Ningxia & Elderberry Gummies

FALL RECIPE: NINGXIA & ELDERBERRY GUMMIES

This time of year, we need all the immune support help we can get, and these gummies are such a fun way to do it! Packed with immune supporting Ningxia, Elderberry, and oils and gut-healing probiotics and gelatin. Your kids will love these! I adapted this recipe from Danielle Walker’s Eat What You Love Cookbook using some of our favorite Young Living products!

INGREDIENTS

• ½ cup dried elderberries* (with 1 cup of water to boil them in)

• 1 cup Ningxia Red

• ¼ cup unflavored powdered gelatin

• ¼ cup raw honey

• YL Vitality Essential oils (Lemon, Cinnamon bark, Nutmeg, Ginger, Frankincense, Clove, Orange)

• 2 Life 9 Probiotic Capsules

• Silicone candy molds

* You can grab these off Amazon! You can also make this recipe without the elderberries and replace it with an additional cup of Ningxia

RECIPE

• Place the elderberries in the cup of water in a saucepan over high heat and bring to a boil. Turn heat to low, cover, and simmer for 1 hour.

• Strain the elderberry juice through a fine-mesh sieve and return the juice to the saucepan.

• Add the Ningxia to the elderberry juice.

• Sprinkle the gelatin over the juice mixture and let it sit for 5 minutes until most of the liquid has been absorbed by the gelatin.

• Return the pan to medium heat and warm the liquid (but don’t boil!) then whisk until the gelatin has completely dissolved.

• Remove from the heat and let the mixture cool to room temperature.

• Add the Vitality oils to the honey. I like to do a drop of each and extra Orange! If you are worried about it being spicy for littles, you could do just the Lemon, Orange and Frank!

• Whisk in the honey and the contents of the probiotic capsules.

• Use a turkey baster or medicine dropper to fill candy molds* with the mixture. My molds came with a dropper!

• Refrigerate for 3-4 hours until set!

*I grabbed molds off Amazon, but if you don’t have them you can pour the mixture into glass baking dishes, filling them about ½ inch up the sizes, then cut into squares once they are set.

These can be kept in an airtight container in the refrigerator for 2 weeks! I found some cute silicone pumpkin molds at the Dollar Store to make these and it’d be fun to find some other holiday molds too!

Have you ever made gummies before? Elderberry syrup? Share your favorite recipes in the comments or tag a friend who’d love this!

Author : Lauren Dunaway