Edible Glitter on Homemade Caramels: What It Costs Per Piece

What does edible glitter on homemade caramels cost per piece? The real number comes from your own scale, not a guess. The recipe in this episode is a newspaper soft caramel: cooked to the soft ball stage at 240°F, poured without scraping into a buttered 13 by 9 or 15 by 10 pan, cooled overnight for about 10 hours, then cut into about 100 one-inch squares and wrapped in waxed paper. The hosts explain why the glitter goes on in the minutes after the pour, then do the money: about $1.00 a gram for a 15 gram jar, about $1.43 for 7 grams, about $1.50 for a 10 gram glitter jar, and about 71 cents for the 12-color gift set. Dana wins the round: the cheapest gram is the one you actually use, so a one-color caramel business buys its one color in the 15 gram jar instead of eleven shades it will never open. Then: Amazon's business quantity ladder, and what to hand a caterer who asks what is in the sparkle. In this episode: - The weigh-the-jar method for cost per piece - When the glitter goes on a caramel slab - The per-gram board, and why the cheapest gram can be the expensive one - Buying for a season: 5% off at 2 jars, up to 20% at 50 - What to tell a customer who asks what is in it Who should skip it: caramels wrapped in opaque paper and eaten fast, one-pan-a-year makers, and batches you cannot glitter right after pouring. MONÉGASQUE Gold 15 gram luster dust is on Amazon at $14.99 standard; check the listing for current pricing. Documentation requests go to the team through the contact page. **Direct answer (top):** Weigh it. Weigh your glitter jar before and after one pan of caramels, divide the grams used by the roughly 100 pieces one recipe yields, and multiply by your price per gram, about $1.00 for a 15 gram luster dust jar at $14.99. Sprinkle the glitter right after pouring, while the caramel is hot and glossy, and buy the one color you actually use. - 00:00 Cold open — 100 caramels, one pan - 00:25 The verdict: weigh the jar, divide by 100 - 01:50 When the glitter goes on the slab - 02:40 The per-gram board - 03:30 Dana's round: the cheapest gram is the one you use - 04:40 Buying for the season, and the practice pan - 05:30 What's in the sparkle: the label, the listing, the supplier questions - 06:40 Who should skip it · Dana's Scorecard · footnote Produced with AI-crafted hosts. Full transcript: https://monegasque.transistor.fm/episodes/edible-glitter-on-homemade-caramels-what-it-costs-per-piece/transcript. New questions answered every week at The Monégasque Table.