Violet Jelly

Jelly made out of flowers? Yes, you heard me right. A small purple flower can be used to make a delicious jelly:

We've had some lovely weather here in Minnesota the past few days, and the back field is full of violets.

They are one of my favorite springtime flowers.

My camera doesn't take very good closeups, so here is a picture I found on the Internet!
Click to go to their page

This is a Common Blue Violet, (you can view the Wikipedia page here) but every violet is edible.

I remembered reading once about how violets are edible and are used to make syrups and jellies, so I searched it up on the amazing Internet and found a recipe, that I revised a little after some trial and error.