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Massive Gem Action

by Paul and Petra Burke 6 photos Rated 46% 186 votes when voting closed

Ingredients
Orange Jelly
Blackcurrant Jelly
Lime Jelly
Strawberry Jelly
Water

Jelly packets, ramekins, plastic tubs and cups gathered on the worktop with a jug of dissolved jelly

Everything seemed to have been done already and wanting to be apart of the Pimp That Snack archive we came up with the jelly fest that is Massive Gems. Rather than following the standard method for jelly making we knew that it would have to be far more concentrated to match the chewy-ness of a typical Midget Gem of which 5 weigh about 1 gram.

Two square plastic tubs part-filled with dark red jelly liquid beside a measuring jug

We used a quarter the required amount of water microwaved until the lumps had gone and poured into selected moulds (beakers). We left them to set in the fridge for a few hours while we did what everyone else at this point does celebrated our idea with a few beers.

Cups and tubs of coloured jelly setting on fridge shelves under cling film

Voila, as they say somewhere else.

The Massive Gems were eased out of the moulds and look fantastic the end product weighed in at 100 grams. That’s hefty in the scaled up percentages as you can see.

Giant red jelly turned out on a white plate with a normal jelly sweet beside it

Green and red giant jellies on a plate with tiny normal jelly sweets in front

Our cost for this came to £2.50 but can depend on the type of jelly you buy. We had a mixture of the store brand and commonly know jelly perfectionist. We found no difference in the end. They were tasty and went great with ice cream.

Giant jellies in several colours spread across a table beside the plastic cups used as moulds

The Huge Cola Bottle inspired this project.

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