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Bedtime Bears: Calming Magnesium Gummy Bears

Bedtime Bears: Calming Magnesium Gummy Bears

With only 5 ingredients, these homemade gummies are easy to make, healthy, and delicious.  They make the perfect bedtime snack to calm the body and mind and keep you snoozing all night long.

Course Snack
Keyword gummy bears, kid-friendly, paleo, snack
Prep Time 10 minutes
Resting time 45 minutes
Author Raina Cordell

Ingredients

  • 3 tbsp grass-fed gelatin powder
  • 1/2 cup organic tart cherry juice *Be sure to use tart cherry juice and not regular cherry juice
  • 1 tbsp honey
  • 3 tbsp magnesium citrate powder
  • 1 pinch sea salt

Instructions

  1. Using a small saucepan (not on the stove), mix the organic tart cherry juice and magnesium citrate powder together until the powder is fully dissolved. The magnesium will foam up quite a bit. Leave the mixture for a few minutes until all of the foam has dissolved.

  2. Add the grass fed gelatine powder to the mixture and whisk until fully dissolved. 

  3. Leave the mixture for a few minutes to allow the gelatin to begin to thicken. This is an important step and won't work properly if you add the gelatin after heating the mixture.

  4. Once the mixture has thickened, you can add the honey and sea salt and stir over low heat on a stovetop.

  5. The mixture will return to a liquid state, and then you can remove from heat.

  6. Immediately start filling your silicone gummy molds (most molds will come with a dropper to make this step easier). If you wait too long, the contents will begin to thicken and make filling the molds nearly impossible.

  7. Once you have filled your gummy molds, move them to the refrigerator. The gummies will be done in 45 minutes and can be popped out and eaten. (If you can't wait that long, 15 minutes in the freezer will also do the trick!)

Recipe Notes

I chose to use this brand of magnesium citrate powder and used 3 tbsp based on the amount of magnesium listed on the bottle. Please refer to your own brand of magnesium for recommended dose for adults or children. You can calculate the amount of magnesium per gummy by dividing the total amount you added to the recipe by the number of gummies you made.