I'm going to tell you one thing: I can't make candy.
Seriously. It's a problem. Anything involving a candy thermometer ends up tasting like burnt sugar and getting all over in a sticky mess whenever I try it.
Which, doesn't seem like a big deal, until you realize that, since I can't make candy, I also can't make lozenges. Which is kind of a big deal.
Especially because I've always wanted to make my own cough drops, because, let's face it, those things are handy. I especially want to make a kind that I can dump in a little plastic bag and store in my tablet case, because around here the majority of the school year is cold season and everyone always needs cough drops.
So, I came up with these gummies, which can be wrapped up in plastic wrap and stuffed in a plastic bag.

I used a small ice cube tray as a mold and ended up having to cut those ones in half, since they were rather large. I also poured the remainder into a tupperware container and cut it into squares once it hardened.

Cough Drop Gummies
Make a cup and a half of tea with sage, cinnamon, lemon peel, thyme, and mint. (1/4 tsp each). Put in the fridge and let come down to a nice cool temperature (the kind you'd want to drink if it were just water). Pour into a small saucepan and add 4 tablespoons of gelatin. Let it sit until the gelatin starts to "bloom"--it'll get wrinkly-looking and it will all be under the water. Mix it. Then put the saucepan over medium heat. You want the mixture to become thin and runny, and all the gelatin to dissolve. You also want it warm, but never boiling. Once it reaches this point, take it off the heat and add 2-4 tablespoons of honey, as well as a little mint extract (no more than a quarter teaspoon). Then pour into molds and let sit in the fridge for 2-3 hours. Pop out and store.