How to Make Edible Sand

Last Updated: December 24, 2020

Edible sand makes a great topping and decoration on cakes, cupcakes, ice cream, and pudding. It can also be played with or used as a decoration for parties. It adds a nice touch to beach-themed events or desserts, and luckily making a batch is easy and takes less than ten minutes.

Makes: 3-5 cups

Ingredients

Graham Cracker Edible Sand ^{[1]
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8 whole graham crackers
½ chocolate graham cracker
¼ cup (50 grams) white sugar

Cookie Edible Sand ^{[2]
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8 light-colored cookies or biscuits (e.g Oreos, sugar cookies, etc.)
¼ cup (50 grams) brown sugar

Nuts Edible Sand ^{[3]
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5 cups almonds
3 cups walnuts

Cake Edible Sand ^{[4]
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3-5 cups leftover cake scraps
¼ cup white sugar
¼ cup brown sugar

Cornmeal Edible Sand

½ cup cornmeal
¼ tablespoon water
2 envelopes of yellow Kool-Aid or similar powdered juice packets

Method 1

Method 1 of 5:

Graham Cracker Edible Sand

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Blend the chocolate and whole graham crackers in a food processor. Blend on high speed for about a minute or two, until the graham crackers resemble the consistency of sand.
- You can also crumble the crackers by placing them in a Ziploc bag and whacking it with a rolling pin. This process takes a little more effort but it works just as well.
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Stir in the sugar with a mixing utensil. If necessary, add extra sugar to make the sand lighter in color.
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The edible sand can be used for desserts (e.g cakes, pudding, cookies, etc.), decoration, or playing. Enjoy!

Method 2

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Cookie Edible Sand

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Blend the cookies in a food processor. Blend on high speed for about a minute or two, until the cookies resemble the consistency of sand.
- You can also crumble the cookies by placing them in a Ziploc bag and whacking it with a rolling pin. This process takes a little more effort but it works just as well.
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Stir in the sugar with a mixing utensil. If necessary, add extra sugar to make the sand darker in color.
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Method 3

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Nuts Edible Sand

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Blend the almonds in a food processor. Blend on high speed for about a minute or two, until the almonds resemble the consistency of sand.
- At this stage, you are welcomed to use the grounded almonds as your edible sand if you don't mind the pale color it resembles.
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Blend on high speed for about a minute or two, until the walnuts resemble the consistency of sand.
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Stir with a mixing utensil.
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Method 4

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Cake Edible Sand

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The scraps should be dry and slightly crunchy.
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Blend on high speed for about a minute or two, until the cake resembles the consistency of sand.
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Method 5

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