How to make the cud?

The main question of childhood about what made chewing gum has long ceased to be a secret to you. A pleasant chewing mixture of rubber or polymers with the addition of flavors and sweeteners is a long-loved favorite baby treat, and if you decide to cook something with the baby, you probably can not find a more suitable recipe than the recipe for homemade chewing gum.

How to make chewing gum at home?

If until today you thought that the chewing gum cooked at home is just a fantasy of your child, then you were very wrong. Popular chewing gum for more than 50 years can be completely prepared independently, together with the child. If the child has not yet grown enough, and already asks for chewing gum, you can replace it with a special marmalade, which in texture is similar to chewing gum, but the child can swallow it without risk to health.

Ingredients:

• fruit juice - 100 ml;
• gelatin - 1 package (20 g);
• starch - 1 teaspoon;
• water 100 ml;
• sugar syrup - 300 ml;
• lemon juice - 5 tbsp. spoons.

Preparation

Fruit juice is slightly heated in a microwave oven and poured them gelatin, leave it to swell. For a recipe, you can use any juice, depending on the taste that you want to get in the end.

Sugar syrup poured into a bowl and slightly heated, at this stage you can add a dye or flavor additive, or you can simply pour a little grated zest or spices such as cinnamon, vanilla. When the syrup becomes warm, it should be added swollen gelatin and starch, mix the mass until uniform, and then strain through a sieve.

Our chewing marmalade can be poured into molds and sent to the refrigerator for 6-8 hours.

Recipe for chewing gum

Recipe chewing gum is quite suitable for older children. For the preparation of this chewing gum, the first thing to do is to purchase a special chewing gum base that can be found on the shelves of some supermarkets or ordered online. All the other ingredients are sure to be found in your fridge.

Ingredients:

• basis for chewing gum - 1 tbsp. a spoon;
• corn syrup - 1 teaspoon;
• starch - 2 tbsp. spoons;
• flavor additive - to taste;
• dye - 2 drops.

Preparation

Before making homemade chewing gum, the base should be heated in the microwave for about 90 seconds or until it is comfortable to work with. When the base is softened, you can add syrup and mix the mass, trying to make it as homogeneous as possible. When you achieve homogeneity, lay out the future cud on the starch slide and begin to interfere as if preparing a dough. Has the mass become smooth and supple? So, it's time to pour in the flavor additive and dye and mix it again well.

Now the chewing gum can be cut into strips, asterisks, hearts, pads - in general as you please, and then sent to the refrigerator for a couple of hours.