According to no lesser authority than the BBC, melted gummy bear jelly is a fail. Frozen gummy bears ... you can use something more flavorful than water to steep them in. Lemon-lime soda seems to be ...

As user Kat Chao explains in her viral tutorial, the recipe involves submerging Haribo-brand gummy bears in a container filled with the aforementioned soda pop ... be like a jelly on the inside.” ...