EASY Chocolate Scented Playdough Recipe (2024)

This Chocolate Playdough is a really funplaydough recipe to include in your Valentine’s Day celebration. Use this chocolate playdough recipe as a hands-onValentines Day kids activities. It is easy to make and smells chocolaty good! It is especially fun to play with an empty heart chocolate box for toddler, preschool, kindergarten, and grade 1 students. Children will love the chocolate scented playdoughthat they can form into candies for a pretend play based on Valetnine’s Day!

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Chocolate Playdough

I’m sure like me you’you’ve seen various amazing homemade playdoh recipes floating around the web. I LOVE homemade playdoh!! Which works out because my kids love playing with PLAYDOH! Thischocolate playdough we whipped up smells amazing because it has cocoa right in the play doh. This is NOT an edible chocolate pladyough recipe, but rather achocolate scneted playdough that will delight your nose, is fun and easy to make, and makes the best playdough for shaping and molding into little chocolates for Valentine’s Day pretend play. This is the perfectvalentines day kids activities for toddlers, preschoolesr, kindergartner, and grade 1 students during February as part of your Valentines Day themes.

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Chocolate Playdoh Recipe

  • 1 1/2 cups flour
  • 2 TAB vegetable oil
  • 1/2 cup cocoa powder
  • 1 cup salt
  • 2 cups water
  • 2 TAB cream of tartar

Add all ingredients to a medium-large saucepan (my kids loved the chocolaty smell!!)

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Over medium-high heat cool, stirring constantly, until it forms a soft ball in the middle of the pan. This takes about 5 minutes.
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Using your spatula scope out the playdoh on wax paper and allow to cool a couple minutes; it will be hot at this point.
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Knead the playdoh a couple times to get the smooth, glossy playdoh look and enjoy! I thought it was great to have the playdoh still slightly warm!! My kids used empty chocolate boxes to put their ‘chocolates’ into. Goofy discovered that pressing them into the chocolate cavities and then dumping it over made a nice mold to get the actual chocolate shape.

Valentines Day Kids Activities

Kids will love using an emply valentine heart chocolate box to shape, mold, and play chocolate maker with this fun chocolate play doh. You just mighthave to eat all the chocolates for them so they have a container to play with – LOL!

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My kids played with this for hours and hours and almost every day in February. Sealed in a ziplock bag our play dough lasted for almost a year!

If you are looking for a chocolate play recipe that kids can EAT, try this easy, EDIBLE chocolate slime recipe. THis recipe uses chocolate pudding!

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EASY Chocolate Scented Playdough Recipe (2024)

FAQs

How to make chocolate scented playdough? ›

Chocolate Play Dough Recipe
  1. 1 cup water.
  2. 2 Tbsp. oil.
  3. 1 Tbsp cream of tartar.
  4. 1/2 cup salt.
  5. 2/3 cup cocoa powder.
  6. 1 cup flour.

How do you make scented playdough? ›

How to do this activity
  1. 8 tbsp plain flour.
  2. 2 tbsp salt.
  3. 60ml warm water.
  4. 1 tbsp vegetable oil.
  5. Essential oils.
  6. Large and medium bowls.
  7. Food colouring (optional)

Can you put cocoa powder in playdough? ›

You will need:

1 tbsp olive oil (any oil can work) 1 tbsp cream of tartar. 1 cup boiling water. 3 tbsp chocolate drinking powder or cocoa (for brown playdough)

How do you make edible scented playdough? ›

Ingredients
  1. 1 cup white flour.
  2. 1/2 cup salt.
  3. 2 Tablespoons cream of tartar (found in spice aisle)
  4. 1 Tablespoon vegetable oil.
  5. 1 cup water.
  6. 1/2 Tablespoon ground cinnamon , pumpkin pie spice, vanilla extract OR caramel extract to each batch made. Add more for stronger scent if desired.
Oct 24, 2016

Why does my melted chocolate look like playdough? ›

Overheating Chocolate

Overheated chocolate will lose the silky sheen of melted chocolate and become thick and muddy since it's very sensitive to high temperatures. Different chocolates require different maximum temperatures to melt properly.

How to make cinnamon scented playdough? ›

  1. Mix the flour, salt, ground cinnamon, and vegetable oil together.
  2. Add the water and essential oil.
  3. Stir in the food coloring until the mixture is the desired color.
  4. Stir until the mixture forms a ball.
  5. Place the playdough on a piece of waxed paper or cutting board.
  6. Knead the dough until it is firm.
Jan 28, 2019

What is the scent in Play-Doh? ›

Hasbro describes the distinctive eau de Play-Doh as a "combination of a sweet, slightly musky, vanilla-like fragrance, with slight overtones of cherry, and the natural smell of a salted, wheat-based dough."

How do you make playdough with sparkles? ›

In a large pan mix flour, salt, cream of tartar, water, and oil until no lumps remain. Heat over medium heat until the mixture is very thick. Remove the mixture and knead until very soft and pliable. Add food coloring and glitter and knead until thoroughly mixed.

How do you make 5 minute playdough? ›

In a plastic bowl, whisk together flour, salt, and cream of tartar. Make a well in the center of the bowl and add vegetable oil, boiling water and food coloring. Let playdough cool completely before playing with it.

What are the 4 ingredients in homemade playdough? ›

Simple Homemade Playdough Recipe
  1. 1 cup flour.
  2. 1/2 cup cornstarch.
  3. 1/2 cup water.
  4. 1 teaspoon vegetable oil.
  5. gel food coloring of your choice.
Apr 29, 2022

How do you make something smell like chocolate? ›

Make your own chocolate air freshener by mixing a few drops of chocolate essential oil, a couple of teaspoons of alcohol and a cup of water in a spray bottle. This is an option for people who choose not to use synthetic fragrances in their homes.

How do you make scented playdough without cream of tartar? ›

How to Make Playdough Without Cream of Tartar
  1. 1 cup of flour.
  2. 1/4 cup of salt.
  3. 3/4 cup of water.
  4. 3 tablespoons of lemon juice.
  5. 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil.
  6. Food coloring.
  7. Any seasonings or scents you would like.

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