The children regularly ask for this writing game. I've done it about werewolves, vampires, zombies, and as a murder mystery, but the basic idea is that you give out slips of paper, one of which identifies the recipient as the baddie and which needs to be kept secret from the other children.
The pupils all have to write persuasive speeches to deliver to the rest of the group (the "community"), setting out their ideas for dealing with the villain. Some will choose to be lenient, wanting to integrate the baddie into the community under various precautions, while others will want the interloper dealt with more harshly. At the end of the speeches, the group discusses what they will do as a community and then they vote for the best plan.
As a final bit of fun, they take a guess as to who among them is the baddie. (The clue is obviously that it'll be someone who's given a speech appealing for clemency, and the sharper students will pick this up.)
You don't actually need envelopes - they just add a bit of drama - and you don't have to use edible paper; ordinary paper will do fine. I happen to keep rice paper in my baking cupboard!
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