Chocolate & Peanut Butter Playdough
I was searching online for a good chocolate playdough and I wasn’t very happy with any of the recipes (it seems like a lot of sites just copy the same play dough recipes from other sites). So I decided to make my own recipe up yesterday and for my first attempt I am very pleased. This recipe tastes great and is a good texture to play with BUT it really does look gross (like poop to be honest but the boys didn’t notice). I gave it to my boys on a plate and after a few minutes of playing with it I gave them mini M&Ms for decorating (eyes and spots). I have to confess that their favorite part was eating it so I didn’t take any pictures of their creations (but Janne below did in a post on her blog).
Here is the recipe, let me know how it works if you try it! I may tweak it next time I make it but here is exactly what I did and it came out yummy:
- 1 cup creamy peanut butter
- about 1 cup powdered sugar (I added 1/2 cup first and then added more to get the right consistency)
- 3 tablespoons dutch cocoa powder
- 3 tablespoons powdered milk (probably could have left it out or used more of it if you want less sugar but I find too much gives a grainy texture)
*I would only give it to the kids on plates because after they squished it and pounded it, it did stick to the plates a bit and I wouldn’t want it on my table. It didn’t stick to their hands though so you don’t have to worry about it being super sticky!
Here are my previous play dough posts:
Coffee playdough (my favorite I think)
Peanut butter playdough
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That sounds like something we will DEFINITELY have to try. Thanks!
And thank you for your birthday suggestions on my blog. Great ideas!
We tried it and the children loved it.
http://janne.cc/blog/2008/02/20/homemade-play-dough-fun/
I used dark dutch cocoa powder and I think thats why it wasn’t the best color! Regular cocoa powder makes a more appealing dough.
We may give this a try with sunbutter (made from sunflower seeds) instead of peanut butter since we have an allergic child. It could be fun to have a variety of stuff to decorate the creations like the mini M&M’s… coconut and chocolate chips and so on.
Thanks for posting this!