Title: Orange or Grape Blocks
Categories: Diabetic Candy
Yield: 64 Squares

2	c	Orange juice
		OR
1	c	Unsweetened grape juice
1	c	Water
4	tb	Unflavored gelatin (4 pkg)
2	ts	Vanilla

Pour 1 cup of fruit juice into a bowl. Sprinkle gelatin over top to soften. Let stand 5 minutes.

Boil remaining 1 cup orange juice (or water). Stir into gelatin mixture until it dissolves, about 3 minutes. Stir in vanilla.

Pour into a rinsed 8 inch square cake pan. Chill about 4 hours until firm. Cut into 1 inch squares to serve.

2 squares = 12 calories, 2 grams carbohydrate, 1 gram protein, 1++ Extra

Adapted from Choice Cooking, Canadian Diabetes Assoc. 1986 Shared and tested with white grape juice by Elizabeth Rodier, Feb 94.

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