Help! does anyone know how I can get MMF black? Can I add cocoa to get a base color first then add the gel color? I wasn't sure if adding the cocoa would change the consistency? Any feedback would be great! Thanks! Beth

I don't like adding cocoa because, yes, it does change the texture. I just add Wilton black coloring. For a full batch of MMF, it will take almost the entire bottle of gel, but if you want a true dark black color, that's what you have to do. Also, black MMF definitely needs to sit overnight. The color will deepen. So when you think you've got a reall dark grey color, let it rest overnight and come back in the morning...it will probably be a perfect black.

i refuse to make it.

i buy it premade -- SatinIce

and if by chance I do need a small amount and have none of the premade on hand, then I use AmeriColor, not Wilton, to color it. AmeriColor gives much better results all around for all its colors, especially it's reds and black.

You can get both at Global Sugar Art

Nope - will not make black and will not make red. I buy Satin Ice.
All of the time, grief, kneading, problems, frustration, money, getting upset, wating to throw it against the wall and sometimes in the end having to toss the stuff is not worth my trying to make these colors.

I just made it yesterday! It came out great!. I used cocoa powder when I was making it....and added aprox tablesppoon of black color.....if you don't bite the bulliy and put a load of color in,,,, it wont get black! HTH

I have to agree with most everyone else. If you have the time and opportunity to purchase black Satin Ice fondant, by all means DO IT! It will save you a lot of grief and a major headache. In my original post, I assumed you were in a position were you HAD to make black MMF.

I make the chocolate MMF recipe i have and add a ton of wilton black coloring. The only thing i had a problem with was it is HARD to roll. I'm not sure if thats because i keep putting too much sugar in it, or if it's the coco powder. *shrugs* Like a previous poster said though, mix it to a dark gray and let it sit. Even just a couple hours and mine darkens up.

I buy mine too....Satin Ice. I would never try to color it myself. UGH!!!

I buy mine too....Satin Ice. I would never try to color it myself. UGH!!!

Its really not bad to make it yourself if you start making it with cocoa, and add enough black

It's not that bad as long as you add the black coloring to the marshmallows while they're melted...BEFORE adding the powdered sugar. That way you don't have to spend hours kneeding it and kneeding it. Just wear gloves when you do add the sugar and knead because it will stain your hands. Have fun! - and yes, it is easier just buying it...but it works to make it too!

I always coat my hands real well and that helps keep the color from staying on your hands.

thanks everyone for your responses/suggestiosn...I'll be giving it a try next week! Beth

check my latest leather jacket I posted yesterday, I used my own mmf, and the blacks ok I think.

no your not snarkey, it is darker black...its store bought and at 35.00 it better be better haha.....does not taste better though.....I like both looks really....one looks newer lol

Also the stiff I bought, cracked.the entire collar needed replacing the following day....on the home made mmf....no problems with cracks

I know... the brand names have the advantage of depth of color and richness, but they dry so hard (like, I can knock on it the same as a hollow tree) --and are so expensive! Not a great investment for hobby bakers like myself. I'm not terribly impressed with any I have come across. --other than the black. I have graduated to Michele Foster's fondant for homemade and now just use MMF for emergencies, dummies, and to cover the cakeboard. Her recipe is so mellow tasting and yet works like a charm for covering, etc. I have not tried coloring it black but for small pieces like shoes, etc.

The tuxedo cake in my pics is MMF and I used Americolor super black for that. I thought it made a really nice black. I also put color in the melted marshmallows before adding to the sugar. That and lots of shortening on my hands.

I sometimes start out with gloves when making dark colors, but always end up taking them off before I'm through. I can never tell if it's the right consistency without feeling it.

I find that people like my home made and don't like the whats the name...sugar ice or something....so its cheap to make to boot....use cocoa in it to start and the black will go into it....if I used more black color it would have gotten blacker, but i didn.t know about the taste.........it smells so chocolaty yum

I have never bought fondant (other than wilton, which was my first time making a cake), so I always make MMF, and I agree it is hard to get it black. I add some into the marshmallows while they are still melted and again when I am kneading. I let it sit for a few hours and it is BLACK. Good luck.

xstitcher let me in on a great tip with making a chocolate base, and so I added cocoa powder in place of a bit of ps and then added the black, and well its the first time I was able to successfully make black..check my latest leather jacket out....its not as black as the first one I made with store bought, but I got the color I wanted for that jacket so I am thrilled to make a breakthrough on black haha

add cocoa powder to the melted mm then add the black gel to make it black... then add some CORN SYRUP this will help it be able to roll out better when its finished... add you ps and is should be great!! I make black all the time (cant see spending 4x what i spend on white satin ice on black)