Diabetic-Friendly Old-Fashioned Orange Slice Candy (Sugar-Free)
✅ Why This Version Is Better
- No sugar
- No corn syrup
- Low net carbs
- Uses gelatin for structure (no glucose spike)
🧾 Ingredients
- 1 cup fresh orange juice (preferably freshly squeezed)
- 1 tbsp orange zest
- 3–4 tbsp powdered erythritol or monk fruit (adjust to taste)
- 3 tbsp unflavored gelatin
- 2 tbsp water (to bloom gelatin)
- ½ tsp lemon juice
- Optional: natural orange food coloring
- Extra powdered erythritol (for coating)
👩🍳 Instructions
- Bloom gelatin
- Sprinkle gelatin over 2 tbsp water. Let sit 5 minutes.
- Heat juice mixture
- In a saucepan, warm orange juice, zest, lemon juice, and sweetener.
- Do NOT boil — just heat until sweetener dissolves.
- Add gelatin
- Stir bloomed gelatin into warm mixture.
- Stir until completely dissolved.
- Pour & set
- Pour into a parchment-lined small dish.
- Refrigerate 2–3 hours until firm.
- Slice & coat
- Cut into wedges.
- Lightly coat in powdered erythritol if desired.
🔢 Approximate Nutrition (Per Piece, 12 pieces)
- ~15–20 calories
- 1–2g net carbs
- 2g protein
- No added sugar
🩺 Blood Sugar Tip
Even natural orange juice has carbs — so:
- Keep portions small (1–2 pieces)
- For ultra-low carb: replace half the juice with water + orange extract
