- Hello everybody, welcome back.
Today we are making some homemade gummies for dogs,
and they are for Fourth of July
because they have the red, the white,
and the kind of blue-ish purple.
We're using natural colors, we can't get blue.
But anyways, yeah, let's get started.
Okay so for both the red and blue layers,
which are made with strawberries and blackberries,
it's the exact same process.
So you wanna get some frozen berries
that have already come frozen and thaw them overnight.
And the reason that we're doing this
is because frozen berries seem to just have a lot
more pigment in them than fresh berries.
I don't understand why, but we wanna add
as much pigment as we can to these gummies,
and I want it to be natural because I don't wanna
harm my dogs.
So I really recommend using frozen ones.
So you wanna grab them in a bag,
they're also way cheaper this way,
and then defrost them overnight,
so you have thawed frozen berries,
and pop them into a food processor,
and pulse until they're completely liquid.
Then press them through a mesh sieve or a cheesecloth
so you separate the juice from the pulp and the seeds.
We're not using the pulp and the seeds in this video.
You can eat them yourself on top of ice cream or yogurt,
we just want the juice for this recipe.
Then pour the berry juice into a bowl,
and then just set that aside,
and combine some gelatin and some water
in a small bowl, and microwave for 15 to 30 seconds,
or until the gelatin has melted.
So we are using Knox powdered gelatin,
this is unflavored, unsweetened, un-anything.
Don't use Jell-O because it has additives
and sweeteners, and artificial sweeteners
are so poisonous for dogs.
So I'll link the gelatin that I use down below
if you wanna pick it up.
Then add the gelatin mixture to the juice,
mix well, and then set that aside
while you make the other layers.
So for the white layer, you wanna combine
some Greek yogurt and a quarter cup of water in a bowl.
So I'm using plain, 2%, unsweetened Greek yogurt.
This is the best kind.
Don't use vanilla because you don't know
what kind of sweeteners they're using,
just plain and full fat, because again,
there are sometimes additives added when you have
low fat yogurt, so full fat is best.
They're not eating too much of it, it's fine.
Then repeat the gelatin step for this layer as well,
so combine some gelatin and water in a small bowl,
microwave for 15 to 30 seconds,
and then add this to the yogurt mixture
and mix until combined.
So then to assemble your candy, your puppy candy,
grab a silicone mold, so I used stars
because it's Fourth of July, but it was actually
really hard to un-mold them.
So I'll link some other ones down below,
maybe some differently shaped stars
so that it's easier for you.
But anything, any kind of silicone mold
or ice cube tray would work.
So first we're going to pour the blue layer
1/3 of the way into each little shape, cube, crevice,
I never know what to call it,
and pop this into the fridge until it sets,
for about 20 minutes.
Then repeat with the white layer,
pouring it in until there's about 1/3 of the space
remaining in the mold, and then chill for 20 minutes again.
And then repeat with the strawberry layer,
and then pop it into the fridge for four hours,
or up to overnight.
So when you're layering it, you just wanna wait
long enough so that the layer below
what you're gonna be pouring on is set
so that when you pour it in, the colors don't mix.
And then give it a final long set in the fridge.
And you are done!
So these can be stored in a plastic storage container
in the fridge for up to a week.
I've been doing that and giving it to my dogs
whenever they go potty in the right spot,
and they have been loving it.
So thank you so much for watching.
I hope that you liked the video.
Paddington definitely liked those little cookies.
We call treats cookies.
Did you like your gummies?
Yes, he loved them so much.
Treacle is actually obsessed with them,
but in the video Paddington is a bit of a hog,
so she couldn't get at them, and she tried
to eat one too quickly, and then this happened.
This is what happens.
She tries to swallow it, and then she realizes
it's too big, so she just throws it back up.
So I'm sorry you had to see that,
but I kind of had to show you.
But afterwards she had some, and she enjoyed it,
and loved it very much.
So I hope that your dog will like these too.
If you're curious, yes dogs can have gelatin,
but they can't have Jell-O.
I'm pretty sure I said that during the video,
I'm filming them separately. (laughs)
But yeah, because Jell-O can have artificial sweeteners,
and dogs can't have artificial sweeteners,
so pure gelatin is the way to go,
and I'll link it down below again
so that you can pick it up.
But thank you guys so much for watching.
We hope you liked Paddington's Pantry.
If you'd like to follow Paddington or Treacle,
they're on social media, so you can see them all the time.
They're @paddington_pom and @treacle_pom.
And they would love so much if you could follow them.
Do you have anything to say?
(upbeat music)
No, Mom's taping.
But you want a candy.
But thank you guys so much for watching, bye.