Of all the playdough recipe variations we make I think this chocolate playdough recipe smells the best. We usually make a no cook playdough recipe, as it’s the quickest and easiest to make, but this time we went with a cooked recipe. Here’s our version of an easy chocolate playdough, with some serving suggestions to go with it.
Easy chocolate playdough recipe
Ingredients:
2 cups of water
1 1/2 cups of plain flour
1/2 cup of cocoa
1 cup of salt
2 tablespoons of vegetable oil
1 1/2 tablespoons of cream of tartar
Stir up all the ingredients in a saucepan, over a low heat, until the dough forms. Allow the playdough to cool and then you’re ready to play.
This makes a dark chocolate coloured playdough with a great smell. If you’d like to make it milder just use more flour and less cocoa, making sure you use 2 cups of the flour/cocoa combination in total. The playdough looks and smells good enough to eat, but of course it isn’t, so make sure the children understand this dough is only pretend.
How to play with your chocolate playdough
We set up a cupcake bakery, using:
:: pretty cupcake liners and dainty doilies
:: beads and foil confetti shapes, served up using sugar tongs (which were declared ‘posh’)
:: birthday candles
You can find our basic playdough recipe along with a non cook playdough version and an easy bread recipe, plus lots of ideas for ways to play with playdough, by downloading our Let’s Play Dough book.
And you might also like:
:: Cinnamon playdough and leaf printing
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These look good enough to eat! What fun it would be to put them together.
Ohhh I love this idea – now to save it until J understands that playdough can’t be eatten (we’re having issues with store brought stuff at the moment).
Oh these look so pretty and yummy!
This literally looks good enough to eat! Thanks for the recipe!
Another wonderful play dough idea!!! Thank you!
Nom nom nom! Nothing quite like playdough cupcakes. I think we need to go and make some more!!!! Yours look fabulous and pretty
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Maggy
What a fun craft, and great party activity! Thanks for sharing! ~April
These look delicious, although I know I shouldn’t eat them. I think this might be a fun activity for my daughters upcoming birthday party. Thanks for sharing on Monday Madness!
We also made chocolate play dough this week, its a great activity!
Love how you made little cupcakes and decorated with sequins, we’ll have to try that next!
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WHAT A GREAT IDEA!!!
I hve an almost 2 year old, who would LOVE this. Have bookmarked!
Such a fun way to play! Love it.
They look great! and I bet smell a lot better than my garlic play dough! I think my 3 would try to eat it though
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oh, I can just imagine how heavenly this smells!!!!!
Thanks for sharing on last week’s Sunday Showcase. I hope to see you share more of your fun ideas this week.
Bern
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This what’ll be doing tomorrow afternoon.Thanks!
Hope you have lots of fun with it Aly.
We made this today, it was excellent, I had no sequins so we used real cake sprinkles! I was quite impressed J (now 2 and a half) didn’t try eating it!
Hi Kylie – so pleased you gave it a try and enjoyed it!
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Lovely Lindsey! Smells good doesn’t it?
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