8 Reviews of Wild Grape Jelly

From: Chef Pat#3

On Oct 7, 2005

I did not take the grapes off the vines - I started, and found this too messy. My mother used to make this all the time but her recipe is gone. This tasted just like hers, which is a real compliment. Very easy, especially if you don't mind picking grapes in the bush. I did not let my jelly drip - I squeezed my jelly bag, but the final product is still pretty clear.

From: Chef #1028472

On Nov 15, 2008

I used this recipe & had pretty good luck. I ended up w/4 cups of juice, so maybe you'd want to use less water to start with. I did only use 3c of finished juice & froze the other 1c for future use. I used powdered pectin, using the pkg directions for bottled unsweetened grape juice. Be sure to follow those directions if you use powdered pectin, because the order is a little different. I washed the grapes & left them on the stems, like the other recipe...it's sure a lot easier than picking them all off! Good Luck!

From: Chef #939036

On Aug 30, 2008

It is a good recipe only i added 2 tablespoons of lemon juice. I was told years ago not to double any jelly recipe as it would not jel.

From: Chef #593055

On Sep 20, 2007

I just tried this one and it did not work. This recipe is very odd? Calls for 3 cups of water and 3 lbs of grapes ? That makes way more (6 cups) of juice. It states in recipe it will make 3? Mine did not come out well at all and I wasted a lot of time. Just followed the one on the sure gell and it worked like a charm.

From: Lori, misplaced Irish desert rat!

On Sep 29, 2007

I tried this - as a novice - I was totally impressed - it worked out so well I have to hide it from the hubby!

From: farmchick #2

On Oct 12, 2009

This is how my mom made wild grape jelly. It always set except one time in my childhood...and we made a lot of batches back in the '80's. Anyhow, the one time it didn't set we used it as syrup on pancakes and it was so good. Of course, we never had tons of sugar in our diet...Anyhow, this tastes great, better then regular grapes even.

From: Chef #936269

On Aug 27, 2008

I had poor results. The jelly never set. I followed the directions to a T and I also had 6 cups of juice in step 4. I doubled the pectin because I had double the juice and it still did not set. I would not recommend this recipe.

From: Chef #409105

On Oct 7, 2007

this recipe is great - even better than the one I had been using. I like that it uses a little less sugar than other recipes. Making wild grape jelly is a wonderful way to celebrate the harvest season and welcome in the winter.