This is my first attempt with fondant and I am making my own. I need to color some of it black, and I am a little worried. With buttercream, it always takes so much of the color to make it black that I have always started with chocolate icing to keep it from getting bitter. Do I have an option here? Thanks for your help!

Lots of black, and a little purple, if I'm making it from scratch. Usually though, I just buy the tubes of black icing at the grocery store because I only use it for outlining or writing.

Check out Michelle Foster's fondant recipe. It is not a marshmallow fondant, but uses corn syrup and other items. There is an option to make it chocolate using chocolate chips. This will give you a darker color to start with. One thing I learned was to mix in the black gel color before you start putting in the powdered sugar. This is the best way that I have found, and hey - it tastes like chocolate, no bitter taste! Hope this helps you! her recipe is in the recipe section under most saved.

I have read here numours times to start with chocolate or brown it will give you a darker base and you will use less color.