A fast setting edible glue comprising a gum, powdered sugar, glucose, water,and optionally additional additives, theedible glue comprises: gum in an amount of from 2 to 4 % based on the totalamount of glue; powdered sugar in an amount from 70-80 %based on the total amount of glue; glucose in an amount of from 2 to 5 % basedon the total amount of glue; water in anamount of from 12 to 18 % based on the total amount of glue; and optionallyadditional additives in an amount of from 0.1 to 1.5 %based on the total amount of glue.