![]() And the chemicals, artificial flavors and colors? No thanks!Īm I doomed to a world in which I can't eat jello? Or introduce the delicious treat to my daughter? Of course not!! You can still eat jello in a Real Food world? Healthy, nutrient dense homemade jello! Yuck! You can bet your bottom dollar that sugar is from GMO sugar beets. Sugar, gelatin, adipic acid (for tartness), artificial flavor, disodium phosphate, sodium citrate, fumaric acid, Red 40, Blue 1. Now that I know better, that doesn't sound like the perfect dessert at all!Ĭheck out the ingredients of Cherry Jello: A big bowl of cherry jello with Cool Whip on top. I loved jello as a kid! Particularly cherry jello. Oh wait, vegan jello shots of course! But eating it as is, is pretty fun too.I may receive a commission if you purchase something mentioned on this page. Other than in a trifle I’m not sure what else I would put it in. Let me know in the comments what you think of this vegan jello and rate the recipe too, thanks! And if you’re going to use it in another dessert recipe, let me know where you’ll use it. You can mix and match flavors just by switching out the fruit juice you use. You will love this vegan jello, it is exactly like the ‘real thing’! It’s:Įnjoy it as a dessert or use it in a recipe that requires jello. Update: I have since made this recipe using agar agar powder and found it takes a little more than ½ tsp, so the calculation is close but not exact! Directions for both found inside the recipe card. So if the recipe calls for powder and you have flakes, use up to 3 times as much. So remember this lovely people! Agar agar powder is up to 3 times as strong as agar agar flakes. Perfectly textured, delicious tasting jello!Ībsolutely perfect to use in any recipe calling for jello – like my Trifle – or to enjoy as is! So I then used the same recipe but adjusted for the fact that I was using agar agar flakes and not powder, so used 1 ½ teaspoons instead of ½ teaspoon and then the magic happened. When it’s in the flake form you need up to 3 times as much as if it was in the powder form. And that’s when I found out from this article that agar agar is either in flakes OR in powder form. Needless to say that is a HUGE difference.īut when I tried it that way my jello didn’t set at all.Īgain…back to the drawing board. I found a recipe that said to use half fruit juice and half water and only ½ teaspoon of agar agar. ![]() if jello is meant to be a rock hard brick, then sure.īut there was no jiggle in that jello and that’s just not jello in my view. So off I went and tried to make a recipe that I found that used 2 tablespoons of agar agar along with fruit juice and a little sugar. ![]() So off I went to find some.Īn organic/health food store had some in stock, but only the flakes version (and at first I didn’t know there was any other version to get!). You know, lovely Christmas colors.Įverything I read online told me that agar agar was the magic ingredient in vegan jello. Usually jello’s use gelatine which is a by-product of the meat industry.īut I decided to rise to the challenge of making a vegan jello because I wanted to make a Christmas Trifle!Īnd in South Africa a Christmas Trifle almost always contains jello. I’m not much of a jello person really, which is good because it’s not something you find vegan varieties of very often. Wow, it took me quite a long time to nail this vegan jello recipe. Super easy to make and perfect for use in other desserts or to eat as is. Fun and fruity vegan jello with the perfect jello texture. ![]()
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