I just opened my 5 lb bucket of BLACK Fondarific.
At first I was intimidated by the huge coating of shortening in the bag, but I took the whole out of the bag, rubbed off excess shorteneing, popped it in the micro for 30 secs and it was SOOO easy to knead!
It's soft but not sticky and it tastes so much better than any other pre-packaged fondant I've tried.
I couldn't stand black SI because it was so crumbly, dried so fast, and dried with matte finish that made it look dull. Sweet Inspirations black was way too soft and sticky.
I haven't let Fondarific dry yet, but I love the ease with which it is to work with so much that I can deal with it if it's also too matte.
JACKIE, HEATH... get some in the store! 
I got my sample pack but haven't really played yet. I had my son try all the different flavors that came in it when it arrived. The only other fondant he's tried was Wilton (yuck!) and he HATED that. He liked Fondarific's buttercream flavor best.
Happy to hear it tastes good and is easy to work with!
Chrisy
cmyoung5 what do you get in the sample pack?
It had 5 different flavors: buttercream, vanilla, chocolate, grape, and lemon. I keep meaning to make some sugar cookies to try them out on, but my oven is acting up 
, so it'll have to wait until I get it fixed.
You can go to www.fonderific.com and order away.
I have tried the buttercreme and cherry (RED) it is AWESOME!!!! They are brilliant and I think fondant would be great for cupcakes and cookies. Maybe small cakes since they come in small amounts.
Just my opinion. ; )
You can go to www.fonderific.com and order away.
I have tried the buttercreme and cherry (RED) it is AWESOME!!!! They are brilliant and I think fondant would be great for cupcakes and cookies. Maybe small cakes since they come in small amounts.
Just my opinion. ; )
I clicked on your link and the site that came up sells countertops. Am I missing something 
Jibbies
I think it's a neat concept.. and the flavors are good.. on their own.. but when you pair them with cake they can be odd. You really have to design your cake around the flavor of the fondant. The fruity ones anyway. If you have a chocolate cake.. and you want to cover it in green fondant.. well melon and chocolate don't pair so nicely.. it defeats the purpose of pre-colored fondant IMHO (unless you have a cake that pairs well with melon because if you want it to be a nice neutral covering.. you have to color their vanilla or buttercream fondant. The buttercream fondant was okay, but the colored ones.. no thanks. Too much flavor.. I want a fondant that will blend in with the cake I make.. not stick compete with it.
I have had the same problem with satin ice being crumbly. Not always, but some batches are just not good.
question for those that have tried this: If I want to roll small polka dots of
yellow (lemon) into red background (cherry) will those two fondant "flavors"
taste weird? I did go to the website and I am thinking of ordering the sample pack...but would like your feedback first on "mixing" of the flavors.
Thanks!
is the sample pack something you order off of their site? I can't seem to find it ..
It BETTER be good! I don't make enough cakes to buy in bulk, and retail on this stuff is high!
IS IT WORTH IT?
I have only liked the taste of MMF, but found it sticky or easy to tear when it was soft, and I need soft! It became overworked easily and changed texture with color...........I just hate the hard stuff................HATE working with it.
So, Is the worth the cost? Is it that good?
I think lemon and cherry would taste good together, kinda like cherry lemonade. But I've never tried these fondant flavors, so I'm not sure. Hopefully someone who has tried them can help =)
I think it's a neat concept.. and the flavors are good.. on their own.. but when you pair them with cake they can be odd. You really have to design your cake around the flavor of the fondant. The fruity ones anyway. If you have a chocolate cake.. and you want to cover it in green fondant.. well melon and chocolate don't pair so nicely.. it defeats the purpose of pre-colored fondant IMHO (unless you have a cake that pairs well with melon because if you want it to be a nice neutral covering.. you have to color their vanilla or buttercream fondant. The buttercream fondant was okay, but the colored ones.. no thanks. Too much flavor.. I want a fondant that will blend in with the cake I make.. not stick compete with it.
I have had the same problem with satin ice being crumbly. Not always, but some batches are just not good.
I thought they offered their buttercream and vanilla flavors in a variety of colors, such as red, blue, yellow, green, and black.
Then you wouldn't have to worry about the flavors competing with the flavor of the cake.
But some of the flavors may make interesting combinations. The lemon on a sugar cookie sounds yummy, and I do find myself wondering how the chocolate cherry flavor would taste with chocolate cake.
ohmy. now I see how it works. you click on the shopping cart first, then you click on the colored dots under the buttercream or vanilla flavors. that's pretty neat. a little unusual, but I figured it out!
I got the white buttercream, the chocolate and the sample pak.
I hope you guys have better luck with it than i did, I found it INCREDIBLY hard to work with. I used the buttercream and dyed it pale pale pink, it was so soft and sicky and tore to pieces when I tried to cover a 9 inch round cake with it. It stuck to my blue mat even with cornstarch or shortening, I tried both.
Also, the flavor was "off" it tastes good by itself but paired with wasc it really wasnt that good. Could be I compared it to my own BC icing and it wasnt. I bought the blue and pink from convention and will ONLY use them for maybe cookies, still havent tried that yet though.
For the price, I dont think its worth it for anything other very small jobs, accents, cookies etc.
As for SI, I have NEVER had a crumby bucket, if anything its soft and I gotta add cornstarch to it. Only time I get crumby pieces is if it dries out. You do need to knead it very well before you use it though.
Jesters sells Fondariffic!
http://www.fondantsource.com/fondant.html
I tried the butter cream at ICES and it was delish! Have not worked with it yet.
We got samples of it at our last meeting. They were little lady bugs on top of a leaf. By the time our meeting was over the fondant was so soft that the lady bug and leaf almost looked melted. Most people at the meeting were not that overly thrilled about what they tasted. They liked the flavors but thought it would be really hard to pair up with cakes.
JMHO
Jen...
I only tasted a couple of the flavors.. I do see that you can get it in colors in the non-fruity flavors on their site though. I like making my own.. or I'll use Choco-Pan or Massa if I have to buy it. To me it wasn't spectacular so if I'm going to spend $30 for a 5lb tub of fondant.. it's going to be a good one.
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