#TINY GELATIN CANDY BALS FULL#

The gelatin will actually contract a bit and shrink. One strange thing to keep in mind as the gelatin firms up. With the help of the fan, my bubbles dried after about 4 hours. Start by placing the fan a safe distance away from the bubbles, at the lowest possible speed.

#TINY GELATIN CANDY BALS FULL#

In full transparency, when I first pointed my fan at my bubbles, 1/3 of them flew off the counter and fell on the ground. If you want to speed up this process, you can use a small fan on a LOW SPEED to shorten the drying time. I don’t know about you, but I don’t have the patience or the time to wait overnight!! If you do have the time and a safe area you can let these dry, by all means go for it. Without a little breeze, these gelatin bubbles can take up to 12 hours to firm up. This tip helps speed up the drying process. Tip #6: Carefully Use a Fan to Help the Gelatin Bubbles Dry Faster If this happens though, don’t worry! You can gently pinch the strand of gelatin to remove it before it fully hardens, and it won’t be very noticeable.Įxcess gelatin can also dry at the base of the balloon and make your bubbles appear darker on the bottom. If you don’t, the gelatin will drip off the balloon and harden in strands like in the photo below. And no one wants that!! Tip #5: Shake Off the Excess GelatinĪs you dip each balloon into the gelatin, shake off the excess. You’ll either end up with white cloudy spots on your gelatin bubbles or uncovered batches of balloon. If you don’t wipe away any excess shortening (white areas), the gelatin won’t stick to the balloon and take shape.

While you may be tempted to completely slather the balloon with shortening, a thin layer works best! This step lets you easily remove the balloon from the hardened gelatin. It is absolutely essential that you lather up your balloon with a thin coat of shortening. Tip #4: Coat Your Balloons with the Right Amount of Shortening I recommend leaving yourself a bit of room to work with when blowing them up. This was easiest to do when the balloons weren’t fully inflated. My makeshift way around this was to tie the knot very high up on the neck of the balloon. But you know what? BALLOONS AREN’T CIRCLES! They’re oblong. I did my best to shape them into circles. Tip #3: Use Small Balloons & Don’t Inflate Them FullyĪs I began this project, I blew up some small balloons into varying sizes (1 inch to 3 inches in diameter). Not terrible, but not quite the look I was after. I dipped one balloon into the mixture before removing the little bubbles and this is how it turned out! It was riddled with little bubbles and cloudy once it hardened. This will cause your gelatin bubbles to have a cloudy, bubbly, surface. No one wants a lumpy, uneven gelatin bubble!! Tip #2: Scoop Out Any Foam or Little Bubbles from the GelatinĪfter heating up the gelatin, you may notice small bubbles or foam on top of the gelatin.Ĭarefully spoon them out of the container. The most important thing is to keep an eye on the gelatin and heat it up if it gets too thick. If the gelatin cools off and thickens while you’re dipping the balloons, pop the gelatin into the microwave and heat for 10 seconds to get it back to the right consistency. This makes it difficult to get an even coating on each balloon. If it cools off too much, it’s hard to dip the balloons in and gets kind of a goopy texture. The first problem I ran into when making these bubbles was keeping my gelatin the right consistency. The recipe included below makes enough bubbles to cover the top of an 8-inch layer cake.

Hopefully you can use the tips I share below to easily make perfect gelatin bubbles. But I promise, this story has a happy ending. I repeat, do not turn a fan on and point it directly at the balloons while they are drying…they WILL fly off your counter!!Ĭlearly, making these gelatin bubbles was an emotional roller coaster.

I had some gelatin bubble triumphs, like having some of my gelatin bubbles actually end up being circular!īut I also had some struggles. I followed Cake Central’s tutorial as a starting point and learned a ton throughout this process. Gelatin Bubble Troubleshooting & Helpful Tips The active time isn’t too bad, but they do take quite a while to dry. I also despise the smell of unflavored gelatin but decided to put my opinions aside for this project.Īfter a few rounds of experimenting, I realized gelatin bubbles are easier to make than you’d think. Gelatin bubbles always intrigued me but seemed so complicated. I had never made gelatin bubbles before but needed to make a bubble gum-inspired cake!

Tiny gelatin candy bals