for this video I'm going to show you how
to take a few simple ingredients and
make mountains and mountains of your own
custom gummy candies at home start with
a box of jell-o some corn syrup and a
few packets of unflavored gelatin the
small boxes like this have four packets
inside and for this recipe you will
actually only need two of them get
started by measuring out half a cup of
very cold water then scored in a quarter
cup of corn syrup cold water will help
the gelatin separate properly and the
corn syrup is going to give our gummies
a nice smooth texture now we need the
corn syrup fully dissolved so give it a
good stir until the water turns
completely clear then go ahead and pour
the sugary liquid into a pot but don't
turn on the stove just yet I'll show you
what happens if you do in just a minute
go ahead and add both packets of
unflavored gelatin to the pot then pour
in the entire packet of jell-o now it's
gonna take a minute or two for the
gelatin to absorb into the water but
take your time and be patient so you
don't make a mess and keep stirring it
slowly until you can see all the gelatin
is mixed in alright it's time to heat
things up and turn the sugary soup into
a delicious candy syrup set your stove
to medium low heat for around 5 to 10
minutes making sure to stir the candy
mix every minute or two to keep it from
burning while that's warming it's a good
idea to find something you can use as a
candy mold like these ice cube trays I
found at the Lego store when you see the
gelatin is completely liquefied the
syrup is ready for pouring and you
should be able to pour it straight into
the molds but be careful not to spill
because the syrups extremely hot and
will burn you now if you see little
lumps clumps or bubbles floating at the
top it's probably because you didn't
start with cold water or you heated up
the mixture too fast for the gelatin to
fully separate but don't worry there's a
really easy way to fix it pour all of
the syrup into a tall and narrow
heat-resistant container like a large
drinking glass as you do you'll
immediately notice all the bubbles and
gelatin lumps start rising to the top
let it sit for around 10 minutes to give
it all a good chance to settle and cool
a bit and you'll soon see all the
impurities collect together at the top
and separate into a layer of gummy foam
now check this out all you have to do is
reach in with a spoon or spatula and
scrape this newly formed skin away just
like that you've got yourself a
beautiful and impressively clean gummy
syrup ready for casting
and to make the next steps as easy as
possible I'm collecting the magical
syrup in a condiment container these
kind of containers are perfect for
filling up your walls they're super easy
to control and you can squirt the syrup
exactly where you need it which helps
avoid spilling or overflowing the molds
with too much gummy I gave these candies
a few hours to cool so you can see just
how much of a difference it makes to
take the extra step and skim the bubbles
off the top before making your candies
alright let's see how our gummy mix does
with a much more intricate and detailed
ice cube mold like this one and you
might have noticed that this time the
syrup is impressively clear five hours
later we've got ourselves a batch of
really cool Lego gummy guys which
apparently are balanced enough that they
can stand up on their own it's kind of
cool now just for fun I made a silicone
mold from actual Lego bricks and a
two-part silicone mix from a
special-effects supply store now you
should know that when the syrup cools
down it's going to shrink a little so to
compensate for that try filling the
molds just a tiny bit higher than the
top for one finishing touch I got a
clean Lego base plate and brushed it
lightly with vegetable oil then
carefully place it down on top of the
mold you can see the edges have little
dimples to help keep all the studs
perfectly aligned so all it needs now is
something like a heavy book to give it
some weight and hold it in place I let
these ones cool on the counter for
around 6 hours and you can see that if
we carefully remove the base plate now
our little Lego gummies have small
divots on the bottom which means they're
connectible let's take one of the bricks
out of the mold and take a good look up
close you can see there's a surprising
amount of detail captured in the gummy
snack and they're not sticky at all but
actually quite firm and they smell
delicious you probably also notice
they're completely transparent which
puts their level of Awesomeness on a
completely different scale alright let's
take this idea to the next level with
different colors and different flavors I
tripled the recipes and made seven
different batches then let them cool
overnight so they'd all be crystal clear
now if you try to miss yourself you
might find that getting them out of the
cups is pretty tricky when you do get
them out though you'll have a gob of
gummy that's way too big to eat on its
own but that's ok because what we're
really after here is the white layer of
gummy foam at the top now if you're
really careful you can use something
like a kitchen knife to slowly trim the
top layer off which will leave you with
a huge chunk of gummy goodness and these
transparent gummy blocks can be remelted
on medium-low heat and mole
into any shape you want I made a candy
mountain of Lego gummy bricks and all
kinds of colors shapes and sizes and if
you look closely you can even see some
little gummy guys in there as well in
keeping with the lego theme I went back
to the store and picked up a bunch of
containers just so I could have a unique
place to store my custom candies now you
could keep all your Lego gummies
separate but I ended up mixing all mine
together and filling the containers with
all kinds of random pieces how awesome
is that the best part is if you snap on
the lid and keep them in the fridge they
can stay good for up to a month now
since the gummies are interlocking you
might be wondering if you can build
things with them as well
the answer is yes as long as you can
resist the temptation to snack on them
first for one last experiment try
finding a handful of chewable vitamin C
tablets and powderized them in a blender
for about 30 seconds I used 8 tablets or
4,000 milligrams for this batch and when
you mix the powder into the gummy syrup
you've just made your candies vitamin C
enriched of course these are a slightly
healthier version but more importantly
it gives them a slightly sour taste
making them even more delicious and
extremely addictive well now you know
how to use a few simple ingredients to
make a bucket full of colourful Lego
gummies that are stackable snackable and
fun to share by the way you don't have
to make your gummies into Legos you can
actually make anything you can think of
I converted some of my leftover syrup
into an assortment of double a triple a
and D cell batteries well that's it for
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