Ok, Im not familiar with Tylose but I wanted to know can karo clear sryup be used instead? if not ...what is the difference? sorry know its a dumb question...

What Im wanting to do is get a tiara mold..my friend made a tiara using fondant/tylose and then luster dust to give it that sparkle look. She said she used tylose. But the store is closed now, and I wanted to play with it tonight. What does tylose do? Taste?

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I think Tylose is an agent that is added to fondant to make it harden faster. You use tylose when you make homemade gumpaste as well.
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Jen

Tylose is a kind of a gum product, and it helps--to oversimplify a bit--to turn your fondant into almost gumpaste. It's a plant product and is kind of like a clotting agent for plants .

Don't try to sub with corn syrup! That will not work at all. Corn syrup will make your fondant more pliable but it will not help it to dry faster or harder.

I know you mentioned the store is closed but if you cannot find tylose tomorrow, gum-tex works as a great substitute. Gum-tex is made of karaya gum and can be found wherever you find Wilton stuff. Another product that will work is gum tragacanth but I don't think I've ever seen that in any store other than cake supply stores.

There is no such thing as a dumb question. I just wanted to add that. But the other poster answered it correctly. I have heard that it makes the gumpaste harder than with gumtex.

Tylose is a powder. I've never seen it in a store, I ordered it online. It is awesome. All I do is take pinches of it and knead it into my fondant. It dries quickly and hard like gumpaste. I use it for all my figures.

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