Comments on: how to draw on food… ending the confusion about edible writers http://thedecoratedcookie.com/2011/06/how-to-draw-on-food-ending-the-confusion-about-edible-writers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-draw-on-food-ending-the-confusion-about-edible-writers Decorated cookies, painted marshmallows and other crafty sweets Fri, 24 May 2013 18:08:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: meaghanmountford http://thedecoratedcookie.com/2011/06/how-to-draw-on-food-ending-the-confusion-about-edible-writers/#comment-35256 meaghanmountford Fri, 29 Mar 2013 13:17:57 +0000 http://thedecoratedcookie.com/how-to-draw-on-food-ending-the-confusion-about-edible-writers/#comment-35256 Wait, Wilton has new food writers that work on candy melts??? I’ve GOT to try them. I haven’t. My guess would be they would work on fondant and marshmallows, too. I’ll see if I can find some and try them. Thanks for the tips!

]]> By: Hope's Creative Cookies http://thedecoratedcookie.com/2011/06/how-to-draw-on-food-ending-the-confusion-about-edible-writers/#comment-35242 Hope's Creative Cookies Thu, 28 Mar 2013 23:58:59 +0000 http://thedecoratedcookie.com/how-to-draw-on-food-ending-the-confusion-about-edible-writers/#comment-35242 Have you tried the new Wiltons Food-Writers that are specially designed to work on their candy melts? I would appreciate your opinion on them. Do they truly work well on the candy melts? Do they work on the fondant and marshmallows, like the normal food writers? Any light you can shed on the subject would be fantastic.

]]> By: meaghanmountford http://thedecoratedcookie.com/2011/06/how-to-draw-on-food-ending-the-confusion-about-edible-writers/#comment-20757 meaghanmountford Wed, 10 Oct 2012 23:11:24 +0000 http://thedecoratedcookie.com/how-to-draw-on-food-ending-the-confusion-about-edible-writers/#comment-20757 Hi Shalom,
Yep, I know exactly what you mean. Some surfaces take the food coloring-as-paint (you can also dilute a bit with alcohol, vodka is best, as it evaporates, though I just use a couple drops of water). For example, fondant that has stiffened a bit and royal icing that has totally dried takes food coloring paint very well. But candy melts don’t. There are just too many oils/fats in them. It’s also difficult to use an edible writer on cake pops dipped in candy melts, though it can be done, as evidenced by the jillions of cake pops online that have been decorated with edible writers. When I draw on cake pops, I use a good edible writer (such as Americolor Gourmet Writers), draw on them sparingly (such as just dots for eyes or a smile), and use the tip of the marker. If you want to TRY painting on cake pops with food coloring, the craft store carries another Wilton brand of food coloring called candy colors. They come in sets of 4 in little tubs that look like the concentrated gel pastes, but it’s special food coloring for chocolate and candy melts that don’t react with the fats. I’ve not tried to paint on chocolate or candy melts with it, but if any food coloring works at all, that would be it.

Hope this helps! Thanks!

]]> By: Shalom http://thedecoratedcookie.com/2011/06/how-to-draw-on-food-ending-the-confusion-about-edible-writers/#comment-20755 Shalom Wed, 10 Oct 2012 22:32:52 +0000 http://thedecoratedcookie.com/how-to-draw-on-food-ending-the-confusion-about-edible-writers/#comment-20755 Hi Meaghan, very informative post! I recently tried my hand at cake pops. I’d planned to paint designs on them after the candy melt coating had set. But the paint wouldn’t stay on … it just kind of separated and formed individual droplets. I used a standard Wilton gel paste, tried diluting it with lemon juice first, and then just the paste by itself, but it didn’t work. Any ideas? Thanks!

]]> By: meaghanmountford http://thedecoratedcookie.com/2011/06/how-to-draw-on-food-ending-the-confusion-about-edible-writers/#comment-20626 meaghanmountford Thu, 04 Oct 2012 17:40:24 +0000 http://thedecoratedcookie.com/how-to-draw-on-food-ending-the-confusion-about-edible-writers/#comment-20626 Hi Natinha! Unless the markers are specifically for food, made with food coloring, I wouldn’t use them on edibles even if they say non-toxic. Unless of course, the food is for decoration only and not to be eaten! Oh, what a wonderful world if we could, though, given the detail you could achieve with real markers!

]]>