"Linda" wrote:
> I was planning on making some fruit jelly candies for Christmas but was at
> the fruit markets �today and bought some blackberries, strawberries etc
> quite cheap, but they're not going to last long.
>
> The recipe I've got reckons that once they are made the candies will last
> for a week - which won't quite get me to Christmas.
> I know an alternative is to freeze the fruit and make them later, but I'd
> rather make them now if I can.

Jelly *candies* typically keep a year or more in an airtight
container... but without seeing your recipe all anyone can offer is
wild speculation.

SHELDON