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Gummy Bear Mocktails

December 19, 2017 By Rachel 9 Comments

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Gummy Bear Mocktails – Share the fun of a holiday toast with your little ones with this festive and age-appropriate party drink!

Gummy Bear Mocktails

Well, the New Year’s Eve “grownup moments” with just my husband and I watching the ball drop and sipping champagne together are so numbered… For the first time, my 6-year-old asked about “staying up ’til midnight.” I don’t think he’s quite ready to stay up that late without being a total monster the next day, but perhaps this year we’ll let him stay up past his bedtime. I’m thinking that while the baby snoozes in his bed, big brother will enjoy a special snack with Mom and Dad.

How To Make Gummy Bear Mocktails

What’s New Year’s Eve without ushering in the new year with a toast? And what kid doesn’t love sparkling apple cider as well as gummy bears? By just thinking of two fun things my kid loves, that’s where I got the idea for this super easy and fun recipe for Gummy Bear Mocktails.

Gummy Bear Mocktails

These Mocktails only take three ingredients. They’re sweet, colorful, and bubbly. Just the sort of festive drink to serve to kids on New Year’s Eve, on Christmas, or at a birthday party! If you have older kids, you can even get them in on the fun of making them.

Gummy Bear Mocktails

On a parenting note, in addition to being easy and fun, this indulgent drink can be made a touch healthier. Eliminate artificial ingredients and dyes by using organic apple cider and gummy bears. I guarantee that the kids will never know the difference.

Gummy Bear Mocktails

So, perhaps it’s the end of an era. No more ushering the kids off to bed so that Mom and Dad can enjoy a New Year’s Eve night of grown-up-ness together. But perhaps it’s the beginning of a new era and a New Year of bringing in the promise of good things to come and of family fun with a toast and some gummy bears. ☺️

Gummy Bear Mocktail
 
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Prep time
25 mins
Total time
25 mins
 
Share the fun of a holiday toast with your little ones with this festive and age-appropriate party drink!
Author: Rachel Hanawalt
Recipe type: Beverages
Cuisine: American
Serves: 8 servings
Ingredients
  • 8 plastic stemless champagne flutes
  • 8 plastic swizzle sticks
  • 8 fun paper straws
  • 1 toothpick
  • 2 25.4 oz bottles of sparkling apple cider
  • 10 oz of gummy bears*
  • ¼ C granulated sugar
  • a shallow dish with water
Instructions
  1. Place one of each color of gummy bears onto 8 plastic swizzle sticks. To do this, first poke the gummy bears, one at a time, all the way through with a toothpick. This will make it so that you can more easily get the swizzle stick through each bear.
  2. Coat each champagne flute's rim with sugar. One at a time, dip the rim of each flute into a shallow dish of water and then into a shallow dish of granulated sugar. Next, drop a small handful of gummy bears at the bottom of each champagne flute. I used two of each color because I like things to be symmetrical. If your party guests are little kids, consider using one of each color (i.e., less sugar in hyper kids).
  3. Pour sparkling apple cider into each flute until it is three quarters of the way full. Garnish with the gummy bear swizzle sticks. Finally, add a fun party straw to each flute. Don skip this step, because I find that straws make kids less likely to spill! Serve immediately.
Notes
*Many gummy bears contain gelatin. To make this recipe vegetarian and vegan, Annie's Bunny Fruit Snacks and Surf Sweet Organic Fruity Bears will meet your needs.
**To make this recipe less processed and more healthful, consider purchasing organic sparkling apple cider and organic gummy bears.
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Gummy Bear Mocktails

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Filed Under: Apples, Beverages, Birthdays, Christmas, Easy, Fall, Fruits, Holidays, Kid-Friendly, Meal Types, New Year's Day, Recipes, Seasons, Specific Audiences, Spring, Summer, Vegan / Vegan Options, Vegetarian, Winter Tagged With: Drink, Easy Recipe, gummy bears, Kids, kids party, mocktail, New Year's Eve, sparkling apple cider, Vegan Options, vegetarian options

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Comments

  1. Adina says

    December 20, 2017 at 6:35 am

    My kids have been staying up till midnight for the past two years as well and although my daughter only got 6 this summer, she still managed, so I think it would be ok for your son as well. 🙂 What a great party idea for kids, I might do this for Christmas. We are having wine and my son asked if they can have children bubble “wine”, so I’ve already bought a bottle. The gummy bears would be a great touch! 🙂

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    • Rachel says

      February 15, 2018 at 12:49 pm

      We ended up letting my son stay up until 10:30 pm and we had to practically carry him into his bed! He’s 100 miles a minute all day long so I think he tuckers out by bed time. I guess that’s a good thing!

      Reply
  2. Adina says

    January 17, 2018 at 9:13 am

    I forgot to get back to you! I’ve made these mocktails for the kids at Christmas or better said they could make them themselves. They loved it!

    Reply
    • Rachel says

      February 15, 2018 at 12:03 pm

      Thanks for letting me know you (I mean the kids) made these! My son made them with me on New Year’s Eve as well. He kept wanting to add more gummy bears to the mix and I finally had to tell him “no more!”

      Reply
  3. Haitian food says

    September 7, 2021 at 3:48 am

    GUMMY BEAR MOCKTAILS is very delicious. I will surely try it. Don’t forget to taste Creole food whenever you come to Tamarac.

    Reply

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