How-To: LED Gummy Candies

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How-To: LED Gummy Candies

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Photos: John De Cristofaro

The good folks over at adafruit industries have put together an amazing tutorial on making gummy candies that look just like 10 mm LEDs!

The legs are 3D printed in PLA (corn-based plastic) and they function like toothpicks, we inserted them while the gummies we cooling. It should be noted that gummies are a low-temperature candy, do not use 3D printed parts with any high-temp hard candies!

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