blueberry

I LOVE making fun stuff like this!!! These Jube Lollies are pretty spot on to the store bought stuff!!

This tastes like Jube lollies (minus the sugar coating) and the longer you leave it out to dry, it gets chewier, like a fruit pastille. The blueberry ones taste like the Lifesavers Blackcurrant Pastilles!!!

I realllly wanted to have this with a sugar coating, however the sugar sweats off soon after you put it on! If you really wanted to eat it with the sugar coating you would need to roll and eat/serve it straight away! All the sweets that I have made so far (Marshmallows and Turkish Delight) seem to all sweat off the sugar/icing sugar, so it must be some candy making magic or some sort of preservative to keep it on.

I’ve tried these with blueberries, strawberries and mandarins – which reflects really nicely in the Jube Lollies giving them a beautiful fruity taste! You try these with any type of berry or citrus flavour – if you do a few batches like this, the different colours look amazing together!!

The jam setting sugar along with the gelatine helps set the Jube Lollies to its lolly like texture. Jam setting sugar can be found in the sugar/baking section in the supermarket.

If you want a healthy sugar free lolly alternative, try my Fruit Jelly Lollies (I love these, however these Jube lollies taste and have the texture of storebought lollies!)

Add fruit in bowl.

Blitz 5 seconds/Speed 5. Scrape down.

Cook 4 minutes/100 degrees/Speed 2.

Strain puree through a sieve.

Give your bowl a quick rinse to remove any excess fruit seeds/skin etc.

Add sieved puree, water, jam sugar, lemon juice and gelatine into bowl.

Cook 4 minutes/90 degrees/Speed 2.

Remove MC…

…and cook 5 minutes/Varoma/Speed 2/MC off

Pour into silicon pan/lined pan and leave to set for a few hours/overnight.

(Set for a few hours/overnight)

Once set, cut into small squares.

Optional – Leave out on a plate/wire baking rack to dry out further for a few hours (it get’s chewier the longer you leave it).

Store in an airtight container in a cool place/fridge.

Experimenting with sugar coating and cornflour coating (I found the plain to be the best!)

Making Jube Lollies with strawberries

Making Jube Lollies with mandarins