Are you interested in creating an edible Halloween slime with beautiful Fall colors, a pliable texture, and a sweet taste, making it a captivating activity that ignites imagination and provides a memorable playtime experience for your little one? We have a special slime treat recipe for you and your little helper!
Contents
- What is Edible Candy Corn Slime?
- What You’ll Need for Edible Candy Corn Slime
- How to Make It
- How Can You Play With It?
- A Few Important Notes About This Edible Slime
- Final Thoughts on Candy Corn Slime
What is Edible Candy Corn Slime?
This slime is entirely edible and has the colors of the beloved Halloween classic, candy corn. It’s stretchy (for a food-based slime), does not include marshmallows (thank goodness), and does not require heat! You only need a few simple ingredients that you probably already have and a few minutes to mix up this Fall-encompassing concoction.
What You’ll Need for Edible Candy Corn Slime
- Sweetened condensed milk 3/4 cup total (1/4 cup in each bowl)
- Powdered sugar, confectioners sugar, or icing sugar (they are all the same) 1 cup + 2 Tablespoons (spooned and leveled)
- Food Coloring (yellow and orange)
- Oil 1 tablespoon + 1/4 teaspoon. I used canola oil.
- Candy Corn Any amount you’d like. It technically isn’t a necessary ingredient; however, it is candy corn slime, and it adds to the aesthetics. It also incorporates an additional dimension to the texture.
How to Make It
- To begin, divide the sweetened condensed milk into three separate bowls and mix in the food coloring. At this stage, the “white” color may appear slightly more ivory than pure white, but adding powdered sugar will help.
- In each bowl, mix 1/2 cup of powdered sugar until thoroughly blended. To avoid creating a mess, I added the powdered sugar in two steps to make the process less overwhelming.
- Add the remaining powdered sugar and oil (except for 1/4 teaspoon) to the mixture. The slime may still be slightly sticky at this stage, but it will form into a shapeable blob.
- Knead it on the counter and add the remaining oil until it no longer sticks to your hands. I also kept spraying oil nearby to use as needed, but any oil would do the trick.
- Then, twist and pull the colors together to combine them. If you’re using candy corn, you can add it before or after combining the colors. As a reminder, the more you manipulate the slime, the more the colors blend together and create a single color.
A Few Helpful Tips
- You may require additional powdered sugar or oil to achieve the desired consistency. Overusing powdered sugar can result in dough instead of slime. The aim is to attain a magical texture that is both moldable and has a slight melting effect when not being manipulated, similar to oobleck. This slime may be stickier than traditional glue and boric acid-based slimes, but it has a pleasant texture and is edible.
- You can make each batch of slime one after the other, which I did, or all simultaneously. If you make them separately, cover each blob with plastic wrap while working on the next one. The slime’s surface may become slightly dry if exposed to air without being manipulated with hands.
- If you have a bench scraper, this makes transferring the slime MUCH easier, especially if it sticks to the counter when left for a few minutes.
How Can You Play With It?
Enjoy candy corn slime just like you would traditional slime. While it may lack that extreme stretchiness, it smells incredible AND is safe to eat. If your little one feels like trying a bite, that’s okay! Meli and Xander had a lot of fun trying to pick out the candy corn to eat. To each their own! Now, if chocolate had been hidden inside, I would have happily joined the fun also.
Encourage your little one to create make-believe desserts such as ice cream, cake, pie, cookies, and more. Our sweet treat-themed Coloring Cookbook has a cutout sugar cookie recipe that is PERFECT for this activity! OR our breakfast-themed Coloring Cookbook has a pancake recipe that would be an amusing, dramatic play idea for this sweet activity!
Show your kiddo how the slime can change its viscosity like oobleck, a non-Newtonian fluid. It will become more viscous or stiff if you apply more force. Conversely, if you use less pressure, it will become less dense (that melting effect). The response is more subtle than oobleck, but it’s noticeable! Science plus play is my favorite combination!
A Few Important Notes About This Edible Slime
Please remember that while this activity is entirely edible, it is moldable sugar. I have to remind my little ones only to take tastes and not to devour it to avoid tummy aches.
To avoid any potential staining from the food coloring and stickiness of the slime, I put a smock on Meli and Xander, just in case. I didn’t want to take any chances. I suggest wearing clothes you don’t mind getting messy or a smock to be on the safe side.
After your little one finishes playing, store the leftover candy corn slime in an airtight container or a sealed bag. Since it is food-based, you should discard it after 2-3 days. I repurpose frosting tubs and large yogurt containers into leftover sensory play storage, which works perfectly. I even line the inside with plastic wrap or just keep it in a baggie to make it easier to pull out sticky materials at once, and it leaves less cleanup for me! These recycled containers have worked perfectly for our leftover sticky slime, stretchy slime, and edible playdough.
Also, avoid discarding large amounts in your sink because it could cause a blockage. The best course of action is to save it or pitch it in the trash when finished.
Final Thoughts on Candy Corn Slime
We hope your little one found this edible sensory activity as enjoyable as our kiddos. Please share your thoughts, questions, or experience with this candy corn slime in the comment section below. We would love to hear your feedback! What is your little one’s favorite edible slime recipe?
Are you interested in other taste-safe slime recipes? Check out fiber slime and oobleck. Take a look at Sensory Activities for more hands-on entertainment beyond slime. Also, take a look at our DIY Sensory Table for an easy and thrifty activity center you can make in less than an hour.
