Editorial Reviews] Make, play with, and eat realistic insect gummy bears easily at home! The Akiba Research Institute editorial staff takes on the challenge of "Gummy Mapple Lab Dokitto Station!

I know it's a little early for me to say this, but ......Summer will be here before you know it, and usually it's an exciting vacation season! Usually we are excited about the vacation season, but due to the new coronavirus, we are going to have to refrain from going out this year as we did last year.

In this case, I'm going to make some cold gummy candies with pull-apart to make myself feel a little cooler. There is no other way but to color our daily life!

That's why we tried our hand at making gummy candies using the "Gummipurple Labo," now on sale from MegaHouse!

Gumipple Labo" is a making toy that lets you make, play with, and eat gummy bears at home. Two sets of "Gumipple Labo Dokitto Station" for boys and "Gumipple Labo Kiratto Station" for girls are now on sale.

Gumipple Labo Dokitto Station

Gumipple Labo Kiratto Station

This time, Akiba Research Institute editor A tried her hand at making gummy bears at the Gummipple Labo Dokitto Station. What kind of gummies will be made? ......?

Preparing to make gummy bears!

First, take out the contents from the box and check them.

First, take out the contents from the box and check them out: the "hot water station," a container for boiling water, the "mixer" and "beaker" used for making gummy liquid, and the "test tube" for temporary storage. The package also includes a mold for gummy bears. I was surprised at how detailed the molds are.

Let's start making the gummy liquid right away.

First, wash the containers, etc. once.

Then, go to the supermarket and buy juice and gelatin for flavoring and coloring.

Don't worry about the upside-down calpis. ......

Next, assemble the containers.

As the product name "Labo" suggests, it looks like a science lab.

Now pour hot water into the "hot water station.

The black parts are the "gummy bases" on which the various instruments are placed.

The temperature of the hot water is about 50 to 60℃.

First, let's make the white gummy liquid. Put an appropriate amount of calpis in a beaker ......

Set it in the "hot water station."

Next, put shaved ice syrup and water to dilute the syrup in a beaker and set it in ......

Set this also in the "hot water station"!

Then add the gelatin to the two liquids.

Once the prescribed amount is added, set the mixer in the beaker!

Now you should just keep stirring!

Stir until the gelatin grains are completely dissolved and there are no lumps.

A word of advice. As the water cools, the gelatin will begin to harden, so if the water becomes too weak, add more hot water or replace it to maintain a constant temperature.

Now, pour the finished Calpis gummy liquid into the mold.

What will be formed?　What will be made?

For the time being, move this mold to the refrigerator, where it will harden in about 10 minutes. ......

Move the unused gummy liquid to a test tube. Now you can make new gummy liquid in the beaker.

Now, the white gummy substance seems to have solidified!

Use the provided tweezers, toothpicks, or other thin objects to peel off the gummy liquid from the mold.

Peri Peri ......

Pulled & cooled gummy is completed!

Can you see the uneven surface created by the mold?

Now pour the pink gummy liquid you just made into this concave part.

Put it in the refrigerator again and chill it for another 10 minutes. ......

The meat gummy is ready!

The white fat and pink meat are a perfect marriage!

■Make beetle gummy bears!

Next, let's make another dish.

This time, let's make brown gummy liquid.

You can use any brown drink such as coffee or cocoa, but this time we will use cola.

As before, measure out the right amount and go to ......

Once it is in the beaker with the gelatin, stir it with a mixer.

If there are any bubbles of carbonation left, it will be a ragged gummy when it hardens, so take your time and turn the mixer slowly and carefully to release the carbonation.

Let's make a beetle with this cola gummy liquid.

The body of the beetle is thick and complex, so we will make gummy beetles for the upper and lower halves of the body and for the wings.

Place each half of the beetle in the refrigerator.

After the wings are also poured into the mold, place them in the refrigerator.

Then, apply gummy liquid to each half of the beetle to serve as a "joint" between the two halves. This is similar to glue or putty in plastic modeling. These two molds are then docked and placed in the refrigerator again!

The back part is the combined two molds.

After the gummy bears have cooled and hardened, pull them out of the molds, combine them nicely, and place them on a plate. ......

A special plate of beetles and raw meat is ready!

So, I ate it!

Hmmm...it has a nice elasticity, just like gummy bears.

Cut it properly with a knife and ......

Beetle, let's eat!

Gulp!

It looks like insect food.

...... They look really disgusting, but they are usually delicious. Of course it is, because it is originally juice!

It looks like realistic insects or raw meat, so why not use it as a topping for juice or fruit punch, or put it on a salad to surprise your family?

It might make you feel "hinny" in many ways!

Or you can play with gummy bears to catch insects. The possibilities are endless.

Gumipple Labo Kiratto Station" comes in girlish shapes such as diamonds, glass shoes, and flowers.

Here is an example.

It makes cute gummy bears that look "cool".

This time I just put the gummies together, but it would be fun and cool to decorate them with cream or other sweets.

So, the Gummipple Lab is fun to play with and tasty to eat. Why don't you try it with your family and friends?

Product Information

Gumipple Labo Dokitto Station

Gumipple Labo Kiratto Station

Now on sale

Price: 3,850 yen each (tax included)

Set includes: ● Gummy trays ... 6 ● Test tubes ... 2 ● Mixer ... 1 ● Gummy base ... 1 ● Hot water station ... 1 ● Tweezers 1 pc ● Tweezers ... 1 pc ● Stick ... 1 pc ● Measuring spoon ... 1 pc ● Clear mat ... 1 sheet ● Beaker ... 2 pcs ● Instruction manual

Manufacturer: MegaHouse