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How are fried egg sweets made?
A fried egg sweet is two sweets in one: a soft white foam and a yellow yolk. Here is how makers whip air into a gummy, lay two layers in the same mould, and why many fried eggs are not vegetarian.
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Fried egg sweets are a pick and mix sweet: a soft white foam in the shape of an egg white, with a yellow yolk in the middle. They belong to the family of foam sweets, which are made much like marshmallow: see what are foam sweets made of?
Two sweets in one
A fried egg is a two layer sweet. The Dutch machinery maker Tanis, which builds gummy lines, calls this top bottom depositing: two different masses are laid one on top of the other in the same mould, such as a white foam layer with a coloured layer, as in gummy frogs and sharks with white bellies. A fried egg uses the same idea, with a white foam and a yellow yolk.
Step by step
- Cook the syrups. Sugar, glucose syrup and a gelling agent, usually gelatine, are cooked into gummy mixtures, and one is coloured yellow for the yolk.
- Whip in the air. The white mixture is aerated, whipped until it is full of tiny bubbles, which turns it into a light foam.
- Deposit two layers. The two mixtures are deposited one on top of the other in the same mould.
- Set. The sweets are left to set, often in trays of starch that hold their shape.
- Tip out and finish. The set sweets are tipped out, and the starch is cleaned off: see how are gummy sweets shaped?
Why gelatine foams so well
Gelatine is a protein, which Tanis says makes a gelatine mixture easy to aerate. Marshmallow, whipped with gelatine or egg white until it is about half air, works in a similar way: see how are marshmallows made? Gummies set with starch instead are harder to foam. Tanis says a protein such as potato or pea protein has to be added to a starch based gummy before it will hold air, which makes plant based foam sweets possible.
The Haribo fried egg
Haribo's Fried Egg is a lemon flavoured, double layered foam sweet. It was already part of Starmix in other countries when Haribo added it to Starmix in the United States in April 2025, alongside a raspberry flavoured foam heart.
Allergens and diets
Because foam sweets are generally made with gelatine, fried eggs are often not suitable for vegetarians, and some foam sweets use pork gelatine: see gelatine in sweets explained and is Haribo made from pig? Our 
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Questions and answers
How are fried egg sweets made?
Two mixtures are prepared: a white one whipped full of air to make a foam, and a coloured gummy or foam for the yolk. They are deposited one on top of the other in the same mould, often shaped in trays of starch, and left to set before being tipped out.
How do they get air into foam sweets?
The gummy mixture is whipped, or aerated, before it is deposited, much as marshmallow is. Gelatine is a protein, which makes it easy to aerate. Starch based gummies will only hold air if a protein, such as potato or pea protein, is added first.
Are fried egg sweets vegetarian?
Often not, because foam sweets are generally made with gelatine, which comes from animals, and some use pork gelatine. Check the label, and look for vegetarian or vegan versions.
Sources
- What are the different types of gummies?, Tanis Confectionery, May 2026
- Haribo unveils enhanced Starmix featuring double layered foam egg, Haribo USA, April 2025
- Marshmallow, Wikipedia
- Starch mogul, Wikipedia
- Gelatin, Wikipedia
Keep reading
- Questions people askWhat are foam sweets made of?Foam sweets like foam shrimps are made like marshmallow: sugar and syrup whipped full of air with gelatine. Some use pork gelatine, so check the label.
- How it is madeHow are marshmallows made?Marshmallows are sugar syrup whipped with gelatine or egg white until half air, then moulded in starch or extruded and cut. They began as a plant medicine.
- How it is madeHow are gummy sweets shaped?Gummy shapes are cast in starch, with a stamp pressing each shape into a tray of cornstarch for the hot gel, or poured into metal or silicone moulds.
- Diet, allergens and labelsGelatine in sweets explainedGelatine gives gummies and marshmallows their texture, and it melts below body temperature, which shapes how they feel in the mouth. Who avoids it.
- Questions people askIs Haribo made from pig?Standard Haribo Goldbears are made with pork gelatine, so they are not vegetarian, halal or kosher. Haribo makes halal and kosher versions.
- How it is madeWhat is starch moulding?Starch moulding shapes jelly sweets in trays of cornstarch: shapes are pressed in, hot syrup poured in, moisture drawn out, and the starch reused.