Pink Gin Gummy Bears….

Instructions

1. Add the pink gin to a small saucepan and slowly add the sugar while you warm the pan. Keep stirring until the sugar has dissolved.
2. Add the gelatin powder very slowly to the pan bit by bit stirring constantly. I use a whisk for this and stir really quickly to make sure that I'm stirring in the gelatin as it hits the liquid. If you don't it's really prone to clumping at this point
3. Once it's all dissolved then take the pan off the heat and stir in a few drops of pink food colouring to the pan - this isn't essential but the pink gin that looks pink in the bottle looks decidedly less pink on a gummy bear.
4. Next, using either a syringe if one came with your gummy bear moulds or a spoon if not, start filling your gummy bear moulds. Try not to have much overflow on the top of the mould as this sets to make a layer over the gummy bears which makes it harder to get the little guys out when the time comes.
5. Leave to set in the fridge for as long as you can - 24 hours is OK but if you can leave them longer then they do start to slightly dry out making them less jelly like and more like a sweet. I've managed to get one out of the mould in one piece at about five hours before if you want a cheeky taster but it's very jelly-like at this stage and you're highly likely to lose an arm or a leg at this point. I pop