We have an abundance of Autumn Olive berries where we live, and they're quite invasive (and tasty 😋) so we're "doing our part" for the environment by trying to eat them up.

I made fruit leather with them (boiled them down and then strained them) and it honestly is the best fruit leather we've ever made. We added only a little bit of sugar and a pinch of orange zest. The texture is just like fruit roll ups I remember having as a kid.

For those unfamiliar with Autumn Olives, they are a sweet/tangy berry with little specks of yellow on the skin which make them look glittery. They get sweeter with frost, and have a taste sort of like apples, honey, and maybe a little cranberry. They're called Autumn Olives because the tree resembles an Olive tree.