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Edible Slime Recipes

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Recipes for Slime You Can Eat

Slime is a gooey toy that you can buy in a store or make yourself. While nearly all slime is non-toxic, most types of slime are made from chemicals you really wouldn't want to eat. However, there are a few slime recipes that are good enough to eat. You can make these types of slime using kitchen ingredients, so you'll know the slime will be safe enough even for young kids to make, play with, or even eat.

Basic Edible Slime Recipe

Edible Slime in Any Color

This edible slime recipe produces a sweet slime that tastes somewhat like pudding. Add a few drops of food coloring to make the slime any color you want. You can add vanilla extract or another flavoring to give the slime a pleasant taste.

Edible Slime Ingredients

- 14 ounce can sweetened condensed milk
- 1 tablespoon corn starch
- food coloring (slime will be cream colored if you don't add any)
- flavoring (optional)

Edible Slime Recipe

  1. Heat together the milk and corn starch over low heat, stirring constantly.
  2. When the mixture thickens, remove the slime from heat and stir in coloring and flavoring.
  3. Allow the slime to cool before playing with it.
  4. Refrigerate slime if you aren't going to use it right away or if you want to store it after use.

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Chocolate Slime

Edible Chocolate-Flavored Slime Recipe

What could be better than chocolate slime? This edible slime will be a milk chocolate color and flavor.

Chocolate Slime Ingredients

- 14 ounce can sweetened condensed milk
- 1-1/2 tablespoons corn starch
- 2 tablespoons chocolate syrup

Chocolate Slime Recipe

  1. Heat the milk, corn starch, and chocolate syrup together over low heat, stirring constantly.
  2. When the mixture thickens, remove the slime from heat.
  3. Allow the slime to cool before using it.

Translucent Non-Sticky Edible Slime

Edjble SlimeThis edible slime recipe doesn't have much flavor, but it looks very pretty. This is a clear rubbery slime that you can color with food coloring. You can use the flavored Metamucil if you want a flavored slime or you can add a few drops of food-grade flavoring.

Edible Translucent Slime Ingredients

- 1 teaspoon Metamucil
- 1 cup (8 ounces) water
- food coloring (optional)

Edible Translucent Slime Recipe

  1. Mix the Metamucil and water together in a microwave-safe bowl. Add food coloring and flavor, if desired.
  2. Microwave the slime mixture on high power about 4 minutes or until the slime starts to bubble out of the bowl.
  3. Turn off the microwave. Stir the slime and return it to the microwave. Again, heat the slime until it starts to bubble out of the bowl.
  4. Turn off the microwave, stir the slime, and nuke it again. Repeat this step (maybe 5-6 microwave runs) until the slime is rubbery.
  5. The slime will be very hot! Carefully pour the slime onto a plate and allow it to cool.
  6. Once the slime is cool, enjoy playing with it!
  7. Store the slime in a sealed plastic bag.

Did You Make Edible Slime?

Did you try one of these edible slime recipes or do you know another recipe for edible slime? You're welcome to sign the Guestbook and let me know what you think

  • TWOnline2 Dec 15, 2010 @ 11:17 am | delete
    kids may like this
  • Serenity Sep 20, 2010 @ 5:49 pm | delete
    I made the one with metamucil and now its cooling
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