The 5 Best powdered golds (2023 reviews)

It is a bright gold, new gold and not the darker old gold look. It has an amazing gold color, soft but still metallic. It can be dry brushed on or mixed with high % alcohol to be painted on chocolate, fondant, gum paste or chilled buttercream to add a touch of gold to food. It provides a lovely lemon scent and beautiful gold.

This product works nicely with clear alcohol (very little) or water mixed well. It provides a glamorous finishing touch.

Why We Like This:

Blended well with royal icing for decoration
Good investment for long term

Best Runner up: Nomeca powdered Gold

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We are personally inclined towards nomeca powdered gold, it is not so pricy, but it overachieves its purpose and outstanding in important aspects. You can create shimmery cocktails, champagne or any drink by adding a little edible luster to your beverage, have some fun with your cakes, cupcakes, strawberries, cakepops, etc. It is an awesome gold luster dust. It is perfect for gold accents on cakes, cupcakes, strawberries, cakepops, etc. It comes with a variety of colors to choose, gold dust is the most common colors, but the rose gold, silver, pink, bronze, burgundy, pearl white, purple, teal and black also looks amazing.

Fine texture dust powder with shimmer result, this elegant luster dust helps to create high luster/glitter effect and adding a vibrant metallic finish to your project. The amount in this bottle is very gracious. This luster dust is of good quality and not at all transparent.

Why We Like This:

Very easy to use, saturated color
Made festive thanksgiving cocktails with gold dust
Good brand reputation

Best dark Gold: Monégasque powdered Gold

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We know from years of feedback from readers, customers and amazon sellers, what most people want in a convenient and appropriate gold. The monégasque powdered gold is exactly that - it's a simple gold that hits all the right notes. The trusted choice of professionals and home chefs all over the world, monégasque edible luster dust is made to dress up all your culinary creations, including. It comes with a regular paint brush, so you get more bang for your buck. If you mix it the shimmer will get lost in the cream so it’s best to brush your dessert after you’ve applied it to your cake. This luster dust is a really pretty gold color and works well for painting on royal icing or fondant.

It will give it a beautiful sheen. It comes with 12 hyper-pearlescent shades to choose from, this luster dust is 100% food-safe, edible, and flavorless, with zero aftertaste to mess up the delicious flavors of your creations, including. It is perfect for anyone looking to make a beautiful professional cake that belongs on display.

Why We Like This:

New and hot release
Good brand reputation

Best For sweet: Sugar art powdered Gold

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Not everyone likes to purchase gold for their regular usage, but the sugar art powdered gold would be an anomoly. Luster dust is intended to be dry dusted or painted on top of your confections only. This will provide you with a metallic looking cocoa finish. The DiamonDust is 100% edible glitter and perfect for sprinkling on top of a frosted cake. The color is vibrant and it does not dilute when mixed with water or oil. It’s beautiful and it’s white but pearlized.

You can absolutely dry dust luster dust on a chocolate mint for an added shimmer. It’s perfect for sprinkling on top of a frosted cake.

Why We Like This:

Very easy to use and only needed two coats to achieve uniform coverage
Works really good on treats no taste
Great color & easy to use

Best Feature: Sheerness: Sunflower Sugar art powdered Gold

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Compared with other gold in this category, the sunflower sugar art powdered gold has a convenient design. It is designed for decorating cakes with a *touch* of edible shimmer to it. It is a fine powder, which allows it to impart a brilliant shine with pearlized tones. It is so fine, it can be easily mixed with liquid mediums to create deeper hues of color, in over 50 luster dust shades.

Why We Like This:

Lovely color easy to use you will love the shimmer
Vegan, gluten free, and dairy free
Mix with flavored extracts, alcohol, or water
Luster dusts can be used to decorate