Best 6 Colored Sugar Recipes

COLORED SUGAR

Steps:

• Place sugar into a jar with a tight fitting lid. Drip the food coloring onto the sugar, close the lid, and shake vigorously for about 1 minute. Adjust color with additional food coloring and repeat if the color is too light.

DIY COLORED SUGAR

Steps:

• In a small resealable plastic bag, combine sugar and a few drops of food coloring. Seal bag and shake to tint the sugar. Allow sugar to dry on flat surface for 15-20 minutes before using.

COLORED SANDING SUGAR FOR COOKIE & CUPCAKE DECORATING

Steps:

• If using the GEL METHOD:.
• Put the sugar into a bowl.
• On a spoon, put a little dab of the color(s) you want to use. A little goes a long way; gel colors stain much more deeply than liquid.
• With a toothpick or the tines of a fork, mix the dab with a few drops of water-- no more than 4-5 drops of so. Be really careful with this step because if there's too little water, it won't diffuse enough. Too much water and the color won't stick. I like using a medicine dropper for this.
• Carefully stir the spoon into the bowl of sugar, mixing thoroughly.
• Shake the bowl occasionally to properly disperse the coloring.
• Let the bowl of sugar sit in a safe area that is cool and dry for at least 10 minutes so the color can dry.
• If using the LIQUID METHOD:.
• How many drops you use determine how deep you'd like the color to be or how many are required to get a certain hue. About 4-5 are medium shade depending on which one you use, ie you only need about 2 or 3 of red to get pink but about 8-10 for red.
• Put the drops on a spoon, and mix thoroughly through the bowl of corase sugar.
• Shake the bowl a few times to disperse all the dye. If it looks like "spotting", add another 2-3 drops of coloring to the spoon and mix again.
• When you are satisfied with the color, let the bowl sit in a cool dry area for about 5-10 minutes to let the color seep in and dry.
• FUN TIPS:.
• For rainbow sugar using the liquid dyes, don't put the dye on the spoon. Randomly put a few drops in the bowl and quickly stir it up, careful not to blend the colors together.
• Put the sugar into separate bowls to get different colors instead of having to buy a whole container of colored sugar if you only want just a little bit.

HOMEMADE EDIBLE GLITTER - COLORED SALT OR SUGAR

Steps:

• Measure salt or sugar into a clear jar with a tight fitting lid. Add food coloring one drop at a time and screw the cap on tightly. SHAKE to combine. Repeat until desired color is reached.
• Sprinkle, dip or shake onto whatever you like. I like to put this in a clear salt shaker for easy shaking or pour some into a saucer and dip the wet rim of an empty glass in it to make the glass pretty!
• Tip: This will keep for a very long time. This stays drier and stores wonderfully as is but even better if you spread colored salt/sugar in a thin layer to air dry for about an hour or microwave in 30 second intervals, stir and repeat for about 1-2 minutes or until moisture is evaporated. You can also add a few grains of rice to absorb any moisture.

COLORED SUGAR

Steps:

• Place sugar into a jar with a tight fitting lid.
• Drip the food coloring onto the sugar, close the lid, and shake vigorously for about 1 minute.
• Adjust color with additional food coloring and repeat if the color is too light.

MAKING HOMEMADE COLORED SUGAR (OR SPLENDA)

Steps:

• 1. Place desired amount of sugar in a resealable plastic bag. Add 1 to 3 drops of food coloring. Squeeze out all air, and massage the color into the sugar until no clumps remain (measurements are just a starting point, use as much sugar as needed and drops of food coloring to get desired color).
• 2. NOTE: You can use gel or liquid food coloring. Both work well. Just takes a little more massaging the sugars in the bag to soften them up when using liquid food coloring.
• 3. Including some "Sugar Eggs" for Gail.