What Are Gumdrops and How Can I Use Them?
Gumdrops is easier to cook with than it looks. Here's how to choose, use, and store them, what to substitute, and 39 recipes to get you started.
Nutrition
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1 cup gumdrops (182g)Where found
Gumdrops are usually found in the candy section or aisle of the grocery store or supermarket.
Food group
Gumdrops are a member of the Sweets US Department of Agriculture nutritional food group.
How much do gumdrops weigh?
| Amount | Weight |
|---|---|
| 1 cup gumdrops | 182 grams |
| 10 gumdrops | 36 grams |
| 10 gummy bears | 22 grams |
| 10 gummy dinosaurs | 63 grams |
| 10 gummy fish | 50 grams |
| 10 gummy worms | 74 grams |
| 1 spice stick | 9 grams |
| 1 spice drop | 24 grams |
| 1 gumdrop, small (1/2" dia) | 3 grams |
| 1 gumdrop, medium (3/4" dia) | 4 grams |
| 1 gumdrop, large (1" dia) | 11 grams |
| 1 jelly ring (1-1/4" dia) | 10 grams |
Related
Sweets
| In Chinese: | gumdrops | |
| British (UK) term: | ||
| en français: | jujubes | |
| en español: | gomitas |
Recipes using gumdrops
There are 39 recipes that contain this ingredient.
Baked Stained Glass Cookies
Festive slice-and-bake sugar cookies studded with colorful gumdrop pieces that create a translucent "stained glass" effect when held to light—perfect for holiday treats or kids favorite Christmas cookies.
Easter Lamb Face Cupcakes
These lamb face cupcakes are too cute, and also they are so easy to make, the tender cupcakes are coated with the vanilla frosting and marshmallows, great cupcakes for your Easter!
Easter Little Sheep Cupcakes
These little sheep cupcakes are very easy to make and they look so cute, coated with white frosting and marshmallows, using Jelly beans as feet and ears, everyone loves these little sheep!
Easter Flower Cupcakes
Easter is almost here. It is another good time you can spend with your kids making some lovely and cute Easter cupcakes, these flower cupcakes are very simple and easy, and they look beautiful.
Baby Chicks Cupcakes-Easter
Yellow colored coconut flakes make these Easter chicks cupcakes look fluffy and cute, this is a great recipe to make with your kids, they will love these cutest chick cupcakes!
Gumdrop Cookies with Buttermilk
Soft gumdrop cookies made with buttermilk and brown sugar. The gumdrops stay chewy while the cookies bake up tender with slightly crisp edges.
Gumdrop Cake
Gumdrop cake studded with jewel-toned candies and plump raisins, kept moist with applesauce and warmed by cinnamon, nutmeg, and lemon zest. A retro Christmas loaf that slices like stained glass.
Gumdrop Peanut Popcorn Cake
No-bake gumdrop peanut popcorn cake: a Bundt-shaped tower of popcorn, peanuts, and rainbow gumdrops bound by melted marshmallows and butter. A retro birthday party showpiece.
Nesselrode Pie
A frozen confection filling with a Christmas garden of cherry poinssttias and gumdrop holly atop.
Popcorn Snowmen
Popcorn snowmen stack three marshmallow-popcorn balls into edible snowmen decorated with gumdrop hats, fruit leather scarves, and candy buttons. A fun Christmas kid craft snack.
Family Tree Cookies
Family tree cookies are giant chocolate cookies shaped like trees with branches for piping family names. A fun baking project with kids using cocoa dough, chocolate chips, and royal icing.
Popcorn Snowman
Popcorn snowman craft built from hard-ball-stage caramel popcorn, stacked into a holiday centerpiece with gumdrop features and raisin buttons. A sweet, edible Christmas decoration kids can help make.
Popcorn Snowman
Popcorn snowman craft built from hard-ball-stage caramel popcorn, stacked into a holiday centerpiece with gumdrop features and raisin buttons. A sweet, edible Christmas decoration kids can help make.
Sweet Heart's Cake
A show-stopping heart-shaped cake for Valentine's Day made from one square and one round cake, frosted in pink vanilla buttercream and covered in tinted coconut. Decorated with gumdrop hearts and fruit roll bows.
Sweet Heart's Cake
A show-stopping heart-shaped cake for Valentine's Day made from one square and one round cake, frosted in pink vanilla buttercream and covered in tinted coconut. Decorated with gumdrop hearts and fruit roll bows.
Peanut Butter Pizza Cookies
Oversized peanut butter pizza cookies topped with chocolate frosting, cashews, candy pieces, coconut, gumdrops, and a white chocolate drizzle. A fun decorating project for kids.
Nasty Spider Cake
Halloween spider cake filled with green Jello that oozes when sliced, frosted black with licorice legs and gumdrop eyes. Gross, fun, and unforgettable.
Jack-O'-Lantern Cupcakes
Halloween Jack-O'-Lantern cupcakes made with pumpkin, buttermilk, and pumpkin pie spice, topped with pumpkin frosting and decorated with black licorice faces and green gumdrop stems.
Popcorn Marshmallow
Chewy popcorn balls loaded with peanuts and colorful gumdrops, held together with gooey melted marshmallows. A retro party treat.
Jack-O'-Lantern Cookies
Jack-o'-lantern cookies made by dipping Oreos in orange-tinted cream cheese frosting coating. A fun no-bake Halloween treat kids love to decorate with chocolate icing faces.
Critters in the Hay
Critters in the Hay is a Halloween popcorn treat with pumpkin pie spice caramel corn, candy corn, licorice spiders, and gummy worms. A spooky party snack kids love.
Christmas Tree Cake
Christmas tree cake cut from a 13x9 sheet cake into a tree shape, frosted green and decorated with peppermint candies, pretzel rod trunk, and a gumdrop star. Festive holiday show-stopper from one boxed mix.
