Amazingly enough, these fluorescent cupcakes are 100% edible! Thanks to the quinine in tonic water, we have a no fail recipe that you and your students can follow to make your own – just in time for a Halloween lesson on fluorescence at the end of the recipe! Enjoy with your classroom.
Grade Range: 1 to 14
Duration: 2-4 Hours
Supplies:
- 1 Black Light (be sure it is in the Ultra Violet range: <405nm)
- 24 cooled cupcakes
- 7 cups confectioners sugar
- 1 C vegetable shortening
- 1 tsp clear vanilla extract
- 0.3 ounce package of LIME gelatin
- 1 C boiling water
- 1 C chilled tonic water (with quinine)
- 3-5 Tbsp tonic water (diet works also) chocolate chips
