How to Make Candy Clay

Candy clay is a delicious treat. It is ideal for little tots who love the shapes you can make from it and it's just as awesome for sleepovers, especially if colored to the sleepover theme. You can even use it in your personal baking and confectionary projects! With a few simple, at-home ingredients, you can whip up this sweet treat or decoration in a matter of minutes.

Ingredients

4 cups (500 g; 1 lb 1.7 oz) powdered sugar (confectioner's sugar or icing sugar)
4 tablespoons of water
Food coloring
Bowl
Spoon

1

Pour powdered sugar into a bowl.

Place the 4 cups (500 g; 1 lb 1.7 oz) of powdered sugar into a bowl.

2

Mix water with the powdered sugar.

Pour the 4 US tbsp (59 mL) of water into the bowl with the powdered sugar. Stir the ingredients together until combined.

3

Knead the ingredients together.

Knead the candy clay until it turns soft and clay-like.

4

Break the candy clay into four pieces.

Make sure the pieces are all evenly-sized.

5

Add 2 drops onto each piece of candy clay.

Mix the food coloring in with the spoon. You can use any color of food coloring that you'd like.
- If you don't want to use food coloring, you can use vanilla extract for a cream color, a small sprinkling of liquid made with cocoa powder for brown/chocolate brown or a little fruit juice for a red, orange, yellow, etc., depending on which juice you've used. Note that these will also flavor the candy clay.

6

Shape the clay.

Make the clay into any shape you want.

7

Let the clay dry and harden.

The candy clay is ready to be eaten once it has hardened.

Community Q&A

Question

Do I have to use powdered sugar?

Community Answer

Yes. Other sugars are too grainy, and will affect the consistency of the clay.
Question

Will it still work if I use granulated sugar?

Community Answer

No. Granulated sugar will prevent the candy clay from being the correct consistency.
Question

Mine is not stiffening into clay. It is very sticky too. What can I do?

Caeiia

Top Answerer

Add more powdered sugar by the teaspoonful and mix thoroughly. You can also refrigerate it.

Warnings

Be sure everyone who plays with the clay has clean hands.

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Do not mix the food coloring in with your hands because the coloring will dye them.

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Don't plan to eat a whole batch by yourself! You wouldn't feel too good after ingesting several cups of sugar at once.

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