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.

So what do people think - if I make them now and freeze them will they be ok
when they are thawed out?

I know an alternative is to freeze the fruit and make them later, but I'd
rather make them now if I can.

On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 14:49:13 +1000, "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.
>
>So what do people think - if I make them now and freeze them will they be ok
>when they are thawed out?
>
>I know an alternative is to freeze the fruit and make them later, but I'd
>rather make them now if I can.
>

Prep and freeze the fruits. Make the candies whenever you can. That's
what a number of us do when making jelly.
--
Susan N.

"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral,
48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974)

"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

"The Cook" > wrote in message
...
> On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 14:49:13 +1000, "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.
>>
>>So what do people think - if I make them now and freeze them will they be
>>ok
>>when they are thawed out?
>>
>>I know an alternative is to freeze the fruit and make them later, but I'd
>>rather make them now if I can.
>>
>
> Prep and freeze the fruits. Make the candies whenever you can. That's
> what a number of us do when making jelly.
> --

Yeah I guess that is that smartest thing to do - thanks