Dyes and staining

Here’s my black fondant recipe:
True Black MMF
___Ingredients

6 oz. of semi sweet chocolate chips (about half of a bag)
1 bag of mini marshmallows
3 tbsp. of clear Karo syrup
3 tbsp. water
1 1lb. bag of powdered sugar
gel black food coloring
Crisco

Instructions

Put your marshmallows in a microwave safe bowl, add the water, and microwave on high for 1 minute. Stir mixture, and microwave for another minute. When marshmallows come out they will be HOT, stir again, scraping the sides with a scraper. Immediately add your chocolate chips, and stir until the chips are completely melted. Add your karo syrup and stir again this time with a butter knife, making sure that all of your syrup is incorporated. Add a good amount of black gel food coloring, and stir again with your knife, making sure that you scrape around the edges. Once your mixture is the blackest black that you can get, (I added about 1-2 tsp. of the gel coloring) then add about half of your bag of powdered sugar, and stir until the mixture is thick, with your knife. Grease your hands liberally with Crisco and add the rest of the powdered sugar* to the bowl. Knead your fondant until all of the powdered sugar is gone. Store for up to a month wrapped in plastic wrap, sealed in a gallon Ziploc, and stored in an airtight container.

I have found it so much easier to get a ‘true’ black and it won’t stain your paddle attachment. Hope this helps!

Got to try your recipe. Thanks for sharing.

I posted a recipe here on CD. It is chocolate, and tastes positively devine. Because it’s already brown, you need very little food colouring to make it black.
cakesdecor.com/…/194-best-ever-homemade-chocolate-mmf-marshmallow…
If you don’t want chocolate flavour , you could use Liz Mareks MMF recipe. Add brown and black food colouring while making, adding more black afterwards if need be. Her recipe is a winner.
liz mareks black fondant recipe from artisancakecompany.com
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Thanks everyone for the responses! Chocolate is no problem. I was already planning on doing that for an easier black (It’s covering a chocolate on chocolate cake, anyway :D ). I was just wondering, really, whether the black coloring would stain the paddle. A grey paddle just doesn’t seem like it should happen. :)

Know, it won’t stain. Made black icing a million times, no staining. If by chance it does, soak in vinegar and baking soda….will come right off..