Homemade Halloween Gummy Bears are a perfect DIY Halloween candy treat to make with family and loved ones. These gummy bears are made with honey, beef gelatin, and juice. That’s it! Only three ingredients to a yummy, healthier, and delicious Halloween candy treat recipe.
Homemade Halloween Gummy Bears are super easy to make and make the perfect and easy DIY Halloween candy treat! They are such a fun treat for kiddos and adults! All you need for this recipe is beef gelatin, honey, and various fruit juices. You can add as little or as much honey as you want to adjust for sweetness. I made three different kinds of gummy bear flavors for this recipe.
This was inspired by my delicious Halloween cocktail recipe and pairs well with this fun Halloween popcorn recipe idea.
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🥘 Ingredients for Homemade Halloween Gummy Bears
What you'll need:
- Beef Gelatin (this is what makes the gummy bears form.)
- Gummy Bear Molds, I love using this one. or Halloween Molds for halloween gummy bears
- Honey or maple syrup for your sweetener
- Orange juice
- Blueberry Juice
- Cranberry juice
- Spirulina
See recipe card for quantities.
I made orange gummies, blueberry gummies, and cranberry Halloween gummy bears. You can make whatever flavors you prefer, but I wanted to get as close as possible to the gummy bears you can buy in the store.
Next time, I want to make lemon-lime gummy bears too, I’m still recipe testing that one to make it without any processed ingredients. No food coloring on this blog if I can help it.
Gummy candies are so fun and easy to make!
💭 Top tips for creating perfect Gummy Bears
You could also use maple syrup as the sweetener for this recipe, but we are big fans of honey and use it as our main sweetener in most of our recipes.
The trickiest part of this recipe is getting the beef gelatin to mix properly. You want to make sure to bring the juice and the honey to just about a boil and then bring the heat back down to medium and then you add the beef gelatin.
🔪 Instructions
Be sure and add one scoop of beef gelatin at a time and ensure each scoop is fully dissolved before adding the second scoop to your liquid mixture. If the beef gelatin isn’t fully dissolved, the gummy bears will turn out more like frozen juice and less like gummy bears.
Making homemade Halloween gummy bears takes a little bit of practice, but once you get the hang of it, you can get creative with the flavors and make all kinds of gummie treats. You could even make gummy worms with the right candy mold.
🍽 Equipment
The candy mold and beef gelatin I used for this recipe are linked in the recipe card below. You can find all kinds of fun candy gelatin molds online to make any gelatin treats you want! Who needs to buy candy from the store when you can make it at home?
I highly suggest using this gummy bear mold for making homemade gummy bears and this one for Halloween treats.
Storage
You can store homemade Halloween gummy bears in an airtight plastic or glass container at room temperature. They should keep for at least two weeks.
Do you guys have any fun plans for Halloween? It’s no secret that Halloween is my all-time favorite holiday of the year, (yes even over Christmas). I cannot wait to have kids because I know Halloween will be even more special then.
🍬 Halloween Plans
We don’t drink, but if drinking is your jam you could totally make these homemade gummy bears boozy by using vodka with the juice mixture.
For Halloween night we are making Halloween cookies, eating copious amounts of candy, and watching horror movies. We do this every year and we love it!
No matter what you are doing or where you are in the world, I hope you have the most epic, ghostly Halloween ever! Pin this recipe for later because it’s BOO-TASTIC!
Cheers Witches!
📖 Recipe
Homemade Halloween Gummy Bears
Ingredients
Orange Gummy Bears
- 2 c freshly squeeze orange juice
- 1 tablespoon honey Use as much or as little sweetness as you prefer)
- 2 scoops Beef gelatin
Blueberry Gummy Bears
- 1 c Bblueberry juice
- 1 teaspoon spirulina powder
- 1 tablespoon honey use as much or as little sweetness as you prefer
- 2 scoops beef gelatin
Cranberry Gummy Bears
- 2 c Pure cranberry juice
- 1 tablespoon Honey use as much or as little sweetness as you prefer
- 2 scoops beef gelatin
Instructions
- Place the gummy bear molds on a cookie sheet. (This will make the process less messy and easier to transfer once the gummy bears are ready to firm up in the fridge.)
- The process below is the same no matter which flavor gummy bears you decide to make.
- In a small saucepan bring the juice and honey to almost a boil and combine stirring with a spoon.
- If making the blueberry gummy bears, simply add the spirulinaat the same time as the juice and the honey and stir until combined.
- Once the juice and honey are combined, bring the heat down to medium and add one scoop of beef gelatin at a time, stirring continuously until the beef gelatin is dissolved.
- Make sure the beef gelatin is dissolved before adding the next scoop.
- Using a dropper, transfer the juice beef gelatin mixture to gummy bear molds.
- Repeat the above steps for each gummy bear flavor.
- Repeat the above steps for each gummy bear flavor.
- Once firm, pop the gummy bear candy out of the molds and enjoy!
Notes
If making the blueberry gummy bears, simply add the spirulina at the same time as the juice and the honey and stir until combined.
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Tawnie says
These gummy bears were delicious! Love this recipe. Thank you!
Anjali says
I had no idea it was so easy to make gummy bears at home! My kids had so much fun with these!
Jamie says
I know my nieces and nephew would love to make this on the weekend! Saving this for later!
Angela says
So cute and fun to make! My kids loved these. Thanks for the fun recipe 🙂