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Edible Slime from Starburst Candy

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Have you gotten into the slime fun that’s going on? There are so many fun ways to create slime and we have tried many of them. I thought it would be really fun, though to make a non-toxic edible slime that is taste-safe. This is an edible Starburst Slime! Yup- it is made from candy. Yum, right?!?! Who wouldn’t want to make some rainbow, stretchy, gooey and completely edible slime from Starburst candies? It’s a sensory play experience like no other. See even more edible slime recipes.

Edible Slime with Starburst Candies

The Starburst slime is stretchy and pretty sticky. It is more clay-like in consistency and works best to play with when it is a little warm. It is easy to make, but does need some adult supervision since cooking is involved. This edible slime only has 3 ingredients! If you have ever made homemade marshmallow fondant for cake decorating, it is a LOT like that.

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How to Make Edible Starburst Slime:

Ingredients

Instructions:

Gather materials. You will want a couple of small glass bowls and a pot of water to cook on the stove (or a microwave). Divide the Starburst candies by color or flavor and unwrap. Place each color into a small glass bowl.

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Mix ¼ cup of powdered sugar (or icing sugar) with ¼ cup of cornstarch or cornflour.

Boil a pot of water and place the glass bowl into the pot to melt the Starburst candies. (Making it like a double boiler). Stir regularly to prevent burning. Once melted, remove from heat. You can also do it in the microwave for 2 – 30 second increments, stirring in between.

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Turn onto a surface dusted with the cornstarch and powdered sugar mixture. Wait about five minutes until cooled. It can burn you at this point, so REALLY be careful! Warn your younger children to not touch quite yet.

Knead the melted candy with the powdered sugar mixture. Be sure to pull it and stretch it as you knead to let a lot of air into it. This will help it to be less sticky and a more stretchy texture.

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Now it is time to play! This stuff is so much fun! Make sure to wash their hands first if they want to eat their Starburst slime. My kids wanted to immediately mix all of the colors and see how it looked. (If you got different varieties of starbursts, this could easily be a rainbow slime!)

Edible Slime from Starburst Candy

Make an fun stretchy edible slime made from Starburst candy! You can play with it and eat it!

  • 1 bag Starburst
  • 1/4 cup Powdered Sugar
  • 1/4 cup Corn Starch
  1. Mix together corn starch and powdered sugar
  2. Unwrap the candies and divide by color into separate bowls.
  3. Microwave each color for 30 seconds at a time stirring between, until melted.
  4. Turn onto a surface dusted with the cornstarch and powdered sugar mixture. Wait about five minutes until cooled. It can burn you at this point, so REALLY be careful!
  5. Knead the melted candy with the powdered sugar mixture. Be sure to pull it and stretch it as you knead to let a lot of air into it. This will help it to be less sticky and more stretchy.

This is only soft and stretchy while warm, so it has a short play time. Make sure hands are clean when playing so eating is ok.

IF IT LASTS, you can store it in a sealed container for a few days. Kids of all ages (and some adults) will love this!

How does it work? There is some science behind it. When the candy is melted and then kneaded, air bubbles are incorporated into the candy ( like taffy), making it lighter and stretchier.

Grab the Edible Slime recipe book: It has marshmallow slime recipes, a gummy bear slime recipe, and more!

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28 Comments

  1. I tried this and the slime just got hard as it cooled. Never got less sticky. The more I kneaded and stretched it and added the corn starch/powdered sugar mixture, the harder it got. Are you supposed to add all the mixture? Or just some to make less sticky?

  2. My kids loved this! We made this in microwave safe bowls…it took less than a minute for each color. Make sure and spray the bowls and spoon with Pam, it made it much easier to pour the melted starburst onto the cornstarch/powdered sugar mixture, and therefore less mess. It does harden as it cools, but as she says you can pop it back in the microwave to soften it out.

  3. Does anyone know how long/well it stores for? Like if I make it now and put it in a Tupperware will it flatten and harden out right away?

  4. It all started at the gas station after watching a video do someone making edible starburst slime. We got some starburst and some cornstarch off the pennies in our pocket in the hopes of getting away from the troubles in our lives and having some fun. Little did we know this would be the worst mistake of our lives. At about 10 we began the process on the stove but eventually switched to the microwave. After almost exploding the microwave we let it sit for 5 minutes and began the process. Not only was it sizzling the skin off of my fingers but it was also still solid. Yes we messed up the cornstarch and sugar amount but still let’s not acknowledge that. While the skin was sizzling off of my fingers my friends nose started to drip a eerie crimson liquid into the “slime”. blood. So as we you can guess we ended with a hardened rock of doom which contained our deceased hopes and dreams. The kitchen? long gone. The bowls we used? gone forever. As I sit retelling this trauma my friend sit next to me crying while bleeding knawing on what was supposed to be “Starburst Edible Slime” but ended as the worst night of our lives.

  5. That’s exactly how we made our edible Starburst slime, but we only used Starburst and powdered sugar. We also didn’t have enough Starburst, so we had tiny batches for three of us…

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