I could not believe it but I forgot to order dragees for a cupcake order for today.... anyway I searched but of course by the time I remembered, the bakery supply place was closed and grocery stores no longer carry them!

SO I took the Wilton jumbo non pareils and then made a thick paint out of highlighter dust, and put handfuls of them in there and rolled them around, and let dry.

They were not as shiny as the real dragees, but I was happy they worked. Its in my photos....so anyway thought I'd share, if anyone else gets in the same fix, or even you folks in California!!!

thanks for the tip i wonder if it would work with red

I only keep white fondant pearls on hand and I often custom color them for dragees.

Please be aware that gold and silver Highlighter dusts are specified for decoration only----neither should be eaten. There are other gold and silver dusts that are edible.

Rae

True, but many people eat them anyway.

Since there are now edible metallic dusts out there, I just don't want anyone who doesn't know to come along, read this post, and figure that they can use the silver/gold highlighter dusts on edible products.

Rae