Chocolate Cloud Dough Recipe

Hot chocolate cloud dough for sensory play is super easy and quick to make! Check your kitchen pantry and you should have what you need! A homemade cloud dough recipe is one of our go-to sensory play activities. It uses only a few simple ingredients I usually have on hand for baking. Give your cloud dough a special winter theme with hot chocolate this season.

HOW TO MAKE CHOCOLATE CLOUD DOUGH

EDIBLE CLOUD DOUGH

This hot cocoa cloud dough is a great twist for the cooler winter weather! I like to keep a stocked pantry for quick sensory play recipes. Want more sensory play recipes? Here are some of my favorite winter sensory activities on a wintery day!

Cloud dough or moon sand as it is often called, has an amazing texture. It is crumbly and moldable at the same time and it is super easy to make yourself. Playing with cloud dough can be a bit messy but it cleans up easily and feels amazing on the hands. Cloud dough has to be one of our favorite sensory recipes.

There are two ways you can make cloud dough. This cloud dough recipe below uses cooking oil instead of baby oil as we wanted a taste safe dough.

INGREDIENTS:

5 cups of flour (you can use all different kinds including gluten-free and buckwheat!)
1 cup of vegetable oil
1/2 cup of cocoa powder
mini marshmallows
play tools like cups and spoons work great

HOW TO MAKE CLOUD DOUGH

Add all ingredients to your sensory bin and mix it by hand. You should be able to grab a chunk and mold it and have it hold. If not, you may need more oil. Too oily, add more flour.

Set out your cloud dough with your tools and play. My son was super excited to see the marshmallows come out, so we had a little treat while we played too.