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These coconut gummies are the perfect blend of sweet and sour (if you use lime juice – but you can totally leave this out as well). They use gelatine which is really great for our bodies (think bone broth)and also fantastic for improving gut health.
These could make great Halloween treats with the right mold or be equally great for Christmas.
Kids will love making these. But be warned they can get just a tad messy!
Dom taste testing the gummies.
We’re sure you’ll love them!
Let us know in the comments how you go and if you love this recipe then definitely check out our the rest of our recipes at www.domskitchen.co.nz.
Coconut Gummies
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Delicious sweet (and slightly sour if you go with the added lime) treats that are good for you!
Author: Dom's Kitchen
Recipe type: Sweet Treats
Type of food: Paleo
Serves: 20
What you need:
- ½ cup of strawberries with ½ cup coconut or plain water (or 1 cup strawberries for thicker gummy but see comment)
- 1 tsp lime juice (optional)
- 1 cup coconut cream
- 2 tsp. powdered stevia (or 4 tsp preferred natural sweetener)
- 3 Tbsp powdered gelatin (we use Great Lakes - the red one)
What to do...
- Puree the strawberries and coconut water.
- Strain mixture over saucepan to remove seeds.
- Add ½ the sweetener (and the lime juice if using) and stir to combine.
- Add ½ the gelatine (1.5 Tbsp) to the juice and whisk immediately to combine.
- Bring the mixture to a simmer (not boiling).
- Remove from heat and pour mixture into silicon molds - but fill only halfway!.
- Place in to the freezer for 15 minutes or until set.
- Combine the coconut cream and ½ the stevia in a small sauce pan, sprinkle over the other half of the gelatin and mix together.
- Bring the mixture to a simmer (not boiling).
- Remove from heat and pour mixture into the moulds to fill to top of mould.
- Place in to the freezer for 15 minutes or until set.
- Allow 5 minutes on the bench before serving.
Chef Dom's Tips:
These will store in an airtight container for a 1 week. They're OK in pantry but we prefer to keep them in the fridge.
The gummies will lose water as they sit which will make them more chewy. So make a couple of days before you need to them for added chew factor.
You can of course substitute another fruit for the strawberries. Just watch out because there are some fruits that apparently don't "set" with gelatine including kiwifruit and pineapple. But having said that we've made jelly like kiwifruit so not sure what was going on there!
The jellies will take longer to set the larger they are.The number made of course depends also on size of moulds being used.
We did one set with lime juice and another without. I prefer lime juice in ones without coconut but Dom liked them best with combo strawberry/lime and coconut.
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10 Comments
Jacinda October 31, 2015 at 3:05 pm
Do you need to use a sweetner? I’m on AIP and not supposed to use anything at the moment.
Claire Deeks October 31, 2015 at 9:55 pm
Hi Jacinda – It’s fine without sweetener but don’t use the lime. The sweetener was because am making these as replacement for lollies (for Halloween). They taste a bit more kind of gummy without sweetener but still yum for me :-). [Of course they still have natural sugar from the fruit.]
Nat November 16, 2015 at 10:05 pm
I had a really hard time getting these gummies out of my various mounds tonight. So I wonder if it’s because I didn’t use 1/2coconut water 1/2 strawberries. I just used one full cup of strawberries. I think coconut might have help to get them our easier… Will try next time
Claire Deeks November 17, 2015 at 8:27 pm
Hi Nat
Thanks for your feedback. Did you use silicon mould? We did it one time with just strawberries and one time (because we were low on strawberries) added coconut water. I didn’t notice them being harder to remove myself. We did it with the strawberry mixture on the top. We’re going to make some more jellies next week so I’ll do 1/2 and 1/2 and pay more attention to see if there’s an issue. Thanks for you comment Claire xNat November 17, 2015 at 10:50 pm
Hi Claire.
Yes, I used different silicon moulds. and neither of them were easy….May be I will try to coat them with coconut oil next time then! That should work:) thank for your reply!Claire Deeks November 26, 2015 at 6:45 pm
Hey Nat. Thanks not had chance to make again but probably will next week. Di you do again?
Mary May 11, 2016 at 8:33 am
Hi Claire. I’m keen to start experimenting with gelatin but before I invest in the brands I see mentioned as being good (Great Lakes/IQS) I have a couple of questions. Firstly why does it need to be brands like these (as opposed to the more readily available ones like MacKenzies); and secondly can I use a common one in the meantime while I ascertain whether we even like gummies – will it work the same? Thanks
Claire Deeks June 8, 2016 at 3:14 pm
Hi Mary – sorry for late reply here. I think that I may have answered your question on FB. But yes and yes to both questions. Difference is that the ones I recommend Great Lakes and Vital Proteins are supposedly from high quality animals and I think Vital ones from organic/free range animals. But not 100% on that I need to check. I think it’s similar to vegetables and difference organic and not organic and at end of the day better to be eating some form of gelatine thats reasonable than none. But I’ll make some enquiries as I would like to know myself. Claire
Kitsa September 21, 2016 at 7:23 pm
Vital Proteins is made from grassfed and grass finished beef so you are getting the nutrients from really clean/healthy animals however conventional gelatin is made from toxic animals. Unfortunately Great Lakes gelatin is no longer from grassfed animals as they feed them grain.
Claire Deeks September 26, 2016 at 11:07 pm
Hi Kitsa OK thanks I had heard something like that I will check into it. Harder to get them here in NZ though but I’m sure not impossible. Thanks CLaire
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