Valentine’s Sour Gummy Candy is festive and delicious. Flavored gummy candy hearts that are coated in a sweet and sour mix.
Anyone else love gummy candies? This delicious gummy candies are easier than you think to make and are quite impressive. They are so pretty for Valentine’s Day and they taste a little bit like Sour Patch Kids! These little bite-sized treats make a perfect gift and they are so fun for parties or goody bags too!
VALENTINE’S SOUR GUMMY CANDY
These easy candies are made with Jello, sugar, unflavored gelatin and applesauce. The recipe calls for two different flavors of Jello so that you can make two different flavors/colors in one batch. The two different mixtures are poured into two 9X13 pans pan to set up.
Cut the set mixture into heart shaped pieces and let them dry overnight. Coat each heart shaped candy into a mixture of sugar and citric acid. The citric acid is what gives the candy a sour taste. You can absolutely leave the citric acid out of the coating if you don’t like sour – they are still delicious!
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Ingredients in Valentine’s Sour Gummy Candy
Sugar: There is a lot of sugar in this recipe, but it is candy after all! You will divide the sugar into two different pans and then save some to coat the candies with.
Applesauce: Some of the sweetness in the candy comes from applesauce. You will divide the applesauce between the two different flavors.
Jello: You will need two small boxes of Jello. You can use the same flavor or two different flavors. You can use whichever flavors you want to use. Strawberry, cherry and raspberry all work well for Valentine’s Day, but you can use other colors/flavors for other occasions.
Unflavored gelatin: You will need 4 envelopes of unflavored gelatin. Use 2 envelopes for each flavor of Jello.
Citric acid: Just 1 tablespoon of citric acid is mixed with sugar to make the candy coating. This will add the sour taste to the candy. If you don’t like sour, you can just leave it out and use only sugar for the coating.
How to make Valentine’s Sour Gummy Candy
MAKE THE CANDY MIXTURE
In a large saucepan, stir together 2 cups sugar, 1 ⅓ cups applesauce, 2 packages of strawberry jello and 2 envelopes of unflavored gelatin.
Let this mixture stand for 1 minute.
Over medium heat, bring the mixture to a boil stirring constantly. Boil the mixture for one minute and then remove from heat.
Immediately pour the mixture into a greased 11×7 or 9×13 pan.
Repeat these steps with another 2 cups of sugar, 1 ⅓ cups sugar, 2 envelopes unflavored gelatin and 2 packages of cherry jello.
CHILL THE CANDY MIXTURE
Place both pans into the fridge for 3 hours.
CUT OUT THE HEARTS, DRY THEM
I find it is easier to cut the mixture into squares and use a metal spatula to pull the squares out and transfer onto a wax or parchment paper. This will be a sticky job but they will come out of the pan. (These are really sticky and if will feel like you are going to rip it pulling it out of the pan but just keep sliding the metal spatula under them and they will come out.)
Using a mini heart cookie cutter, cut out as many hearts as possible and place them onto a parchment or wax paper lined tray.
Let the candies dry at room temperature 8 hours or overnight.
COAT THE GUMMY CANDIES
After a minimum of 8 hours dry time take the remaining 1 cup of sugar and mix with the citric acid and dip each gumdrop candy in, coating it all around with sugar.
Valentine’s Sour Gummy Candy
Ingredients
- 5 cups sugar divided
- 2 ⅔ cups applesauce divided
- 2 packages 3 ounces each strawberry jello
- 2 packages 3 ounces each cherry jello
- 4 envelopes unflavored gelatin divided
- 1 tablespoon citric acid
Instructions
- MAKE THE CANDY MIXTURE: In a large saucepan, stir together 2 cups sugar, 1 ⅓ cups applesauce, 2 packages of strawberry jello and 2 envelopes of unflavored gelatin.
- Let this mixture stand for 1 minute.
- Over medium heat, bring the mixture to a boil stirring constantly. Boil the mixture for one minute and then remove from heat.
- Immediately pour the mixture into a greased 11×7 or 9×13 pan.
- Repeat these steps with another 2 cups of sugar, 1 ⅓ cups sugar, 2 envelopes unflavored gelatin and 2 packages of cherry jello.
- CHILL THE CANDY MIXTURE: Place both pans into the fridge for 3 hours.
- CUT OUT THE HEARTS, DRY THEM: I find it is easier to cut the mixture into squares and use a metal spatula to pull the squares out and transfer onto a wax or parchment paper. This will be a sticky job but they will come out of the pan. (These are really sticky and if will feel like you are going to rip it pulling it out of the pan but just keep sliding the metal spatula under them and they will come out.)
- Using a mini heart cookie cutter, cut out as many hearts as possible and place them onto a parchment or wax paper lined tray.
- Let the candies dry at room temperature 8 hours or overnight.
- COAT THE GUMMY CANDIES: After a minimum of 8 hours dry time take the remaining 1 cup of sugar and mix with the citric acid and dip each gumdrop candy in, coating it all around with sugar.
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How to store Valentine’s candy hearts
Once the candy has been coated in the sugar/citric acid coating, they are ready to eat. You can store leftovers in an airtight container for up to 7 days.
CAN I USE A DIFFERENT FLAVOR OF JELLO?
Absolutely! While cherry are strawberry are pretty popular flavors (especially for Valentine’s Day), there is nothing holding you back from trying other jello flavors like black cherry, lime, or lemon. In fact, Those might actually turn out delicious, so if you do try them, report back and let me know!
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Valentine’s Sour Gummy Candy is festive and delicious. Strawberry and cherry flavored gummy candy shaped hearts are coated in a sweet and sour mix.
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