Top 5 Trends to Supercharge Parties & Events with Baking Glitter in 2022

While you sip your tea or coffee, we are here to spill some beans about a new trend: Food Glitter!

In November 2017, a spectacular latte topped with a liberal sprinkle of food glitter drew the attention of one famous diner and quickly gained popularity on Instagram.

Other restaurants too began to incorporate the ingredient into their menus, resulting in vibrant dishes such as glitter lattes, glittery strawberry jelly, sparkling iced tarts, and glitter smoothies. Slowly, the use of edible glitter became a household trend, with everyone using glitter to make their food look appealing and Instagrammable. If you haven’t hopped on the bandwagon yet, now's the time to amp up the eats and treats with some glitter.

Here are the top five favourite creative ways to use baking glitter:

1. Sparkle up your drink

The most popular way to use Edible Food Glitter on any beverage — fizzy, flat, on the rocks, shaken or stirred — is to make it sparkle.

Cocktails are always in the spotlight; they are the foundation of a party, and the best part about cocktails is that there are many different ways to make them look amazing!

For starters, you could add glitter to your drinks to give any cocktail, from a White Russian to a Shirley Temple, a mesmerising look!

Secret Tip: Go for edible food glitter as regular glitter collects at the bottom of the glass after the first few swirls and the sparkle fades.

Make your preferred beverage a fancy one!

You can even spice up your evening drinks like Pumpkin Spice Mules, lighten your mood with Apple Cider, or relax with Cranberry Margaritas by adding glitter to them. Food Glitter adds a magical touch to almost any cocktail.

If you prefer beer, you can always add some of our colour-changing Magic Sparkles to your mug! Add some colour-changing food glitter, and your guests will be blown away! Keep in mind colour changing glitters works best in "light" beers.

Tip: Use one colour of Food Glitter in your drink and another in the ice. As the ice melts, the colours will combine and change the colour of your cocktail!

You can make this colour-changing Magic Ice at home. You need some Butterfly Pea Flower Tea mixed with hot water and stirred for 3 to 4 minutes. Now, remove the tea leaves and add some edible glitter. Pour this liquid into ice trays and let it freeze overnight. Voila, your Magic ice is ready!

Add these to your glitzy cocktails/mocktails and watch the colours host a magic show for you!

2. Garnish Surfaces

We know you like to make your drinks look nice, but have you ever considered the look and feel of your food garnish beyond the rim of the glass? At Magic Sparkles, we like to go all out when it comes to dressing up food. 

If you want to add some delightful shimmer and shine to the bits and bobs you use to take your cocktails and mocktails to the next level, edible food glitter is the product. Consider dazzling orange slices, gilded maraschino cherries, and glistening strawberries. When you add sparking food to the mix, the possibilities are endless!

Do you want to add a cherry to your Manhattan or Shirley Temple? You could add some glitz and glam to your garnishes as well!

Make an eye-catching, glittering rim for your cocktail glass! It appears to be difficult, but it is quite simple.

Simply wet the edge of the cocktail glass, then turn it upside down and gently press it into a mixture of Edible Food Glitter sprinkles (combined with standard sugar or spice, if desired). Allow resting while you shake up your cocktail, then carefully strain it into your glittery glass.

You could even change the colour of your garnish to match your favourite colour palette. Want to go for a snowy glass rim in Merry and Bright cocktails?

On a small plate, spread the edible glitter. Dip the rim of the glass in vodka, then in the edible food glitter. There's less chance of dripping, melting, and a sticky mess if you use Vodka (especially if you're sugar-rimming a glass).

If you're feeling particularly daring, you could even make your edible glitter!

You could transform the ordinary look of berries, orange wedges, or strawberries into appealing with just a few brush strokes or dabs of food glitter. If you want to go all out, you could use a stencil or brush to paint tiny designs onto your garnishes.

Alternatively, you can add a glamorous gleam to your dried or fresh fruit cocktail garnishes by using edible gold or silver.

Simply wet a new paintbrush, dip it in edible gold or silver dust, and carefully coat your dried fruit slice in gold or silver dust!

Of course, you could also decorate your fruit with gold or silver spray!

When edible gold or silver comes into contact with liquid, it begins to dissolve, so it's best to use a slice of fruit on the edge of your glass.

3. Popsicles Glitter

While it may appear that glitter should only be used for arts and crafts, these glistening popsicles may change your mind.

You'll need some ingredients for making sparkling popsicles.

For instance, if you are making glittery blackberry ice pops, you will need- some blackberries, blueberries, a can of coconut cream, and edible food glitter to decorate the glitter-infused ice pops.

In a blender, combine the berries and coconut cream until smooth. Fill popsicle moulds halfway with the berry mixture and the other half with edible food glitter and place them in the freezer for at least six hours.

Once the popsicles have frozen completely, remove them from the moulds and drizzle them with some extra edible food glitter on the outer area of your blackberry ice pops for a little extra sparkle.

4. Add some food glitter to your baked food.

While baking cakes and other baked delights, we tend to experiment with a variety of decorations. Well, these could also include edible food glitter dust.

You can add some shimmer and sparkle to cakes, cupcakes, pastries, and more with food glitter.

You can also use food glitter on chocolates to make them look more delectable. Wet chocolate allows the edible food glitter to adhere while retaining its lovely sparkle! You can also use our best-selling edible luster dust to add some glitz!

If you are wary of eating outside glitter and want to avoid using chemical-rich products in the market, you can easily make food glitter at home because it is edible and inexpensive.

5. Glittering Water!

If you want something hydrating and refreshing that you can still make beautiful with shimmer and shine, why not make a large jar of glittering water? If you serve glitter water at a party, your guests will rave about it. The kids would be drawn to glittery water and would almost certainly drink more water as a result!

Adding some of our edible drink glitters to this drink would be AMAZING!

Fill your cup with ice, edible food glitter, a couple of pieces of frozen pineapple, or sliced lemon. Blend all the ingredients. Now strain your blended water into a glass. Stir a little with a straw or spoon and watch the glitter swirl around. A perfectly refreshing way to improve the look of water at a party.

To conclude, you can use glitter to make any edible look and taste out of the world. It's a must-have food and drinks enhancer for any occasion. There are abundant options, and when you have the right tools, there are many ways to apply them - the only limit is your imagination.

The great thing about using Magic Sparkles glitter is that it is 100% edible, natural, and vegan. Magic Sparkles glitters are also FDA-approved, GMO-free, and Kosher certified!