Giant Gummy Pokeball Pokemon Go

Pokemon Go has taken the world by storm and our family joined in the fun last week while on holidays. If you’ve not heard of it yet, don’t worry it’s only been around for a couple of weeks, so it’s not too late to catch up. The best thing about the game is that you have to go to real world locations to catch Pokemon and actually walk quite long distances to hatch eggs, which really gets the blood pumping in your legs. (The game can even tell if you’re driving in a car so you can’t cheat). Everywhere we travelled in the country, we came across people chasing Pokemon. I was amazed one night when we pulled up at a remote Pokemon ‘gym’ – a GPS location where you can battle other Pokemon – and we found another group already there doing exactly the same thing. Good family fun! Join me as we make a giant Pokemon Go gummy Pokeball.

To make giant Pokemon Go gummy Pokeball you will need:

A 20cm (7.87 inches) hemisphere metal cake tin (if you’re wanting to make smaller ones my hemisphere tin has a volume of 2250millilitres (76.08 fluid ounces))
Round cutters mine are 5.2cm (2.05 inches), 3.3cm (1.3 inches) and 8cm (3.15 inches)
A 19.5cm (7.68 inches) loose based round cake tin

For the Red gummy half

400g (14.11 ounces) gelatin powder
755millilitres (25.53 fluid ounces) or 2 cups water
570g (20.11 ounces) or 2 and 2/3 cups less 1 Tbsp sugar
1000g (35.27 ounces) 2 and 3/4 cups plus 1 Tbsp and 1 tsp glucose (corn) syrup
1 tsp sorbitol
6 x 85g (3 ounces) packets of strawberry jelly or jello
Red food coloring

Add water to the gelatine and stir it through quickly. Place the sugar, glucose syrup, sorbitol and jelly into a saucepan and stir continuously until the sugar is dissolved. This will take about 5 minutes. When it just starts to boil remove it from the heat.
To melt the gelatin mixture in the microwave zap it on high for 30 seconds, stir well and repeat that approximately 5 times or until all the lumps are gone.
Pour in the sugar mixture and stir well to combine. Then add a little red food coloring.
Pour into the oiled hemisphere mold and leave to set overnight.

For the white gummy half
400g (14.11 ounces) powdered gelatine (210-250 bloom)
125millilitres (4.23 fluid ounces) or 1/2 cup water
750millilitres (25.36 fluid ounces) or 3 cups milk (4% fat)
570g (20.11 ounces) or 2 and 2/3 cups less 1 Tbsp sugar
1000g (35.27 ounces) 2 and 3/4 cups plus 1 Tbsp and 1 tsp glucose or corn syrup
125millilitres (4.23 fluid ounces) or 1/2 cup extra water
395g (13.93 ounces) or 1 cup plus 3½ Tbsp sweetened condensed milk
white food coloring

Mix together the milk, 125millitres of water and the gelatin.
Place the sugar, glucose syrup and extra water in a saucepan. Bring to the boil and check all the sugar is dissolved then remove from the heat.
Melt the gelatin mixture in the microwave and then stir through the sweetened condensed milk. Finally add in the hot sugar mixture and stir thoroughly. Pour into an oiled hemisphere mold until it is brimming, add a small amount into a 3.3cm (1.3 inches) and a 5.2cm (2.05 inches) round cookie cutter and leave overnight to set.

To remove from the hemisphere mold, use you fingers pull it away from the sides of the mold and then tip it out. If it has formed a vacuum you may need to ease your fingers between the gummy and the mold to allow air to the base to break the vacuum.

For the black …
100g (3.53 ounces) dark chocolate
black food coloring

Take the leftover mixture from the white half and add dark chocolate to it. Stir until it is melted. Add black food coloring to darken it. Take a loose based cake tin without it’s base and sit it on some non-stick baking paper. Pour a little black into the base to make a disc. Do the same with a 8cm (3.15 inches) round cookie cutter.

Once all elements are set, warm a baking tray in the oven. Place the little white circle on the tray to slightly melt a layer on one side. Add this to the other white circle. Now melt the base of that one and add it on top of the black circle to make a stack.

Take the large black disc and slightly melt one side on a hot baking tray and carefully place it onto the white base. Heat the underneath of the red hemisphere and place it on top, being careful to line it up straight. Now melt the base of the circle stack and add it onto the front of your Poke ball.

Resource: howtocookthat