No these are not cookies. This playdough recipe can be edible, but you just have to make sure you don’t put any chocolate that might go off in it, stick to cocoa powder and you’ll be fine! This chocolate playdough recipe makes an amazingly scented homemade playdough that your kids will love. It can even make a great gift! You may have to resist the temptation to eat it, but the smell is well work it and this playdough recipe is a fun project to do with kids. Chocolate playdough is the ultimate scratch and sniff! You can’t go wrong! Bundle it with gingerbread playdough and pumpkin playdough for a scratch and sniff playdough pack!
Chocolate Playdough Recipe
Ingredients for this chocolate playdough recipe:
- flour – 1.25 cups
- cocoa powder – 0.5 cups
- salt – 0.5 cups
- cream of tartar – 0.5 tbsp
- cooking oil – 1.5 tbsp
- water – 1 cup
Directions for this chocolate playdough recipe:
- Combine all try ingredients in a medium sized pot
- Mix dry ingredients until consistent
- Add water, oil, and cream of tartar and stir over low heat
- Continue stirring until mixtures takes on a dough like consistency
- Remove and place on wax paper
- Knead until dough is smooth and consistent
This scented playdough recipe is a great activity to do with kids and it will last as long as you keep it in an airtight container in the fridge. Remember that as good as this playdough smells, it is NOT edible playdough! It can be very tempting but it’s not a desert!
Absolutely great. My favorite playdough recipe. Chocolate playdough makes for the worlds best scratch and sniff. Love it!
Thx for the recipe!
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it! I like the gingerbread almost as much!
Hey there, I was reading your post and I just wanted to say thank you for putting out such great content. There is so much crap on the internet these days its difficult to find anything worthwhile. I actually have cooked this recipe before, I got this book last month on recommendation from a friend and it turned out really nice! I’m extremely eager to try your variation of it though, it looks excellent. I think you might enjoy those recipes, they’re very good. Thanks for the article and tips.
the recipe has identical ingredient to the edible recipe, trading chocolate for kool-aid – why can’t you eat it . add some sugar if you must.
We only say that because we are ensure what people will add to this one and sometimes of chocolate, unlike kool-aid, can go off quickly. We’ll adjust the recipe to make that more clear.
Thanks for your feedback!
Fabulous recipe! My 3 year old and I loved making and playing with this yummy smelling playdough! It was really easy to make, and I am planning on making a few batches to give as favors for my 2nd grader’s valentines party, because the last thing they need is more chocolate to eat! Can’t wait to try more of these out.
I actually made this for my older kids (nearly 7 years old and up), and we had a LOT of poop related humor about it because for some reason, ours looks like fresh poop. It was bad enough that we took a picture of it. It certainly smells great, though…
We tried several recipes from this site, but didn’t care for this one. It started drying out, forming a light colored crust almost as soon as it cooled. We’ll try adding a bit of oil and putting it in a bag to see if that helps.