DIY Peelable Mango Gummy Candy Recipe
Walgreens may not be the first brand that comes to mind when on the lookout for the latest food trends, but one of its Nice! snack products garnered lots of attention online after it started trending on TikTok early in 2024.
Ingredients · Servings 45 Pieces
- 2 tablespoons water
- 2 (0.25-ounce) packets unflavored gelatin powder
- 1 ½ cups fresh or thawed frozen mango chunks
- 1 ½ tablespoons honey
- 2 teaspoons lemon juice
- Pinch of kosher salt
- 3 cups cornstarch
- 1 dried lima bean
Method · 3 h 10 min
- In a medium bowl, stir to combine water and gelatin. Set aside for 5 minutes.
- Meanwhile, blend mango in a food processor or blender until smooth. This should yield about 1 cup of puree.
- In a small pot over low heat, stir to combine ½ cup mango puree, honey, lemon juice, and salt. Bring to a simmer. Reserve remaining ½ cup mango puree.
- Add gelatin mixture to pot and stir until dissolved. Remove from heat.
- Divide mango-gelatin mixture evenly between two bowls. Set one bowl aside.
- To remaining bowl, stir in reserved ½ cup mango puree.
- Transfer the mixture with the extra 1/2 cup mango puree to a piping bag or squeeze bottle. Set aside.
- To make your own mango-shaped molds, spread cornstarch evenly into a 9x13-inch rimmed baking sheet or dish.
- To make the mold, glue a large dried lima bean to a cake pop stick or wooden skewer.
- Once the bean is set, press into the cornstarch to create 45 mango-shaped wells.
- Use your piping bag or squeeze bottle to fill each well with mango mixture.
- Freeze for 15 minutes or until gummies are firm.
- Line a small baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Transfer mango gummies to a medium bowl and rinse with cold water to remove excess cornstarch. Drain and transfer to a parchment-lined baking sheet.
- Warm the remaining bowl of mango-gelatin mixture in the microwave or over a double boiler if needed, just until smooth. Do not let the mixture exceed 200 F.
- Dip gummies one by one into mango mixture. Transfer each gummy back to the parchment-lined baking sheet as you go.
- Refrigerate for at least 2 hours or overnight.
- "Peel" and enjoy your gummies. Remember: the peel is edible, too!
Admittedly, it does take a little time to create your own candies, but think of the impressive achievement! Bragging rights are sure to be yours if you can pull it off, and you absolutely can if you follow developer Katie Rosenhouse's step-by-step recipe.
Gather the ingredients for the DIY peelable mango gummies
To make the candy, you'll need unflavored gelatin powder, fresh or frozen and thawed mango, honey, lemon juice, and salt. You're also going to need some cornstarch and a dried lima bean to make the mango-shaped candy molds.
