Taste Science with Edible Gelatin Slime Activity

Taste science with an easy edible slime recipe. Summer STEAM Camp continues with cool gelatin slime that’s also messy sensory play. Just a few common kitchen ingredients and you can make gooey edible slime. We love homemade slimes but have never made one that’s edible. This slime recipe does not contain Metamucil, but it does have a good amount of sugar!

Taste Science with Edible Slime for Summer STEAM

EDBLE SCIENCE FOR KIDS

I don’t tend to like edible play materials and don’t make them often. Our Ice Cream in a Bag experiment, however, was a yummy science experiment. Certainly, if you need taste-safe recipes for kids who are still testing with their mouths this is the way to go.

There’s nothing healthy about our edible slime and we didn’t find it all that tasty, but it is certainly taste safe from simple ingredients! We added lime juice for a little extra taste. I found the initial recipe at Sci-Borg Projects. We made two versions. The edible slime below is a goo like substance and the next more like a fake snot! Cool science!

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—>>>  FREE SLIME RECIPE CARDS

YOU WILL NEED:

• Knox Unflavored Gelatin, 3 packs
• Corn Syrup
• Water
• Food coloring and or flavoring

HOW TO MAKE GELATIN SLIME

We tested the recipe for gelatin slime a few times. No matter you end up with, this gelatin slime is slimy and fun for kids and adults too.

STEP 1: Boil the water.

STEP 2: Add green food coloring.

STEP 3: Mix the gelatin into the water slowly, but it will still form a few clumps.

STEP 4: Then add in a 1/4 cup of corn syrup.

GELATIN EDIBLE SLIME SCIENCE

This is messy science. Check out our basic slime science about polymers. Although this is made with gelatin, the mixture of water and gelatin still makes a polymer. The proteins in the gelatin combined with the corn syrup to form gooey strands that resemble slime and even fake snot.

Playing around with the amount of corn syrup you use will change the texture. The more corn syrup added the longer the strands will be and the more it will resemble fake snot. The less corn syrup you use the more glob like and chunky it becomes. This edible gelatin slime is halfway between.

Play around with different amounts of corn syrup to check out different textures!

This gelatin slime is certainly a science activity for the senses. Yes, you can taste it. I did and it was ok but not something to chow down on which was fine by me.

My son and husband were unwilling to try it but happily watched me eat a piece.

Remember this is simple unflavored gelatin {like jello} with corn syrup {sugar} mixed together. Add any flavor you want or leave as is for cool gelatin slime.

CHECK OUT MORE FUN EDIBLE SLIME IDEAS

We have sound so many ways to make taste-safe, edible, borax-free slimes for kids. See the complete edible slime collection right here.

• Marshmallow Slime
• Gummy Bear Slime
• Jello Slime
• Taffy Slime

Taste some cool science with our gelatin slime.

Discover more fun and easy science & STEM activities right here. Click on the link or on the image below.

No more having to print out a WHOLE blog post for just one recipe!

Get our basic slime recipes in an easy to print format so you can knock out the activities!

—>>>  FREE SLIME RECIPE CARDS

Make sure to check out the other cool STEM ideas for taste science

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