Veggie Fruit Snacks
on Mar 07, 2024
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This is such a fun way to serve veggies to your toddler! These are lots healthier than store bought fruit snacks, and they have carrots in them! Your kid is going to love these!
My toddler is loves fruit snacks, like most toddlers. I don’t usually buy them because they have lots of added sugar. These fruit snacks are so easy to make and they are a great way to get some veggies in. You could even show your toddler the carrots as you put them in and they will see carrots really are yummy!
What You Will Need
- Strawberries- you can use fresh or frozen
- Carrots
- Honey- make sure to only serve for 1+
- Gelatin- I use unflavored
Substitutions
- You can use any combination of fruit and vegetables that you want! I also like blueberries and spinach, and mango and carrot!
Storage
Keep these veggie fruit snacks in a bag in the fridge for up to a week!
Notes
-Taste the honey and add more if you need it sweeter.
-You can do apple juice instead of water if you want a sweeter taste as well!
-Click HERE for the link to the fruit snack molds I have!
Veggie Fruit Snacks
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 cup chopped strawberries, or blueberries, or mango
- 1/4 cup chopped carrots, or spinach
- 2 tbsp honey, (taste and add more as needed)
- 1/4 cup water, (can use apple juice instead for a sweeter taste)
- 3 tbsp unflavored gelatin
Instructions
- Add strawberries, carrot, honey, and water to a blender. Blend for about 5 minutes until super smooth.
- Add fruit mixture to a pot on the stove. Add the gelatin and mix.
- Cook over medium heat. Do not let it boil. Whisk constantly until the mixture is no longer grainy. This takes about 3 minutes.
- Using a dropper, drop mixture into molds. Make sure to pop any bubbles that come up. Put in the fridge for 1-2 hours.
- Pop the fruit snacks out of the molds and serve. Store in a bag in the fridge for up to a week!
- If you don't have a mold, you could also spread onto a pan and then cut out shapes yourself after refrigerating.
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Can these be frozen? Do they thaw well?
I have never frozen them, I’m not sure what would happen to the texture. Let me know if you try!
I froze them for a few days and they defrosted just fine! The texture seemed unchanged to me, however I subbed the apple juice for water and doubled the honey.
Awesome! I’m so glad it worked out!
I love this idea!! What would some other fruit and veggie options be?
hi! would these be ok to freeze?
I haven’t tried that, I’m sorry!
Is the texture safe for toddlers @18mo?
The texture is a lot more soft than normal fruit snacks. I can pretty easily smash them between my fingers!
Dis you cook the carrots?
No, raw!
Love it! thank you so so much, this is a life saver my 2 year old loves gummy’s and this is it… Healthy and good!!!!
So glad it’s helpful!!
Did your gummies stick to the mold? Or is that a sign I should let them sit longer in the fridge?
Mine don’t stick, they come right out!
Mine stuck to the mould too. Did you find a solution to this?
Hello, I sometimes have different fruit than strawberries, like blueberries, watermelon, or mango. Can I use the same measurements or due to the water content would it change the measurements?
You can use whichever fruit you want!
Hi Ashley, love this idea and am excited to make them for my toddler! How long are the fruit snacks good for? How do you store them? Thank you in advance! 🙂
Wow ! I’m Mexican and I love your recipes ! Thanks for share