Jello is not only a fun food to eat but it’s really easy to make from scratch! This recipe for healthy and homemade sugar free jello is keto friendly, sugar free, clean, and healthy!
Why Should You Make Your Own Keto Jello?
With wholesome ingredients, this natural and keto jello is the perfect treat to make for your little ones. Delicious on it’s own or in recipes like my keto strawberry pretzel salad!
Picking up a box of jello mix for 50 cents is so quick and practical, why would you want to make your own? If you’re trying to clean up your food ingredients then boxed jello mix, even the sugar free versions, are not something you’ll want to include. They contain artificial dyes, artificial flavorings, sugar or artificial sweeteners, and loads of preservatives. Making homemade jello that is healthy is incredibly easy, tastes infinitely better, and doesn’t include harmful ingredients that can jeopardize your overall wellness.
Is it Hard to Make Homemade Jello?
Not at all! This homemade sugar free jello recipe only requires 3 ingredients plus water! And while this is a keto jello recipe, it can easily fit into other diets like paleo. All you will need to make this sugar free jello is:
- Blender
- Sauce pan
- Fine mesh sieve (strainer)
- Large bowl or baking dish
Sugar Free Jello Ingredients?
This homemade keto jello recipe is made up of only 3 ingredients plus water:
- frozen fruit
- allulose
- gelatin
- water
Can Fresh Fruit Be Used Instead of Frozen?
Frozen fruit is used in this recipe for a couple of reasons. It is easily available year round and guaranteed to be fresh. Plus, frozen fruit is often times less expensive than fresh and still packs the same amount of nutrients as fresh fruit.
Fresh fruit may be substituted if needed. However, if your fruit does not yield 2 cups of liquid post straining you will need to supplement with more water.
How To Make Sugar Free Jello Keto Friendly
To make this keto jello, start by blending up the frozen fruit until it resembles crushed ice. Cook it down in a sauce pan with allulose and water until it begins to boil. Strain the fruit mixture through a fine mesh sieve to remove any seeds or pulp. (This makes a fabulous jam!) Dissolve gelatin into cold water and combine the gelatin mixture with the fruit mixture. Pour the jello mixture into a glass dish, bowl, or similar and chill for a few hours until set!
What Kind of Gelatin is Best for this Recipe?
Any kind of plain gelatin will work for this recipe. For a high quality gelatin that is grass-fed, pasture raised, non-GMO then I recommend this product. If you have tried my keto cranberry jelly recipe, I used the same gelatin there. Gelatin has many health benefits that I also discuss in that post!
Sugar Free Homemade Keto Jello FAQ
Store-bought jello has a high glucose content and essentially zero nutrients. That’s why I came up with this clean and Keto friendly version that won’t leave you feeling guilty.
One serving has 2.5g of sugar and 33.3g of fiber that aids digestion. It contains only 29 calories which makes it a perfect treat to snack on without worrying about your health.
If your jello didn’t reach the right consistency, it could be because of 2 things. Either the amount of gelatin isn’t enough, or it simply needs more time to chill.
Here’s a tip when making this recipe for the first time: Make sure that the gelatin to water ratio is correct, this is key to your jello’s success.
Don’t fret if your jello didn’t set, just pop it back in the refrigerator for another hour, that should do the trick!
You can store Keto jello just like ordinary jello. Ideally, it shouldn’t be frozen because the texture changes. Any type of gelatin product loses its gel-like consistency when the temperature is too cold.
It keeps well in the fridge for up to a week, but these snacks are so enjoyable that it doesn’t even last that long in our house!
For best results in this recipe, allulose is the recommended sweetener that is zero calorie and keto friendly. It behaves the most like sugar in cooking and baking and will not crystallize like monkfruit or erythritol. You can use monkfruit or erythritol but you will need to make sure it is completely dissolved in the hot fruit mixture before adding to the gelatin and chilling.
What is Allulose?
For best results in this recipe, allulose is the recommended sweetener that is zero calorie and keto friendly. It behaves the most like sugar in cooking and baking and will not crystallize like monkfruit or erythritol. You can use monkfruit or erythritol but you will need to make sure it is completely dissolved in the hot fruit mixture before adding to the gelatin and chilling.
Other Variations of this Homemade Keto Jello
While this recipe used organic mixed berry fruit, you could also try it with:
- Strawberries
- Blueberries
- Pineapple
- Mango
- Cherries (pits removed)
Use this Keto Jello Recipe to Make Keto Gummies (Fruit Snacks)
This recipe can easily be converted into homemade keto gummies or fruit snacks. Follow all of the same steps except use twice as much gelatin and dissolve the gelatin directly into the hot fruit mixture (no extra water). Let it set the same amount of time and when it’s done, it will be just like a fruit snack consistency. You can even get cute silicone molds on Amazon to make them fun for kids!
Turn this Recipe into a Learning Lesson for Kids
I am an ardent supporter of getting kids in the kitchen early. They can learn about science, math, foster creativity, and create lasting memories just by whisking an egg, stirring the batter, or dissolving gelatin in water. This recipe is a great way to introduce your kids to the following principals:
- Measuring– brings math to life by practicing fractions and measurements
- Changes in matter– watch a solid turn into a liquid and a liquid turn back into a solid
- Nutrition– discuss how this treat is actually healthy fuel for our brains and bodies
- Patience– a fruit of the spirit (Galatians 5:22)
Healthy Homemade Sugar Free Jello (Keto, Low Carb, Clean)
Ingredients
- 2 cups frozen berries
- 1 1/3 cup allulose
- 1 cup water
- 1/2 ounce gelatin + 1 cup water
Instructions
- Add the frozen fruit to a blender and blend until it resembles crushed ice. Transfer to a small sauce pan.
- Add the sweetener and 1 cup of water.
- Over medium heat, bring the fruit mixture to a boil, stirring constantly. Make sure that the sweetener dissolves completely.
- Once a boil is reached, turn off the heat. Place a fine mesh strainer over a large measuring cup. Pour the fruit mixture into the strainer and use a spoon to stir the fruit as it is pushed through the strainer. This may take up to 5 minutes.
- All of the fruit has been strained when there is 2 cups of liquid in the measuing cup and a jam like substance left in the strainer.
- In a seperate measuring cup, dissolve the gelatin into cold water. Pour the gelatin mixture into the fruit mixture and stir well.
- Pour the unset jello mixture into any dish, bowl, casserole dish, etc. Any size will work.
- Carefully place in the refigerator. Let set until firm about 3 hours.
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