Here’s how to make an edible playdough recipe for kids using peanut butter plus creative playdough ideas for kids.
Updated March 2025
Have you made edible playdough with your kids yet?
It’s so quick and easy, which is a good thing since it is often requested in our home.
This peanut butter playdough is perfect for kids of all ages, but is especially great for younger children who still like to ‘taste test’ while using playdough!
Our kids often play pretend bakery with their edible playdough, or make food like spaghetti and meatballs, hot dogs, hamburgers, and cupcakes.
And they also love to make faces and people!
How to Make Edible Playdough
INGREDIENTS
- Peanut Butter
- Powdered Sugar
- Honey
- Bowl and spoon or mixer
- Placemats or trays
- Playdough toys
INSTRUCTIONS
- Make your playdough
Follow the recipe below to make your edible playdough. You can make it with a mixer or by hand.
- Set out materials
Once the playdough is mixed together, we divide it out between the number of children and place each ball of dough on a clean plastic placemat or tray with some clean playdough toys.
- Play!
Your kids will have no trouble coming up with tons of ways to use this fun playdough! And they can even sneak bites of it, if they feel tempted.
Sometimes they just make things with the playdough itself, sometimes they include pretzel sticks (ever since we made peanut butter pretzel nests, they think pretzels should usually accompany peanut butter playdough), sometimes toothpicks, raisins, mini-chocolate chips, etc.
As for tools, a butter knife is sometimes handy. But mostly they like to use their hands. And the garlic press is perfect for awesome spaghetti, hair, and interesting designs.
Edible Playdough Recipe
Here’s our recipe for this awesome edible playdough! Be sure to save and print it, so you always have it on hand!
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Edible Playdough
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Total Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Playdough
Description
This edible playdough recipe is so easy to make and is a guaranteed hit for pretend play (and maybe a little nibbling)!
Ingredients
- 1 cup creamy peanut butter
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1/4 – 1/2 cup honey (just enough to make it stick together)
Instructions
- Mix all ingredients in a medium bowl with an electric mixer. It’s as easy as that!
Notes
Note: We’ve tried a number of variations on the peanut butter playdough, sometimes including a cup of powdered milk in place of a cup of the powdered sugar, sometimes adding cocoa powder for a more chocolate-y experience, etc, but we usually come back to this basic recipe.
Our kids love playing with this playdough AND they love eating their peanut butter playdough creations.
Have you made peanut butter playdough? Or another edible playdough recipe?
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