Homemade Fruit Snacks

Adorable, easy, healthy, and tastier than store-bought!
homemade fruit snacks in fun and lucky shapes
Recipe Source: 
Bento by Yuki & Noriko ($15.99, Race Point Publishing, 2020)

Ingredients

  • 12 cup juice of choice
  • 1 Tbsp gelatin
  • 1 Tbsp honey

Equipment

  • Silicone candy molds

Directions

  1. In a small saucepan, add the juice and sprinkle with the gelatin. Let the gelatin bloom for 3 minutes.
  2. Heat over low heat, stirring constantly, until the gelatin melts. (Do not boil.)
  3. Transfer the liquid to silicone candy molds. Refrigerate for 1 hour or overnight and remove from the molds.

Notes

  • These homemade fruit snacks are healthier than store-bought versions and are naturally sweetened!
  • You can make a large batch of fruit snacks at once and keep them in the refrigerator.
  • Silicone candy molds are available in many different shapes.

Use them in this Bento Box!

Make your kids' day at school an extra-special one.

Contributor

Yuko and Noriko

Yuko and Noriko launched Japanese Cooking 101 in 2012 to show the world how to make fresh, simple, and tasty Japanese meals that can be prepared at home by everyone.

Yuko and Noriko grew up in Japan watching their mothers and grandmothers prepare food at home. Norika is also a professionally trained pastry chef.

They create recipes based on those memories, as well as their own years of experience cooking at home for their families. They both live in San Diego, California.