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post #1 of 8
10/31/12 at 9:19am
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I found these beautiful cupcakes and love the sparkle. Can anyone tell me how this was done and what was used?

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post #2 of 8
11/20/12 at 1:07pm

Have you heard of  disco dust? I've never used it myself but I see it often around the net. 

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post #3 of 8
11/20/12 at 1:20pm

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! That's 10 tons of plastic right there. I mean, that cupcake is dipped straight into a pile of it. Yuch! Disco Dust should be used sparingly on items that won't be eaten only.

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post #4 of 8
11/20/12 at 1:20pm

Hopefully that was just done for pictures and no one actually ate that.icon_confused.gif

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post #5 of 8
11/21/12 at 6:33pm
For an alternative to some of the glitters out there which can sometimes be called edible but are really just non-toxic (meaning that although not what we would call edible they will just pass through your system) you could use sanding sugar which would give you a sparkly look but is safer to eat. I'm not actually a fan of sanding sugar, I don't like the crunchiness, but it would give you a sparkly alternative. Perhaps if you ground it down a bit it could give the sparkle without too much crunch - not sure, never tried it, just thinking out loud. You can get some totally natural edible glitters - just do a bit of a Google search for them. You may have to buy them online but they are out there.
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post #6 of 8
12/8/12 at 12:38pm

this is called edible glitter :)

you can get it from most cake shops

it is edible, but im not sure if it the healthiest thing 

hope this helped! 

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post #7 of 8
12/8/12 at 7:39pm
Not to mention whoever eats that will have tons of glitter coming out their other in the next day....never eating something with that stuff on it . It's meant for decoration on things that are edible but not eaten like fondant. I wouldn't want to give people a bunch of plastic to eat. I know a cupcake shop around here who has surrounded her business on using disco dust on all her stuff....not good and the customers have no idea.
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post #8 of 8
12/8/12 at 9:17pm

Edible glitter cannot give that effect.  You will get some glittering effect but NOT the example showed.

As was mentioned it most likely is disco dust OR crystle/sanding sugar.  Either of the latter will give the cupcakes an unpleasent  crunchyness.

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