Edible Peanut Butter Playdough

Name: Edible Peanut Butter Playdough
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Ingredients: 1 cup smooth peanut butter (✅); 1 cup powdered sugar; 2 tablespoons sweetened condensed milk (✅)

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This homemade edible play dough recipe has just 3 ingredients, is simple to make and has a super smooth texture just like the store-bought variety. The best part?! This version is delicious to eat! Gluten-free.

Kids have so much fun creating, playing and eating peanut butter playdough. It is a great craft (and snack) for slumber parties, birthdays or as an after-school and summertime activity.

As parents, we can all be thankful for this stress-free play dough recipe as it is completely safe to eat. Whether kids are licking their fingers or eating the actual playdough, there is no need to worry. Our homemade peanut butter playdough was created with both kids and parents in mind!

This recipe can be made with or without the help of your kids. Using minimal equipment and ingredients you likely already have on hand, edible peanut butter playdough can be created any time of the day or week.

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Equipment

medium-sized mixing bowl
stir spoon
measuring cups and spoons
cookie cutters, rolling pin, and other kid-safe kitchen tools

Ingredients

1 cup smooth peanut butter
1 cup powdered sugar
2 tablespoons sweetened condensed milk

ingredients for peanut butter play dough stirred together

peanut butter play dough on a countertop

How To Make

This recipe is super easy to make is ready in just 5 minutes. Once you have the equipment and ingredients, follow the simple step-by-step instructions to create homemade peanut butter playdough.

Add ingredients to a bowl

Add the peanut butter, powdered sugar, and sweetened condensed milk to a mixing bowl. Then, stir until well combined.

Mix It Up: Use almond, cashew or any other nut butter instead of peanut butter.

Remove from bowl and use

Place the peanut butter playdough onto a clean surface and use your hands to finish blending. The play dough is ready to go once all the powdered sugar has been mixed in.

Kids can then roll the dough out with a rolling pin or their hands. Using their fingers, cookie cutters or other playdough toys, kids can get creative molding and creating shapes.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can you make a nut free play dough?

Absolutely, simply swap the peanut butter for sun flower butter for a nut-free alternative.

How to store leftovers?

Store in an air tight container or ziplock bag in the fridge.

How to fix crumbly peanut butter play dough?

Peanut butter play dough can become crumbly especially if storing leftovers to use at a later date. If you notice your playdough has dried out, knead 1-2 teaspoons of water into the dough.

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CKC Features both Gluten-Free Guidance and Kids Cooking Instructions: If you’re new to eating gluten-free we understand it’s overwhelming trying to figure out which foods may contain gluten and which ones don’t. All of our gluten-free recipes marked with this symbol ✅ represent foods that need to be checked for gluten or cross-contamination.

The ⭐️ symbol in the recipe below denotes the steps in which kid cooks may need a helper (depending on age). If there is no ⭐️ symbol, that step (or recipe) doesn’t require a helper.

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