For some reason, I thought I had heard that dragees had been outlawed or something like that. I have a cake to do for next month that has dragees on it.

My question is, can you get them or would it be safer to make silver icing and put the dots instead of using dragees? I'm not really sure how hard they are if you bite into them.

Can you get coloring to dye icing silver or do you just mix in the shimmer dust??

They're not illegal everywhere. I know they're illegal in CA, but I don't know about FL.

Yeah, I was thinking it may be state specific and I think they are illegal in FL..if I remember correctly, I had asked my local cake supply store and I think that is where I got this info.

Why are they illegal?

Here's a link to some specifics on dragee availability...

http://tinyurl.com/2c4e333

Ok, since I can't use dragees, what about the silver effect? Can you tint bc with the silver luster dust or is there a better way?

Thanks for your help

You can make fondant pearls and paint them with a mixture of silver dust and vodka. The luster dust will not color buttercream the way you want it to.

Ok, thanks springflour - I had not thought of making them out of fondant...that's what CC is for.

Again, thanks for your help...off to bed now, I'm 3 hrs ahead of ya.

They are not illegal. Just some over-zealous lawyers in California (and possibly other states, IDK) who have scared sellers so bad that they choose not to sell there. You should be able to order them from somewhere or have a friend in a "safe" state send you some.

I don't think they are illegal in FL. I buy mine on ebay and every seller has a large message saying they will not ship them to CA, however I have never seen anything about FL.

http://cgi.ebay.com/700-5-Silver-decoration-Dragees-pearls-cake-topper-/220296801835?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item334ab66e2b

I am in Georgia and I won't swear to it...but I don't believe they are illegal in Florida since my fondant supplier (in FL) sells dragees.

I went to this link and FL is listed as one of the 6 states. I think I will play it safe us make fondant beads.

I apprciate all your help.

http://tinyurl.com/2c4e333