Crafting 3-Ingredient Natural Candies: An Easy Guide to Additive-Free Sweet Treats

Easily make natural sweets, without colorants or additives, with just 3 ingredients

Are you a candy lover, but looking for a healthier, natural alternative to industrial products full of colorants and additives? Look no further! With this simple recipe, you can make your own natural, tasty sweets using just 3 ingredients. Follow these easy steps to create homemade sweets that will delight your taste buds.

Ingredients required

To make 50 small candies, you’ll need the following ingredients:

• 2 g agar-agar
• 125 ml fruit juice or syrup of your choice
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice (if you’re not using homemade fruit juice)

Preparing homemade fruit juice (optional)

If you’d like to use homemade fruit juice, you can follow these steps:

• 70 ml water
• 200 g strawberries
• 30 g sugar (optional)
• Juice of half a lemon

Place all ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth.

Preparing the sweets

Once you’ve got your fruit juice ready, you can move on to preparing the sweets:

1. Pour the fruit juice into a saucepan and heat for about 30 seconds over medium heat.

2. Once the fruit juice is lukewarm, add the agar-agar and bring the mixture to the boil.

3. Remove the pan from the heat and pour the mixture into candy molds. You can also use small silicone ice cube trays or paper boxes to shape your candies.

4. Leave the candies to set in the fridge for about 2 hours.

5. Turn out and enjoy!

How to store homemade candy

Homemade candies keep well in an airtight tin in the fridge for around three days. For optimum freshness, we recommend that you eat them within a few days of making them.

With this quick and easy recipe, you can now enjoy delicious homemade sweets, without colorants or additives. Give free rein to your creativity by varying the fruit juices and flavours to personalize your sweets. And don’t forget to share these natural sweets with your friends and family!