Polaroid made a pen that lets you draw candy bars
Polaroid goes one step further in the field of 3D printing pens with its CandyPlay 3D pen, by replacing plastic with melted candy so that you can eat it when your masterpiece is complete.
Pointed out, the idea of the CandyPlay 3D pen isn't entirely new, as upgraded 3D printers have sprouted out edible puffs instead of PLA plastic.
Kids also have access to the 3D printing pen that has thrown out melted chocolate since 2015.
And the CandyPlay 3D pen is completely manual, so anyone can start creating without having to learn to use software to design or prepare the 3D model first.
And unlike a chocolate pen, the candy material used here is solid enough when cold that it can be layered to slowly build the 3D models.
The CandyPlay 3D pen, which sells for around $ 50, comes in four strawberry-flavored candy cartridges, and there are six different sweet flavors to choose from (strawberry, orange, apple, grape, lemon, and cola).
The edible print material appears to be sugar-free and suitable for vegetarians, and the candy cartridges are not that great.
Cartridges for each flavor are available at about $ 28 for 40 candy cartridges, or about $ 32 for multi-flavor bait of 48 cartridges (8 of each).
Polaroid appears to be going the way of an inkjet printer and making most of its money on cartridges, however, if the pen's popularity increases, you can expect to see cheaper, third-party cartridges available at more competitive prices.
Using Polaroid's CandyPlay 3D Pen seems easy enough, you can plug it in (no rechargeable battery), wait for the LED to tell you the heating mechanism is warm enough, and then press the button to extrude the candy intermittently or continuously if you don't want to. You hold down the button all the time.
And Polaroid recommends starting with some of the stencils it provides for download through its site so that users can familiarize yourself with how the pen works by placing the design underneath the butter paper to create an edible dessert.