When I was a kid, I loved me some jub jub. No, not the weird bird-like creatures from Star Wars, I’m talking about the real deal – the snack. Back in my day, we didn’t have all these fancy-schmancy artificially-flavored treats. We had the good stuff – jub jub made from scratch by my grandma. It was like biting into a cloud of sugary goodness, and it always left me with a sticky smile on my face.
Nowadays, when I see kids munching on their brightly colored, chemically-enhanced snacks, I shake my head and wonder what happened to good old-fashioned jub jub. It’s like they don’t even know what they’re missing! But hey, I’m not one to judge. If they want to eat their neon-colored, sugar-coated monstrosities, who am I to stop them? Just don’t expect me to join in – I’ll be over here with my homemade jub jub, enjoying a taste of nostalgia.
Prep Time: 10minutes mins
Cook Time: 5minutes mins
Total Time: 15minutes mins
Course: Desserts
Cuisine: Caribbean
Servings: 10
Ingredients
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 2 tbsp. + 1 tsp. gelatin
- 3 drops lime juice
- 3/4 cup cold pineapple juice
Instructions
- Soften the gelatin in 1/2 cup of the pineapple juice. Boil the sugar and the remaining 1/4 cup of pineapple juice into a syrup. Boil until the syrup can form long thin threads. Remove from heat and stir into the gelatin and lime juice. Mix well. Let it stand for about 4 hours.
- I started cutting strips out of the tray. Start with a knife. Note, some sugar crystals may have settled to the bottom. Then cut and roll the gelatin blocks in sugar.
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Pineapple Jub Jub
Ingredients
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 2 tbsp. + 1 tsp. gelatin
- 3 drops lime juice
- 3/4 cup cold pineapple juice
Instructions
- Soften the gelatin in 1/2 cup of the pineapple juice. Boil the sugar and the remaining 1/4 cup of pineapple juice into a syrup. Boil until the syrup can form long thin threads. Remove from heat and stir into the gelatin and lime juice. Mix well. Let it stand for about 4 hours.
- I started cutting strips out of the tray. Start with a knife. Note, some sugar crystals may have settled to the bottom. Then cut and roll the gelatin blocks in sugar.
