HOME MADE JELLO GRAPES RECIPE

If you are following any of the Weight plans and are looking for a zero point snack that hits the spot when you’re craving candy, then look no further than these zero point Jello Grapes!

They are zero Points on the new W-W Personal Points plan, making them a perfect low Point snack whatever your Personal Point allocation may be.

If you still follow the old Weight plan, then a portion of these candied grapes are zero SmartPoints on myW-W- Green plan, myW-W Blue plan and myW-W Purple plan!

For years now, I have heard people talking about these Jell-o coated grapes.

If you go along to W-W workshops or hang out on the W-W forums on social media my betting is that you have heard of them too.

But it wasn’t until this year that I actually started to make them myself and oh my goodness what took me so long!

They really hit the spot when you are craving something sweet!

I have tried them with different flavours of jello powder and different varieties of grapes and I am still experimenting.

My favourite has to be cotton candy grapes with lime flavoured Jell-o!

I suggest that you experiment yourself to find your own perfect combination.

HOW MANY POINTS PER PORTION?

If you still follow any of the old W-W plans:

• myW-W Green plan – 0 SmartPoints per portion
• myW-W Blue plan – 0 SmartPoints per portion
• myW-W Purple plan – 0 SmartPoints per portion
• Freestyle plan – 0 SmartPoints per portion

A portion of these jello grapes equates to approx half a cup (50g) of grapes and works out at under 40 calories!

Strictly speaking you could actually eat the whole lot (4 portions) for Zero Points but I wouldn’t suggest it!

Read the bit about artificial sweeteners below to see why 😀

HOW TO MAKE THEM?

• To see the quantities I used scroll on down to the recipe card below.
• Rinse the grapes in a colander. Don’t dry the grapes after rinsing – you want them to be damp so that the Jell-o powder sticks to them
• Empty the sachet of Jell-o powder into a small bowl.
• I find that rolling the grapes in the powder one by one (picture 2) gives the best Jell-o coverage.
• I have also tried placing the grapes in a bowl ( & a ziplock bag) and tossing them with the powder. However, I was left with little clumps of Jell-o falling off the grapes, parts of the grapes are left uncovered and other parts had lots of powder attached making them too tart.
• If you don’t want to use your fingers then you can poke a cocktail stick into the end of the grape and use it to roll the grape round in the Jell-o powder.
• Place the jell-o covered grapes in a single layer in a refrigerator safe container.
• Chill for at least an hour
• After chilling, remove and eat as you would candy!

WHAT ABOUT STORING THEM?

After placing in the refrigerator for an hour or so, the Jell-o Grapes are ready to eat.

They will stay good in the refrigerator for a couple of days.

I tend to make a batch of Jell-o Grapes and place them in a freezer friendly container.

I put them in the freezer and snack on them over a week or so.

You can eat them straight from the freezer (still frozen) or you can let them thaw for a few minutes before eating.

I LOVE eating them frozen 😀

A FEW WORDS ABOUT ARTIFICIAL SWEETENERS!

The sugar free Jell-o powder (or Sugar Free Hartley’s Jelly if you are in the UK) is made with artificial sweeteners to give it a sweet taste.

These artificial sweeteners have far fewer calories than sugar (& on the whole don’t cause tooth decay) but they do have their disadvantages.

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