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Glee Gum and Make Your Own Candy Kits
Product Manufacturer: VERVE, Inc.
Product Use: edible products/educational products
Product Features: gum is natural and made from sustainably harvested rainforest chicle and has no artificial flavors, colors, preservatives or sweeteners. Kits are eco-friendly and contain natural ingredients.
Price: varies by product
Misc: Gum also comes in sugar-free varieties.
Mommy in GA: I received the make your own Gummies kit!! The Kids' were so excited about this and couldn't wait to try it. Mommy on the other hand had a lot of housework and I work the school scheduel so Summertime gummies it is!
We did not get a mold so we picked a star in theme of the 4th of July, we made one big gummy and shared of course!
Making the Gummies was really easy. They send everything you need right in the box so all you have to do is make it!
They include the top seceret ingredient, wait for it..... you'll never guess, so I 'll just tell you it is ..... SEAWEED!!!
You rinse and then boil the seaweed for just a minute and then pull the actual seaweed out your pan as you only need the carrageenan (which is a gelling agent!). After that you add all your bags of colored and flavored sugar, powdered seaweed and molding starch ( not the green mold!) Put into your mold and let set.
Final steps are to put the sour mix on your gummies (BEST part ever!!!) and obviously the Best step is:
To eat your Yummy Gumies!
Easy breezey and you learn some cool stuff!
We eat seaweed in more products than we know and people in Japan and China have been eating "Sea Veggies" for hundreds of years :)
Last but not least this is a food for thought product:
Connect kids' to people in other parts of the world who use raw materials (such as seaweed)
Create wonderful and yummy treats
captivate by hands' on activities
:)
Great product and fun for the whole family, The kids' loved this one :)
We did not get a mold so we picked a star in theme of the 4th of July, we made one big gummy and shared of course!
Making the Gummies was really easy. They send everything you need right in the box so all you have to do is make it!
They include the top seceret ingredient, wait for it..... you'll never guess, so I 'll just tell you it is ..... SEAWEED!!!
You rinse and then boil the seaweed for just a minute and then pull the actual seaweed out your pan as you only need the carrageenan (which is a gelling agent!). After that you add all your bags of colored and flavored sugar, powdered seaweed and molding starch ( not the green mold!) Put into your mold and let set.
Final steps are to put the sour mix on your gummies (BEST part ever!!!) and obviously the Best step is:
To eat your Yummy Gumies!
Easy breezey and you learn some cool stuff!
We eat seaweed in more products than we know and people in Japan and China have been eating "Sea Veggies" for hundreds of years :)
Last but not least this is a food for thought product:
Connect kids' to people in other parts of the world who use raw materials (such as seaweed)
Create wonderful and yummy treats
captivate by hands' on activities
:)
Great product and fun for the whole family, The kids' loved this one :)
Mommy in PA: We received the samples of the Glee Gum and also a Make Your Own Chocolate Kit.
My kiddos liked the gum flavors a lot but said that it lost flavor rather quickly. One thing that surprised me the most is that my son actually liked this cinnamon gum, he is always complaining that cinnamon tastes too hot but he said this one wasn't as strong. I was also happy to see that the gum comes in sugar-free varieties also since my son is a Type 1 Diabetic.
The Make Your Own Chocolate Kit was my kiddos favorite thing that came in this shipment : ) It took a little preparation but it was well worth the effort (see photos below). Not only did we have a blast making it and coming up with our own creative add ins but my son also got to take one of the cocoa beans to school and show his class (he said they thought it was really cool). The only part of the recipe that was difficult was the waiting (chocolate needs to be tempered to exactly 94 degrees and it seemed to take forever). But eventually we saw the numbers start lighting up so we knew it wouldn't be long and soon after we were pouring our chocolates and sitting them in the fridge. After they cooled we each tried one and I must say they were very delicious! I would recommend this kit for all home schoolers, teachers, or anyone wanting to teach their children about the world.
Here's where we got to get creative while we waited for the chocolate to temper. Peanut butter and marshmallows : )
Here is what came in the kit.
This is what the cocoa butter looks like after it is melted...smells like chocolate : )
This is what all the ingredients look like when they are all in the bowl.
Chocolate is mixed and we are waiting for the temperature to reach 94 degrees.
Chocolates are complete!
Thanks to Glee Gum one of our readers will receive their very own "Make Your Own...Kit" of their choice and some Glee Gum. Enter below for your chance to win : )
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