Our peanut butter playdough recipe is an edible play dough that is super easy to make, it is pliable for play AND it is tasty! It is one of the few edible playdough recipes that doubles as a dessert. My kids LOVE homemade play dough and this is one of their favorite recipes for many reasons!

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Peanut Butter Playdough Recipe

Your kids are going to love this edible playdough. It tastes like candy!

After your kids create their sculptures and masterpieces, they can let them air dry for an hour or two (so the items get a “crust”), then stick them in a Ziploc. Your kids can snack on their art at a later time.

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Ingredients for Peanut Butter Play Dough Recipe

3 Marshmallows
2 Tablespoons (roughly) of Peanut Butter
1ish Tablespoon of Powdered Sugar

Short Video Tutorial for How to Make Peanut Butter Playdough

Directions to Make Edible Playdough from peanut Butter

Step 1

Put the marshmallows and peanut butter into a small dish and microwave for ten seconds. This should lightly soften your marshmallows making them easier to mix.

Step 2

Stir the peanut butter and marshmallow together until it is smooth. Sprinkle powdered sugar onto the dough until it is no longer sticky. I am guesstimating the amount of the powdered sugar.

play dough made from peanut butter and marshmallows

Finished Peanut Butter Playdough Recipe

It is as easy as that! You and your kids now have fun playdough to play with and create edible sculptures.

How to FiX Peanut Butter Playdough

If your dough is still sticky, you will want to sprinkle more on.

So yummy!! And a great protein snack for kids (well, minus the sugar). I am going to try a version later that uses almond flour instead of the powdered sugar.

Yield: 1 batch

Peanut Butter Playdough

This simple peanut butter playdough recipe has 3 common kitchen ingredients and can be made in minutes. We love this edible playdough recipe because it doubles as a yummy dessert!

Active Time 5 minutes

Total Time 5 minutes

Difficulty easy

Estimated Cost $1

Materials

3 Marshmallows
2 Tablespoons of Peanut Butter
1 Tablespoon of Powdered Sugar

Instructions

Place marshmallows in a small bowl and microwave for 10 seconds to soften.
Stir in peanut butter until smooth.
Sprinkle surface with powdered sugar.
Knead until ready to play.

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