Homemade Sour Gummy Alphabet

Homemade Sour Gummy Alphabet - Use to spell your child's name for their birthday party or as a treat when learning their ABC's!⁠ ⁠ One recipe of gummy candy will make three sets of 1 inch alphabet letters.⁠ ⁠ Ingredients:⁠ 1/2 cup water⁠ 1 – 3 ounce package of Jello (I used lemon)⁠ 4 packets of unflavored gelatin⁠ ⁠ Coating:⁠ 1/4 cup sugar (plain or colored)⁠ 1/4 tsp. citric acid⁠ ⁠ Directions:⁠ ⁠ To prep molds:⁠ Fill a baking pan with an inch or two of corn starch and smoothing it out using an offset spatula. For the alphabet, 1 inch worked fine, but if you want to create larger gummy candies, you’ll want more corn starch.⁠ ⁠ To create the imprint in the corn starch, use a set of small alphabet cookie cutters or thoroughly washed plastic letters. As the cookie cutters are not solid, you can roll out some fondant and cut it out, leaving it in the cutter as you press to get a solid letter.⁠ ⁠ Create whatever shapes you like and press them into the corn starch. Make your own gummy worms, or press lego’s into the corn starch and make your own gummy toys.⁠ ⁠ To make the gummies:⁠ Stir together water, Jello-O and gelatin in a small sauce pan. Let sit for 5 minutes, then heat over medium heat, stirring slowly, until gelatin is dissolved.⁠ ⁠ Remove from heat and let sit for 2 minutes. If there is foam on the top, spoon if off and discard the foam.⁠ ⁠ Carefully pour the hot liquid into into a squeeze bottle with a very small opening in the tip and let it cool for a few minutes, until the bottle is easy to handle and the gelatin starts to thicken slightly.⁠ ⁠ Pipe the gelatin into the corn starch indentations. Hold the bottle at an angle, so the liquid pours out slowly.⁠ ⁠ Pick all the letters out of the corn starch. Tap them to remove the excess corn starch. Put them in a strainer. Run water over the candies to remove the corn starch.⁠ ⁠ Set the candy in a single layer on a few layers of paper towels, and pat dry well. Allow to air dry for 15 minutes before coating in sugar.⁠ ⁠ Stir 1/4 teaspoon powdered citric acid with 1/4 cup sugar. You can use plain granulated sugar or colored sugar.⁠ ⁠ Dip the gummy letters into the sour sugar to coat and they are ready to eat!