Jello Cookies

These rainbow cookies use a homemade sugar cookie recipe and use rainbow Jello to flavor and color the cookies to create rainbow sugar cookies! Delicious and easy and perfect rainbow party food!

Rainbow Cookies

Rainbow food is so much fun and these rainbow cookies are the perfect addition to your rainbow party food lineup! We also love this rainbow popcorn, layered jello cake, rainbow jello frosted grapes, and layered rainbow jello. Of course, if you are throwing a rainbow party then you should also check out our ultimate rainbow party guide for food ideas, game ideas, decor and more!

Now, on to the rainbow cookies! Whether you are making these Jello cookies for a rainbow party or just as a fun, colorful cookie to make with the kids, you’ll love how tasty and easy they are! I’ll show you how to make them and also how to change them up and create fun twists on this recipe!

How To Make Rainbow Sugar Cookies

These rainbow sugar cookies use a basic (and delicious) sugar cookie recipe as the base and you can use any flavor/color Jello to flavor them and color them! If you want deeper, more vibrant colors you can use more Jello or add food coloring. We liked the subtle colors of our Jello cookies so we left the food coloring out.

Rainbow Jello Cookies Ingredients:

You’ll need the following ingredients to make rainbow Jello cookies. This recipe makes about 3 dozen cookies.

• 3 1/2 cups flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 1/2 cups (3 sticks) butter, softened (not melted!)
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp vanilla
• Cherry, Orange, Lemon, Lime, Wild Berry, and Grape Jell-o

Jello Cookies Directions

1. Preheat your oven to 350F and prepare a cookie sheet with a baking mat or parchment paper.
2. Beat butter with a paddle attachment until creamy. Add sugar, egg, and vanilla and beat until combined. Gradually add in flour and baking powder until blended.
3. Divide dough into 6 sections. Sprinkle 2 tablespoons of Jell-o onto each section. Knead together with dough. If you don’t like the color you achieve with the Jello, then add food coloring until you like the color.
4. Shape dough into 1-inch balls and roll the dough balls in the remaining jello from the packets. Place on a baking sheet lined with a silicone mat and flatten with the bottom of a cup.
5. Bake 8 to 10 minutes. Cool for 2 minutes on the baking sheets, then transfer to wire rack and cool completely.

You can use any flavors of Jello to flavor your cookies so get creative and try different flavors! Use neon food coloring for more crazy color combinations too!

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Rainbow Jello Cookies

Sarah

These rainbow Jello cookies use a sugar cookie recipe and Jello to flavor and color them. Kids will love making these and they taste great too!

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Prep Time 30 mins

Cook Time 10 mins

Total Time 40 mins

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Servings 3 dozen

Ingredients

  

• 3 1/2 cups flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 1/2 cups (3 sticks) butter softened (not melted!)
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 6 3oz boxes Jello Cherry, Orange, Lemon, Lime, Wild Berry, and Grape

Instructions

 

• Preheat your oven to 350F and prepare a cookie sheet with a baking mat or parchment paper.
• Beat butter with a paddle attachment until creamy. Add sugar, egg, and vanilla and beat until combined. Gradually add in flour and baking powder until blended.
• Divide dough into 6 sections. Sprinkle 2 tablespoons of Jell-o onto each section. Knead together with dough. If you don't like the color you achieve with the Jello, then add food coloring until you like the color.
• Shape dough into 1-inch balls and roll the dough balls in the remaining jello from the packets. Place on a baking sheet lined with a silicone mat and flatten with the bottom of a cup.Bake 8 to 10 minutes. Cool for 2 minutes on the baking sheets, then transfer to wire rack and cool completely.

Store any leftover cookies in an airtight container or cookie jar.

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