Chocolate Playdough Recipe {With Real Cocoa Powder}

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This chocolate playdough recipe is perfect for a fun sensory-filled activity! Kids of all ages are sure to enjoy an afternoon filled with chocolate playdough (and we'd be lying if we said we didn't have a blast with this as well!).

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Easy Chocolate Playdough Recipe with Real Cocoa Powder by The Art Kit

What You'll Need

1 cup flour
2-3 tablespoons cream of tarter
¼ cup salt
1 tablespoon oil
1 cup water
1 tablespoon cocoa powder
Cooking pot
Wooden mixing spoon
Play ice cream cones
Beads
Mini scoopers
Playdough accessories

What to Do

Begin by whipping up a batch of chocolate playdough. You can use our one-pot method below, or use our no-cook playdough method.

Mix the following ingredients together in a cooking pot:

1 cup flour

2-3 tablespoons cream of tarter

¼ cup salt

1 tablespoon oil

1 cup water

1 tablespoon cocoa powder

Once all the ingredients have been mixed, cook them over medium heat while mixing continuously.

The playdough mixture will start melting down and then, after a few minutes, it will start to ball up and pull away from the sides of the pot (and your arm muscles will start to ache!); that’s when you know your dough is cooked.

It's okay if some areas are still a bit sticky looking but for the most part, it should look like playdough. Don't worry about adding any food coloring with this one, the cocoa powder will add a mild scent as well as the color.

Once the playdough has cooled, you can knead it a bit. We then put our playdough in our divided tray and included some items we thought would be fun to make everything needed for chocolate playdough treats.

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The kids enjoyed making ice cream cones. Three scoops, please!

They also enjoyed making chocolate cookies. Oh, how we wish we could eat these!

Cupcakes were also a favorite, with extra sprinkles all around.

You may also enjoy this Gluten-Free Hot Chocolate Cloud Dough from a fellow blogger.

And last, but not least, a chocolate sundae for two.

What chocolate treats did your little ones create? We'd love to see pictures of them enjoying their chocolate playdough. Share with us on social media #theartkit.