Embossing Powder?

Decorating By MandyBs Updated 14 Sep 2007 , 1:22pm by MandyBs

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MandyBs Posted 14 Sep 2007 , 12:06am
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I was in JoAnns today, looking for things to use my coupons on, and saw some new glittery decorating chalk (the same type that we grind up for petal dust). While standing there, I spotted all these little sparkling jars of embossing powders. On the jars it says the same thing as the chalks - non-toxic and conforms to whatever that code is. Could this be safely used like pixie dust or luster dust on a cake or cookies?

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Cakepro Posted 14 Sep 2007 , 1:32am
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Do you know what embossing powders do? They melt (using a heat gun). They're actually really cool to use in scrapbooking and cardmaking, but no, you definitely cannot use embossing powders on anything that you will be eating!

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Carolynlovescake Posted 14 Sep 2007 , 4:07am
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I have been trying to find the ingredients and keep reading this every where I end up...

"embossing powder is very, very, very fine plastic - like toner out of a laser printer. "

"Embossing is the art of embellishing by creating a raised surface by melting powder resins. "


Would you eat either of those?

How would you react if you found out your kids went to a party, ingested it and got very ill from it?

It may say "non toxic" but just because a product or chemical does not meet the definition of toxic it does not mean it is harmless.

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MandyBs Posted 14 Sep 2007 , 1:22pm
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Chill out, guys! I'm not putting this on any cakes - just looking for information.

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