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<\/p>\nIf you love pixie sticks, you can now learn the secret to making them yourself! Homemade pixie sticks are just as good as the store-bought ones. You can make them in any fruit flavor you like using only two ingredients!<\/p>\n
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Pixie sticks (the store-bought ones are sold as Pixy Stix [paid link]<\/a>) are a powdered sugary candy served in straws.<\/p>\n To eat one, you rip the straw open and pour the candy into your mouth.<\/p>\n Any homemade candy (like homemade salt water taffy<\/a>, homemade jelly beans<\/a>, and homemade sour patch kids<\/a>) has advantages over its store-bought counterpart. Homemade pixie sticks are no exception:<\/p>\n To make pixie sticks, you’ll need freeze-dried fruit powder in the flavor(s) of your choosing<\/strong>. You can buy many flavors of freeze-dried fruit and food process them to make powders – or even make homemade fruit powder<\/a>.<\/p>\n Fold over the bottom of a paper straw and use a tiny funnel or a rolled up piece of paper to pour the mixture into the straw. Then, fold over the top of the straw.<\/p>\n That’s it! The most popular Pixy Stix flavors are listed below. You can make homemade versions of all of them using real fruit. Keep in mind that the taste won’t be exactly the same because you are using natural flavors rather than artificial ones.<\/p>\nWhy Make Homemade Pixie Sticks?<\/h2>\n
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How to Make Pixie Sticks<\/h2>\n
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\nUse a coffee grinder to combine fruit powder and sugar.<\/strong> You can also use a food processor, but the filling won’t be as finely ground.<\/p>\n
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\nBecause you are using natural ingredients, your homemade pixie sticks won’t be as brightly colored as the store-bought ones. If this bothers you, you can experiment with adding a few drops of food coloring to the mix.<\/p>\nPixie Sticks Flavor Ideas<\/h2>\n
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