(Sour!) Paleo & Keto Gummies

These homemade paleo and keto gummies are on point! Think wonderfully chewy and yummy goodies, at just 1.5g net carbs per a 25 gummy bear serving!

Course Dessert

Cuisine American, European

Keyword gummies, gummy bears, gummy candy, keto, paleo

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 5

Chilling Time 30

Total Time 10

Servings gummy bears

Calories 19kcal

Add the water, raspberry powder (or flavor of choice), sweetener (starting with the lower amount) and vitamin C to a saucepan. Stir to combine and feel free to adjust the sweetness (or anything) to taste.
Add the gelatin, stir to combine and turn on the heat to low. Continue stirring to ensure everything is well dissolved and evenly distributed, about 3 minutes (do not let it simmer though!). Remove from heat once the mixture is smooth and you begin to see some steam.
Pour into a bowl right away and, using the gum drop, begin to fill up the silicon molds.
Allow the molds to come to room temperature, about 15 minutes, and place in the fridge for 30 minutes or until set. Keep stored in an airtight container in the fridge for about 2 weeks.

Mix all the ingredients together in a small glass or bowl, adjusting sourness with the vitamin C to taste (I do 1/8 tsp, but you could definitely go to 1/4 tsp!). Mix in a serving of gummies, toss until evenly coated and enjoy right away.
Keep in mind that the sour version doesn't store well (the sour coating dissolves) and are best enjoyed right away!

Here are my top ingredient tips, and be sure to check out the section on sweeteners for more specific deets:

You absolutely want to make sure you're procuring gelatin and not collagen, which won't gel. I love and always use this grass-fed one (arguably much more nutritional benefits!), but standard packets from Knox will work the charm too.
For the fruit juice, I bought powdered dried fruit (unsweetened, all natural) in two flavors: raspberry (my favorite!) and black raspberry. So while the black raspberry was good (and from what I've been reading, has the greatest amount of antioxidants out of all the berries by more than double!), raspberry was the home run! And you can also use the powders to flavor chia puddings, make yogurt a bit more fun, turn your cheesecake-for-1 fruity, similarly for the buttercream fat bombs, or vanilla ice cream (turned raspberry!), added to milkshakes ... i.e. endless possibilities guys!
But if you don't want to buy powdered berries, you could also use a tea infusion (something like this raspberry tea would work, for instance). Or you can make your own fruit juice with fresh fruit too (duh right?!).
For the vitamin C powder (i.e. citric or l-ascorbic acid) I used this organic one. While its totally optional and you can use lemon juice instead, I also highly suggest it! Also indispensable for the sour gummy version (see below!). And for the home run: I also mix the pure vitamin C powder with my face and body lotions at night for extra glowy skin!

And please note that nutrition facts were estimated using the raspberry powder (25 gummy bears are 1.5g net carbs!)