I'm looking for an easy way to make edible pearls. I'd like them to be about 3-4mm. I'm not very good at piping them with buttercream, and I've also tried making them out of meraingues (sp?) but they didn't turn out well either. I've just come accress this thing called a bead maker - has anyone used this before? The site doesn't list any instructions or ideas on how it is used, so I'm not sure if it can be used with fondant, or what. Does anyone else have any idea?
Another one I've found: 
I have the blue one in a couple of different sizes and it works pretty well. I know I've seen a tutorial on it but I don't remember where. You might try youtube and see if it's there.
I also have the blue ones in various sizes, I saw my tutorial's on sharon Zambito's video's.
But it is not hard to do, roll your fondant, like a snake, squeeze the mold open with one hand lay the fondant in the center, close the mold trim off all excess with an exacto knife, and repeat,
I needed some aqua blue "pearls" for a cake. I tinted and rolled out my gumpaste then used (I think) the #12 tip to cut out tiny circles - you could see what size works. Then I just rolled them into balls. I left them on a paper towel to dry. Took about 10 minutes to make a couple of hundred and they all looked exactly alike.
[http://www.earlenescakes.com/prlinstruct.htm]
Here is a tutorial that might help, and I just bought the blue pearl makers Jennifer Dontz uses in her DVD but have not used them yet.
I needed some aqua blue "pearls" for a cake. I tinted and rolled out my gumpaste then used (I think) the #12 tip to cut out tiny circles - you could see what size works. Then I just rolled them into balls. I left them on a paper towel to dry. Took about 10 minutes to make a couple of hundred and they all looked exactly alike.
10 minutes???? Gosh, you need to put out a video on that technique. This is the way I make pearls (one by one) and it takes hours for me to make 100!
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