Best Grapefruit Jelly Candy Recipes

RUBY RED GRAPEFRUIT JELLY

Steps:

• In a 5- to 6-quart heavy pot combine sugar, grapefruit juice, and lemon juice. Bring mixture to a full rolling boil, stirring constantly. Stir in pectin. Return to a full rolling boil, stirring constantly. Boil hard for 1 minute, stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Quickly skim off foam with a metal spoon.
• Ladle hot jelly into hot sterilized half-pint canning jars, leaving a 1/4-inch headspace. Wipe jar rims; adjust lids and screw bands.
• Process filled jars in a boiling-water canner for 5 minutes (start timing when water returns to boiling). Remove jars from canner; cool on wire racks. Makes 5 half-pints.

HOW TO MAKE DOUBLE FRUIT JELLIES

Steps:

• Prepare a 6- by 6-inch pan by wetting it lightly with water.
• Place 4 tablespoons gelatin in 1/4 cup cold water to soften for about 5 minutes.
• Place 6 tablespoons sugar, the strawberry juice, and 4 tablespoons corn syrup in a medium saucepan over medium heat and stir until the sugar dissolves.
• Stir in the gelatin and water mixture and continue stirring until the gelatin dissolves.
• Add food coloring if desired.
• Pour into the prepared pan and leave until completely set, 4 to 6 hours at room temperature or 1 hour in the refrigerator.
• Repeat this procedure with the pineapple juice: Place 4 tablespoons gelatin in 1/4 cup cold water to soften for about 5 minutes.
• Place 6 tablespoons sugar, the pineapple juice, and 4 tablespoons corn syrup in a medium saucepan over medium heat and stir until the sugar dissolves.
• Stir in the gelatin and continue stirring until the gelatin dissolves.
• Add food coloring if desired. Remove from the heat and allow to cool for 10 minutes in the pan.
• Pour the pineapple mixture over the strawberry layer and leave until completely set, 4 to 6 hours at room temperature or 1 hour in the refrigerator.
• When the mixture is set, turn it out of pan and cut with a sharp knife or cookie cutter into desired shapes.
• Candies can be served plain or rolled in sugar to coat. Note Strawberry juice can be obtained from boiling fresh or frozen strawberries over medium heat. Place 1.5 cups of berries in a small saucepan and heat, stirring occasionally, until they are very liquidy. Pour through a strainer and reserve the juice; press the fruit against the strainer to squeeze out all the juice.

FRUIT JELLIES

Steps:

• Place 2/3 cup juice in a small bowl or measuring cup and sprinkle with gelatin. Let sit 5 minutes. Meanwhile, in a medium saucepan, combine remaining 2/3 cup juice and 1 1/2 cups of the sugar. Bring to a boil over medium-high and cook, stirring, until sugar dissolves, 5 minutes. Add preserves and whisk to combine. Return to a boil and cook until thick and syrupy, 2 minutes. Add gelatin mixture and whisk until gelatin dissolves. Pour through a fine-mesh sieve into an 8-inch square baking dish. Refrigerate until set, 3 hours (or up to 2 weeks).
• Place remaining 1 cup sugar in a pie plate or shallow bowl. Cut fruit jelly into 1-inch squares. Toss in sugar to coat just before serving.

SIMPLE FRUIT JELLIES CANDY

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Prepare a 6-inch pan by wetting it lightly with water.
• Pour the water into a bowl and add the gelatin; let sit for about 5 minutes to soften.
• Place the juice, sugar, and corn syrup in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Stir until the sugar dissolves.
• Stir in the gelatin and continue stirring until the gelatin dissolves.
• At this point, add food coloring if desired.
• Pour the mixture into the prepared pan and leave until completely set. This will take about 4 hours in the refrigerator or overnight at room temperature.
• When set, turn out of the pan and cut with a sharp knife or cookie cutter into desired shapes.
• Jellies can be rolled in superfine sugar, if desired, or served plain.
• Enjoy.

GRAPEFRUIT JELLY CANDY

Steps:

• You'll need a 13 x 9-in. baking pan lined with nonstick foil; let foil extend over ends of pan.
• Remove enough zest from grapefruit to measure 1/4 cup. Juice the grapefruit (you'll need only 1 cup juice).
• Put zest, 1 cup of the sugar and 1/4 cup of the juice in a blender; purée. Pour into a 6-qt saucepan. Stir in remaining 2 1/2 cups sugar and 3/4 cup juice. Stir over medium heat until sugar dissolves and mixture comes to a boil.
• Let boil gently for 4 minutes, stirring occasionally. Stir in butter; boil 3 minutes longer, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat; stir in pectin and food color until incorporated and color is light red. Quickly pour into prepared pan and spread with offset spatula.
• Let stand at room temperature until jelly is firm to the touch, about 2 hours.
• To cut and decorate: Put 1 cup sugar on wax paper or a plate. Lift foil by ends onto cutting board. Cut with 1 1/2" cookie cutter (or into 1 1/4-in. squares). Lift shapes from foil to sugar and turn to coat on all sides. Scraps can be cut into small shapes and sugared, or discarded.
• Storage Tip: Store in airtight containers with wax paper between layers at cool room temperature, or in refrigerator for up to 3 weeks.

CITRUS JELLIES

Steps:

• Place 1/2 cup juice in a small bowl; sprinkle with gelatin. Set aside to soften, 5 to 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, in a medium saucepan, combine sugar and remaining 1 1/2 cups juice. Bring to a boil, stirring to dissolve sugar. Remove from heat; add softened gelatin mixture, and stir until dissolved. Pour into an 8-inch square baking pan. Chill, covered with plastic wrap, until firm, at least 1 hour and up to 5 days.
• To serve, run a paring knife around edge of pan to loosen jelly, and invert onto a cutting board. Cut into 16 squares, or as desired.

RUBY RED GRAPEFRUIT JELLY

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan, whisk pectin into juice. Bring to a full boil over high heat.
• Add sugar and return to a rolling boil. Boil hard one minute.
• Remove from heat, and pour into hot jars leaving 1/4 inch headspace. Adjust caps, and process in boiling water bath 5 minutes.

ORANGE JELLY CANDIES

Steps:

• Butter a 9-in. square pan with 2 teaspoons butter; set aside. In a large saucepan, combine the pectin, baking soda and water (mixture will be foamy). In another saucepan, combine sugar and corn syrup. Bring both mixtures to a boil. Cook until foam on pectin mixture thins slightly and sugar mixture comes to a full rolling boil, about 4 minutes. Gradually add pectin mixture to boiling sugar mixture, stirring constantly. Boil for 1 minute, stirring constantly. , Remove from the heat. Stir in orange oil and food coloring. Immediately pour into prepared pan. Let stand at room temperature for 3 hours or until set. , Sprinkle waxed paper with sugar; invert pan onto sugar. With a knife dipped in warm water, cut candy into 1-in. squares; roll in additional sugar. Place on a wire rack. Let stand, uncovered, at room temperature overnight. Store in an airtight container.

FRUIT JELLIES RECIPE

Steps:

• Sprinkle contents of 1 env. unflavored gelatine over 1/4 cup water in small bowl; let stand 1 min.
• Combine 1/4 cup granulated sugar and 2 Tbsp. cornstarch in medium saucepan. Gradually whisk in 1 cup orange juice, then dissolved unflavored gelatine until well blended. Bring to boil on medium heat; cook 5 min., stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Add dry strawberry gelatin mixes; stir 2 min. until completely dissolved. Pour into 9x5-inch loaf pan sprayed with cooking spray.
• Repeat with orange gelatin mixes, and remaining unflavored gelatine, water, granulated sugar, cornstarch and orange juice, pouring orange gelatin mixture into separate prepared loaf pan. Refrigerate gelatin mixture in both pans 4 hours or until firm.
• Unmold strawberry gelatin mixture onto cutting board; cut into 21 (1-inch) cubes. Repeat with orange gelatin mixture.
• Add decorating sugar to pie plate. Add gelatin cubes, a few at a time, to pie plate; turn to evenly coat all sides of each cube with sugar. Transfer each batch of gelatin cubes to plate before adding next batch of gelatin cubes.