I need to pipe party favors out of royal that will hold party mints. They will serve as place settings and may be handled. Need them not to break. Colorflow? Sugarveil added to royal? What? Must be edible. Please help

cream of tartar and gum arabic

cot available of course at any grocery store

ga is available online for a few bucks --comes in a screw top container like a jar of spice -- just a little bottle

call around maybe available at some cake deco stores in your area--but not hobby lobby types

i just sprinkle some in--half teaspoon or whatever

also i'd recommend that you place the party favors in cupcake wrappers for handling if possible

cupcake wrappers can be manipulated to fit different sized things and you can also cut down the sides to show off the piece as well--you can get different shapes too

or set them on paper doilies--glue them on w/royal

also the ga will shine up the royal

Great ideas. Will do that.  Do you mean 1/2 tsp of each cream of tartar AND gum arabic to one Wilton recipe of royal?

i use both for egg white royal

here's the seed information:

• 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 2.5 cups confectioner's sugar
• 1 teaspoon gum arabic
• 1 egg white

louise spencer  ~~  cake decorating ideas & designs

copyright 1981--page 144

if you are using meringue powder you can probably omit the cream of tartar

i just sprinkle some of each in for egg white royal

Color flow mix is "fortified" royal icing, so it, too, would work very well. 

Pieces placed under a gooseneck lamp with a 60+ watt light bulb will dry very shiny.

Rae

so just mix colorflow to a thick consistency for piping?  Any other technique for drying? Thanks

Sounds like a plan.  I'd try one first before committing to more.

The lamp with a high watt bulb  for drying is done because that causes the top to dry shiny quickly.  If shiny doesn't matter, allowed to dry naturally, they'll just be a bit duller.

Rae