This Superfood Edible Glitter is SUPER exciting!!

This is an easy project that will delight your little ones not only while decorating your holiday cookies but also watching kitchen science at work.

Made from simple ingredients and super foods these edible glitters are a great way to add shimmer and shine to your desserts and more.

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Be prepared to wow your friends and family with Trim Healthy treats that glitter and pop at the local cookie exchange. I love taking these Coconut Flour Rolled Sugar Cookies to cookie exchanges so let the decorating fun begin!! 

How I Used Super Food Powders

One of my favorite things about the Trim Healthy Mama Plan is that it makes me think outside the box and away from processed foods.

I have been accumulating a bunch of different super food powders to add to things like my Yuck Yum Bitty from the Trim Healthy Table Cookbook, smoothies and more. 

So when this idea popped in my head I thought hey why not use those same powders with all of their health benefits to make some edible glitter.

You only need a small amount of things like this beet powder (seriously only 1/4 tsp) to get a beautiful ruby red shade. 

For the Deep Green I used 1/4 tsp of this spirulina powder (blue spirulina will give you an electric blue color).

The Yellow/Gold was 1/4 tsp of ground Turmeric.

The Rose Pink is ground freeze dried strawberries (freeze dried raspberries will give you a fuchsia). 

My Light Green was made with kale powder.

Using Gelatin As The Base

I used THM Just Gelatin as the base for these superfood edible glitters, but you can also use a different brand if you choose (each batch would equate to 1 packet of knox unflavored gelatin)

Why I Did Not Add Sweetener To This Edible Glitter

Many times sweets that are made with alternative sweeteners can be over sweetened when we dust them with colored sweeteners, this superfood edible glitter allows you to get the pretty decorations without adding too much sweetener which can make your baked goods taste a bit off to some people.

Feel Free to add sweetener if you like but it really is not needed as the small amounts of edible glitter that are used for decorating don’t really need it.

You can also mix your sweetener with this edible glitter in equal parts to help stretch it over larger batches of cookies.

This Recipe is Easily Scale-able 

I chose to make this an extremely small batch recipe so that those mama’s that choose to make small batches of cookies are not over loaded with extra glitter.

Let’s face it many of us have cramped cupboards as it is, so no need to take up valuable space with something that you may not use daily.

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Superfood Edible Glitter Recipe
 

5 from 1 reviews

Superfood Edible Glitter

 

Author: judy

Nutrition Information

• Serves: 16

• Serving size: ½ tsp
• Calories: 0

• Fat: 0g
• Carbohydrates: 0g
• Fiber: 0g
• Protein: 0g
• Cholesterol: 0mg

Recipe type: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Prep time:  10 mins

Total time:  10 mins

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Superfood Edible Glitter to bring your healthy desserts to life with shimmer and sparkle.

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon THM Just Gelatin
• 2 tablespoons water
• ¼ teaspoon ground beet powder

Instructions

1. Dissolve Gelatin in water and allow to bloom.
2. Heat gelatin mixture for 10 seconds in microwave or on top the stove in a double boiler until liquified.
3. Mix Superfood powder into gelatin mixture and skim the foam from the top.
4. Pour onto a silicone mat and spread thinly.
5. Allow to dry for 24 hours.
6. Cut sheets of gelatin to fit within a coffee grinder.
7. Process in coffee grinder until a fine powder.
8. Sift powder through a sieve and place into storage jars.
9. To use:
10. Sprinkle on top of icings, cookies and more to add a beautiful healthy glimmer.

Notes

How To Make Other Colors:
For the Deep Green I used ¼ tsp of this spirulina powder (blue spirulina will give you an electric blue color).

The Yellow/Gold was ¼ tsp of ground Turmeric.

The Rose Pink is ground freeze dried strawberries (freeze dried raspberries will give you a fuchsia).

My Light Green was made with kale powder.

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