If Haribo made Paleo Gummy Foam Chews…

If Haribo made Paleo Gummy Foam Chews… ok they wouldn’t look like this at all – I would like to apologise for the rubbish photos, they really just don’t do these little sweets any justice at all.

As some of you probably already know (especially my Instagram followers) I have been trying to perfect some Paleo licorice. The black aniseed kind but also some raspberry ones too. In the midst of all of this experimenting I managed to create some amazing sweeties – they are reminiscent of  the flavour of a raspberry Chewit but the texture steers toward a foam gummy (think the white bottom part of a Haribo heart) although with a little more chew. I guess a tad like nougat actually.

I couldn’t think of what to call these so you can call them by your own pet name if you’d like. For now they are pretty much just Paleo Raspberry Foam Gummies haha!

Now mine were cut into little bite size pieces but I wish that I had rolled the mix out and cut them into little hearts. It would have been amazing for Valentine’s Day. I think what will be coming soon to you all is a chocolate bar version of this so keep your eyes peeled!

I am yet to be able to afford some grass-fed gelatine so unfortunately I am using the icky sheet stuff for now. But anyways here you go – onto the fun stuff, but just to warn you you will need a handheld electric whisk of somesort and this is very sticky business!

Yields: Roughly 325g

Preparation Time: 30 minutes

Cooking Time: 10 minutes

Ingredients:

1/2 cup coconut sugar
1/4 cup coconut milk
1/4 cup water
2.5 tbsp coconut oil
1/4 cup freeze dried raspberry powder
1/2 tsp beetroot powder
1/4 tsp malic acid (optional but gives a great sour boost)
Pinch of Himalayan pink salt
6 leaves gelatine
1.5 cups tapioca flour (plus 1/4 cup for dusting)
1/4 tsp xanthan gum

Method:

1. Firstly soak your leaves of gelatine in some cold water.
2. In a medium sized pan combine your coconut sugar, coconut milk and water. Place on a high heat and bring to a boil stirring frequently. Boil for 1 minute then reduce the heat and leave on a steady rolling boil for roughly 5-6 minutes until the mixture starts turning into somewhat of a thick syrup.
3. Remove the pan from the heat and stir in your coconut oil. Mix well until the oil has fully melted and combined into the mixture.
4. Sift in your raspberry powder and mix well. Then add your beetroot powder, malic acid and Himalayan pink salt. Mix well until fully combined.
5. Squeeze the water from your gelatine leaves and mix into the hot mixture until fully dissolved.
6. Now stir in your 1.5 cups of tapioca flour and xanthan gum. Scrape any excess from your spoon and using an electric hand whisk (on it’s lowest speed setting) begin to whisk until smooth. The mixture will begin to become very thick and sticky quite quickly so as soon as it is combine stop whisking. You will want to whizz off as much of the excess from the whisks as possible!
7. On a work surface sift half of the remaining tapioca flour and scrape out your mixture on top of it. Sieve the remaining half on top. Leave to cool for about 3 minutes.
8. Divide the mixture into 2″ chunks and roll into 0.5-1cm wide tubular rolls. Cut into 1″ sized pieces and cut off the ends of each of your rolls for a neater mix. You will need to work fairly fast with this mixture as it starts to becomes harder to manipulate when it cools. Repeat the process until all of the mixture is gone. You can knead smaller pieces into larger ones just be sure that they aren’t covered in too much tapioca flour or they will not roll smoothly. If you wish to roll out as one large sheet and using small shape cutters cut into whatever shape you like.
9. Once all of you mixture has been used up chill in the freezer for 1 hour in an open container. Remove and leave uncovered for 30 minutes. Then you can place an airtight lid on to keep them fresh. Although I haven’t tested to see the quality of these over time I think you can leave these for around 1 week if stored in a cool dry place.
10. I hope you enjoy them and be inventive! Try different fruit powders or even dip into chocolate!