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Home ยป Dessert Recipes ยป How to Color Sugar for Sweets and Cocktails Rims

How to Color Sugar for Sweets and Cocktails Rims

September 8, 2013 by Angela Roberts 24 Comments

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 Lets COLOR SUGAR. Learn how to Dye Sugar.

Best Way to Color Sugar from Spinach Tiger


These are great to set your marshmallow pops in. You can get the kids engaged and it’s a lot of fun.

Coloring Sugar is just as easy as coloring coconut.

Colored sugar can be a nice touch as showers and girlfriend parties too. How would you color your sugar?

How to Color Sugar from Spinach Tiger

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4.8 from 5 votes

How to Color Sugar with Food Coloring

Coloring sugar when you need a little bit for fun or decorating.
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Author: Angela Roberts

Ingredients

  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1-2 drops neon food coloring
  • plastic baggie

Instructions

  • Put food coloring into baggie and add sugar.
  • Fold bag to close getting all the air out.
  • Using hands, smoosh the sugar all around until it has the color you want.
  • Lay it out on a plate. It will dry right away.
  • I used neon food coloring for this shade of green. Experiment to see what you like.

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Filed Under: Cocktails, Cupcake Recipes, Dessert Recipes Tagged With: food coloring, limes, sugar

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Comments

  1. Sarah says

    April 3, 2021 at 3:40 pm

    5 stars
    Worked great. Used a few extra drop/s for a yellow and the sugar still dried out quickly and perfectly.

    Reply
  2. Sree says

    January 21, 2019 at 1:24 pm

    Hey, can I colour my sugar and then use that coloured sugar to make Swiss meringue buttercream in order to have coloured buttercream? Will it hamper the consistency or anything?

    Reply
    • Angela Roberts says

      January 21, 2019 at 10:41 pm

      You would want to add food coloring after you make your frosting.

      Reply
  3. Kristin says

    March 4, 2014 at 12:30 pm

    do you think this would work with gel food coloring?

    Reply
    • Megan says

      November 13, 2018 at 4:58 pm

      You can use gel but mix one or two drops of the gel with one or two drops of water on a spoon before adding it to the sugar.

      Reply
  4. Elaine says

    September 13, 2013 at 4:44 pm

    5 stars
    Hey Angela love your food colouring of sugar recipe..one time the boys and I (It was St. Patricks day) put food colouring in the milk and turned it green…haha should have seen the funny looks when people were pouring out the milk. (Ours comes in bags in Canada.)

    Reply
    • angela says

      September 13, 2013 at 8:31 pm

      Thanks Elaine. I’m going to have to remember the green milk. How fun!

      Reply
  5. chitchatchomp says

    September 10, 2013 at 9:21 pm

    You poor thing! Don’t you just hate it when you’ve spent time, money and energy on something only to have it thrown in the bin. I know the feeling as I do it all the time! ๐Ÿ™‚

    Reply
  6. Lesa @ Edesia's Notebook says

    September 10, 2013 at 8:27 pm

    Bummer about the cupcakes but you’ve totally got me craving a margarita now. I’m definitely with you on liking them on the rocks. Frozen drinks give me that horrible head-freezy-thingy.

    Reply
    • angela says

      September 10, 2013 at 10:11 pm

      I know I’ve been craving a margarita too, Lesa.

      Reply
  7. Trisha says

    September 9, 2013 at 9:54 pm

    I absolutely love the idea of colored sugar. I see myself whipping up a couple of batches for Christmas, maybe even sooner, who knows. This post is perfect for those of us already thinking about holiday baking. ๐Ÿ™‚

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    • angela says

      September 9, 2013 at 9:57 pm

      Also fun for cocktails too.

      Reply
  8. Kate | Food Babbles says

    September 9, 2013 at 7:34 pm

    I love that you turned a recipe fail still into a success. So sorry that the cupcakes didn’t work out as planned but that sugar looks awesome! What a versatile decoration.

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  9. Teresa Blackburn says

    September 9, 2013 at 5:51 pm

    Angela, I am intrigued about your food job training? I love this tip and have had to do it many times to make a sugar rimmer or cupcake topping or a sugar sprinkle look a certain color for a photo shoot. Isn’t it fun to do? To watch the color change from plain white to your lovely limey green? Really pretty. So all was not lost…the cupcakes did not work as you wanted, but the sugar trick did! Just like life sometimes?

    Reply
    • angela says

      September 9, 2013 at 9:56 pm

      Teresa
      A new shop is opening up in Franklin and you’re gonna love it. It’s all spices. I’ll be telling more.

      Reply
  10. sippitysup says

    September 9, 2013 at 1:38 pm

    I had a biscuits fail recently. Too much liquid (I think I spaced and added buttermilk twice). They came out more like cookies. Delicious but a fail nontheless. GREG

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  11. Isabelle @ Crumb says

    September 9, 2013 at 12:55 pm

    Oh no! I hate it when a recipe doesn’t work out, especially because more often than not, it’s because I totally goofed on something basic (like leaving out the sugar, or some other total no-brainer).
    I’m glad you got some lovely coloured sugar out of the deal, though. Better to share something simple than to leave your buddy high and dry on reveal day! ๐Ÿ™‚

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    • angela says

      September 9, 2013 at 9:56 pm

      It all worked out really well. I still made a blogger friend and got to color sugar. All sweet.

      Reply
  12. Elizabeth@ Food Ramblings says

    September 9, 2013 at 12:12 pm

    Thanks for sharing!!!

    Reply
  13. sarah k @ the pajama chef says

    September 9, 2013 at 9:57 am

    i’m so sorry that these cupcakes didn’t work for you, angela! ๐Ÿ™ i’ll go digging and try to find out what size that margarita mix was. i have no idea why i didn’t list it, my only explanation was that it was in the beginning of my blogging days and i didn’t know any better. if i figure it out i will be sure to let you know!! and thanks for the tip about coloring sugar…will keep that in mind for cupcakes in the future!

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    • angela says

      September 9, 2013 at 10:17 am

      Sarah, No problem. I’m going to try to figure it out and I’m still happy about the sugar. I LOVED how you decorated yours.

      Reply
  14. Camilla @ Culinary Adventures says

    September 9, 2013 at 8:24 am

    Angela, I have kitchen flops all the time…and I even have a “flop” label for my posts. I searched this morning and re-lived the nightmare of agrodolce black radishes, cranberry pudding, and caramels that never set. Oh, well. They all challenged me to give it another shot. And thanks for the instructions on coloring my sugar. Perfect timing as we head into the holiday season.

    Reply
  15. Sweet as Sugar Cookies says

    September 8, 2013 at 11:20 pm

    How cool! I’ve always wondered how to color my own sugar. This will totally save me money since I won’t have to buy any more.

    Reply

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