\/span> <span class=\"name\">Water<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n340g (11.99 ounces) Caster (Superfine) Sugar<br \/>\n367g (12.95 ounces) or 1 cup plus 2 tsp Glucose syrup (or light corn syrup)<br \/>\n6 tsp Citric acid<br \/>\n34g (1.2 ounces) <a title=\"sorbitol\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B004XZHDYO\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B004XZHDYO&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=howtocookthat-20&amp;linkId=J3YDRGUHT6DDDMQH\" target=\"_blank\">Sorbitol<\/a><br \/>\nColour (I used red)<br \/>\nFlavouring (I used 3millilitres (0.1 fluid ounces)\u00a0strawberry oil flavouring)<br \/>\nSilicon Mold (the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00U192Y9A\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B00U192Y9A&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=howtocookthat-20&amp;linkId=IJWAF3DHLMA2DKPH\">Lego Man Mold<\/a>\u00a0that I used holds 3 cups). \u00a0<br \/>\nMeasure how many cups of water your mold holds before you start and adjust the recipe quantities accordingly.<br \/>\nCornflour or corn starch to dust the mold.<\/p>\n<p>Prepare your mold by dusting with cornflour or corn starch.<\/p>\n<p>Pour all the water into the gelatin and stir it through\u00a0quickly. \u00a0Leave to soften.<\/p>\n<p>Place the sorbitol, sugar and glucose syrup into a saucepan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Stir over high heat until it begins to bubble. \u00a0Wash down the sides of the pan and remove from the heat &#8211; check all the sugar has dissolved, if not return to heat unstirred for a little longer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Remove from heat add the colour,\u00a0citric acid\u00a0and gelatin. \u00a0Stir until the gelatin has dissolved, this will take a couple of minutes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Add your flavouring.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7597\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_7063-550x413.jpg\" alt=\"gaint gummy candy recipe reardon\" width=\"550\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_7063-550x413.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_7063-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_7063-60x45.jpg 60w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_7063-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/>Pour the hot mixture into the mold filling it right up to the top. \u00a0Leave it over night at room temperature to set.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The next day loosen the edges by pulling the mold away from the gummy candy.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Then flip it over and peel off the mold.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Subscribe below &#8211; new sweet recipe video every Friday.<\/p>\n<p>by Ann Reardon <a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/\" title=\"Welcome to How To Cook That\" target=\"_blank\">How To Cook That<\/a><br \/>\n2015<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \n<h4 align=center>My Cookbook<\/h4>\n<p align=center>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/cook-crazy-sweet-creations-cookbook-ann-reardon\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"40%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/hardcover-book-mockup-of-a-woman-reading-3409-el1.png\" alt=\"ann reardon crazy sweet creations cookbook\" title=\"Crazy Sweet Creations Cookbook\" style=\"opacity: 0.8; -moz-opacity: 0.8;\" class=\"fade\" \/><\/a>\n<\/br>\nStores that sell my book listed by country:  \n<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/ARcookbook\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/ARcookbook<\/a>\n<\/br>\nAll recipe quantities in the book are in grams, ounces and cups.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/giant-gummy-bear-recipe\/\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/gummy-bear32-150x150.jpg\" class=\"alignleft tfe wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/gummy-bear32-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/gummy-bear32-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/gummy-bear32-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/gummy-bear32-1200x1200-cropped.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" data-wp-pid=\"7683\" \/><\/a><p>Not quite a giant gummy bear, today we&#8217;re making a giant gummy Lego man. \u00a0This recipe took a lot of experimentation to get right. \u00a0My first attempts were too rubbery but the addition of one extra ingredient meant the final gummy was beautifully chewy and a huge hit with the kids. \u00a0When it comes to candy (or lollies as we call them in Australia) it&#8217;s not just about getting the flavour right but the texture<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7683,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[142,152,156],"tags":[31,972,1007,1581,1747,1745,2109,2112,2111,175,952,1184,2110,163,2113,2115,521,2073,2114,1468],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7595"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7595"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7595\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24340,"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7595\/revisions\/24340"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}