Edible Glitter?? Yes Please!If you scour Pinterest like I do, you may have stumbled upon a post that reads something like "Oh my God, I just died... DIY edible glitter". Well, I have to admit, my inner child screamed with joy when I read that. Then, I read the "recipe" and knowing what I know about baking and cooking, I was skeptical but I wanted to be hopeful. I had to put this to the test. You won't want to miss these results. People use what's known as "click bait" in the subject titles all the time just to get viewers to open their posts. Could this just be click bait? IS it possible to make edible glitter? I HAD to find out. The recipe called for 1/2 cup of sugar and 5-10 drops of food coloring. I used 1/4 cup of sugar and a few drops of food coloring because if this was a fail I didn't want to waste more ingredients than I needed to. The recipe then said to mix the sugar and food coloring, spread on a cookie sheet and bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes. Then, break up and bake another 10 minutes. Let's give it a shot! I wasn't sure exactly how this was going to work. Heat makes sugar melt. Would it miraculously make it shiny first? I didn't think so... It melted... Into a mess... I'm glad I put the sugar on top of some aluminum foil or I would have had a ruined cookie sheet on my hands. I let the "glitter" mess cool and then I broke it up. I tried grinding some into small glitter- sized pieces and while it is slightly reflective, I can safely say this is NOT home made edible glitter. All is not lost however. This could be useful in some of your decorating. If you use blue food coloring this could be ice or water. This would also nice geode shards for geode cakes, which are extremely popular now. I will continue my quest for DIY edible glitter and keep you posted if and when I am successful. Just goes to show, I guess you can't believe everything you read on the internet.
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Phyllis
3/27/2019 01:50:47 pm
I'm am also disheartened by this...
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Kelly Smith
3/27/2019 02:13:00 pm
Don't worry, I am working hard on a successful recipe!
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