I've tried making it before and it didn't work out for me. I made chocolate fondant and then added black coloring to that. All it did was make it a dark brown. I'm making a penguin cake for my son's bday next month. Pls help!

I always buy black when I need it, unless its just a bit. I make the rest of my fondant at home. Black & when I need a good red.

If you're stuck on making it, I would recommend adding a lot of black food color to the liquid part of the fondant making (for example when melting the MM in MMF).

http://www.cakecentral.com/cake_recipe-6971-True-Black-MMF.html

I used this recipe. And man, it was black. Check out my pics...its what I used to make that spider.

Its gross, stringy and crazy sticky before you put in the sugar, so don't worry, your not doing it wrong!

it's very hard to make black fondant, i usually buy mine from:
www.intotheoven, you have time if you prefer to order? i get my orders in 4 days.
Hope this will help!

Black and red, I would definitely buy. SatinIce makes great colors, and you can purchase them in 2 pound containers.

I usually make my black. I use the recipe for chocolate mmf and add a good bit of black americolor and mix before adding the powdered sugar. It really is easy to do. I don't use it that much so it isn't too much trouble.

for all other fondant I use Jen's chocolate fondant recipe. Yum!

I always have trouble to make black for my pirate ship I made chocolate MMF (Ronda's MMF) and then I add a lot of black to it and I got a really black MMF. I just add 1 cup of dark chocolate candy melts and like half container of black wilton color and got it.

I hope it help!!

Thanks everyone for all your great advice. I think my biggest mistake was that I added the food coloring after I had mixed the fondant as I would for adding any other coloring to fondant. I think I'll try that recipe bama suggested.

Use Hershey's cocoa special dark in addition to the powdered sugar. You will have to add very little black color and it will get black fast!!

I agree with Leahs. Satin Ice has a great black and red, I have the purple too and love them. They also taste good as well.

I let my newly colored fondant sit for a day or 2 before I try to use it. This usually helps my fondant intensify in color.

Chocolate Pettenice and black food coloring works everytime!!