food processor? I read in the Cake Bible that you can color fondant in the food processor so you don't have to knead it in. Has anyone tried this?
OK, so I tried the fondant in the food processor. I have a Kitchen Aid one, so it is pretty powerful. I had to do it in about 3 batches. When you put it in, it breaks up into teeny tiny pieces and kind of looks like that Nerds candy. But it easily comes back together when you take it out, and is warm, so I didn't have to wear out my hands while kneading it.
It wasn't COMPLETELY uniform in color (there were some streaks of white), so it does need a little bit of kneading, but it still kept the food coloring off my hands and saved me some time.
Sounds interesting good to know that it does work. Have to remember that.
This is how I frequently color my marshmallow fondant. It works great & is quick if I have a big hunk of fondant to color. Saves time & more importantly saves my hands from all that kneading. If I'm making a whole batch or multiple batches in the same color, I add the coloring to water a shade deeper than I want my final result. Then I use the colored water when I melt my marshmallows. This works great for multiple batches of the same color, b/c they come out exactly the same shade (you just use the same amount of the same water in each batch). For small amounts of fondant for accents, I just knead in the coloring - it's less work than having to wash the processor bowl & blade! 
Bec
You can also knead coloring into your fondant in the KitchenAid with your dough hook attachment. But same results, it will not be evenly colored and you will still have to knead to bring it together to a uniform color. I still like Nic Lodge's way of coloring fondant. Make a small ball of fondant about the size of a small ping pong ball, color it with gel or paste color a shade or two darker than what you want for the finished color. Add the ball to about 1 lb. of white fondant and knead in. You can pull and twist the fondant if you want a marbled color, or continue to knead until the color is uniform.
This is how I frequently color my marshmallow fondant. It works great & is quick if I have a big hunk of fondant to color. Saves time & more importantly saves my hands from all that kneading. If I'm making a whole batch or multiple batches in the same color, I add the coloring to water a shade deeper than I want my final result. Then I use the colored water when I melt my marshmallows. This works great for multiple batches of the same color, b/c they come out exactly the same shade (you just use the same amount of the same water in each batch). For small amounts of fondant for accents, I just knead in the coloring - it's less work than having to wash the processor bowl & blade!
Bec
That's how i do it to. 
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