These pink gin gummy bears were absolutely not planned but they went down a storm with my friends so they were a happy ‘accident’.
Basically, my plan was to have a second go at making some fruit juice gummy bears after I completely messed up the first attempt by calculating my liquid:gelatin ratio. I got as far as getting the orange juice out of the fridge and the gummy bear moulds out of the cupboard and then it all went wrong.
I ended up pouring myself a drink of the orange juice and deciding to make pink gin gummy bears instead as they sounded much more fun to make (and obviously to eat). They definitely were more fun and they were gone within about five minutes of my bringing them out so my friends clearly enjoyed them – even more than the prosecco gummy bears I made a while ago. 
I love how they turned out so I’ll definitely be making them again. And again.
Pink Gin Gummy Bears....
These super-cute little Pink Gin Gummy Bears are easy to make and they're the perfect grown up sweet treat.
Ingredients
- 100 ml Pink gin
- 50 g Sugar
- 2 sachets of gelatin or vegetarian alternative
- (Optional) A few drops of pink food colouring
Instructions
- Add the pink gin to a small saucepan and slowly add the sugar while you warm the pan. Keep stirring until the sugar has dissolved.
- Add the gelatin powder very slowly to the pan bit by bit stirring constantly. I use a whisk for this and stir really quickly to make sure that I'm stirring in the gelatin as it hits the liquid. If you don't it's really prone to clumping at this point
- Once it's all dissolved then take the pan off the heat and stir in a few drops of pink food colouring to the pan - this isn't essential but the pink gin that looks pink in the bottle looks decidedly less pink on a gummy bear.
- Next, using either a syringe if one came with your gummy bear moulds or a spoon if not, start filling your gummy bear moulds. Try not to have much overflow on the top of the mould as this sets to make a layer over the gummy bears which makes it harder to get the little guys out when the time comes.
- Leave to set in the fridge for as long as you can - 24 hours is OK but if you can leave them longer then they do start to slightly dry out making them less jelly like and more like a sweet. I've managed to get one out of the mould in one piece at about five hours before if you want a cheeky taster but it's very jelly-like at this stage and you're highly likely to lose an arm or a leg at this point. I pop
Notes
The quantities in this recipe made 75 gummy bears wso consider how many gummy bear moulds you have and adjust the quantities accordingly. I only have two gummy bear mould sheets so this was perfect for me but I know Amazon sell them in 2, 4 and even 6 packs so you could just increase if you want to make more.
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