Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
I’ve tried making gummy bears before, but they always turned into jelly. Fun if you’ve got a mould and a kid to impress, but not that proper sweet-shop chew you expect from a real gummy.
So this time I set myself a mission: learn how to make actual gummy bears from scratch. Not wobbly cubes, but proper chewy sweets with structure, shine and bite. I’d never done the science behind it properly, so this was about figuring out how to bloom the gelatine, control the water, cook the syrup and get the texture right.
Once I finally cracked it, the texture came out so much better than I expected. That’s when I pushed things further and tested a few extreme flavours, from hot sauce to tea, just to see what a proper gummy base could handle.
Easily one of the most satisfying little kitchen experiments I’ve done in a while.
#BarryLewis #GummyBears #FoodExperiment #HomemadeSweets
I’ve tried making gummy bears before, but they always turned into jelly. Fun if you’ve got a mould and a kid to impress, but not that proper sweet-shop chew you expect from a real gummy.
So this time I set myself a mission: learn how to make actual gummy bears from scratch. Not wobbly cubes, but proper chewy sweets with structure, shine and bite. I’d never done the science behind it properly, so this was about figuring out how to bloom the gelatine, control the water, cook the syrup and get the texture right.
Once I finally cracked it, the texture came out so much better than I expected. That’s when I pushed things further and tested a few extreme flavours, from hot sauce to tea, just to see what a proper gummy base could handle.
Easily one of the most satisfying little kitchen experiments I’ve done in a while.
#BarryLewis #GummyBears #FoodExperiment #HomemadeSweets
