I eat these gummies every day. Skin glow, better gut, stronger joints, and about 20 calories each.
Store-bought gummy vitamins are mostly corn syrup with a little fruit flavor. These are blended blueberries, a spoonful of allulose, and unflavored gelatin.
The gelatin is the reason to eat them, and it is also what makes them set.
- Gelatin is cooked collagen, and it supplies the glycine and proline your body uses to maintain joint cartilage, skin, and the lining of your gut.
- Blueberries carry the anthocyanins that give these their deep purple color, along with the fiber and polyphenols that come with eating whole fruit instead of juice.
- Allulose sweetens without the blood sugar rise you get from sugar, so a daily gummy stays compatible with active fat loss.
If you want to add a tablespoon of CWLI Collagen, it will fold right in. It is a bonus, not a substitute. Collagen peptides are broken down so your body absorbs them easily, which also means they will not gel. The gelatin is what makes a gummy a gummy.
Practical tip. Keep the heat low and do not let the mixture boil. Gelatin loses its setting strength once it gets too hot, and a batch that boiled will stay syrupy in the mold no matter how long you chill it. You only need it warm enough to dissolve.
Ingredients
- 2 cups fresh or frozen blueberries
- A splash of water, just enough to blend
- 2 tablespoons allulose
- 3 tablespoons unflavored gelatin
- 1 tablespoon CWLI Collagen, optional
Instructions
- Add the blueberries, water, and allulose to a blender. Blend until smooth.
- Pour the blueberry mixture into a small saucepan.
- Whisk in the gelatin, and the collagen if you are using it.
- Heat over low heat, stirring continuously, until everything is fully dissolved and smooth. Do not let the mixture boil.
- Carefully pour into silicone gummy molds.
- Refrigerate for about 2 hours, or until completely firm.
- Remove from the molds and store in an airtight container in the refrigerator.
Storing them
They keep in an airtight container in the refrigerator for about a week. Mold size decides how many you get and how big each one is, so a small mold gives you closer to 20 and a large cube mold gives you a handful of bigger ones.
Make a batch on Sunday and you have your gummy ready every morning for the week.