How to Make Candy Clay

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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
  • Flavoring (optional)
  • Bowl
  • Spoon
1

Pour powdered sugar into a bowl.

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2

Mix water with the powdered sugar.

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    Stir the ingredients together until combined.
3

Knead the ingredients together.

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4

Break the candy clay into four pieces.

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5

Add 2 drops onto each piece of candy clay.

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    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. If you wish, you can add flavoring extract for flavor.
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6

Shape the clay.

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7

Let the clay dry and harden.

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    Do I have to use powdered sugar?
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    Yes. Other sugars are too grainy, and will affect the consistency of the clay.
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    Will it still work if I use granulated sugar?
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    No. Granulated sugar will prevent the candy clay from being the correct consistency.
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    Mine is not stiffening into clay. It is very sticky too. What can I do?
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    Add more powdered sugar by the teaspoonful and mix thoroughly. You can also refrigerate it.
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