Cocoa/MUD play-doh

Original recipe here.

This makes a HUGE batch of really yummy-smelling mud-like play-doh.
Even better if served alongside REAL edible brownies.

Ingredients:
4 cups flour
1 cup cocoa
5 cups water
2 1/2 cups salt (just about the equivalent of an entire container)
3 Tablespoons cream of tartar
10 tablespoons oil (vegetable or canola)

Directions
1.  Mix the dry ingredients.
2.  Add the water and oil. 
3.  Stir all the ingredients together and cook over low-medium heat. 
4.  Keep stirring (you’ll get your forearm workout for the day in).  The mixture will start to thicken up and pull together.  Keep going a little bit longer until it is no longer sticky when you squeeze a piece of the mixture between your fingers.
5.  Once it’s no longer sticky, dump it out onto a clean surface.
6.  While still warm (but not hot) knead together until smooth. 
7.  Cover with a dishcloth for about 20 minutes and then place inside a gallon-size plastic bag.  Leave the bag open until there is no longer any condensation.  Press all of the air out of the bag and seal.   (Once it was completely dry, I wrapped it in plastic cling-wrap first before putting it into the gallon-sized bag since I wasn’t planning to use it for a few weeks.)