DIY Colored Sugar Sprinkles Recipe! {So EASY}

Out of sprinkles? Now you can use this DIY Colored Sugar Sprinkles Recipe to add a gorgeous finishing touch to your homemade baked goods!

The next time you run out of sprinkles… don’t worry! This DIY Colored Sugar Sprinkles Recipe will come to the rescue and save the day!

That’s right… it’s actually ridiculously easy to color your own sugar! Whether you’re looking to create gorgeous sugar glitter, pretty pastel sanding sugar, or bright and vivid homemade colored sugar sprinkles, this simple little trick works like a charm!

These pretty DIY Colored Sugar Sprinkles are perfect for cookies, cupcakes, and cake decorating!

Plus, once you know how to make colored sugar sprinkles you can take total creative control and create your own colors… while saving SO much money, too! So what are you waiting for? Let’s do this!

Here’s what you’ll need to make your own DIY Colored Sugar Sprinkles for your next baking project…

DIY Colored Sugar Sprinkles Recipe

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How Do You Use Sugar Sprinkles?

There are so many FUN uses for these colored sugar sprinkles! Here are a few of my favorites…

• Sprinkle on cut-out cookies or cakes just before baking in oven
• Sprinkle on sugar cookies, cakes, or cupcakes after frosting
• Add it to the glass rim of your next mocktail
• Sprinkle on truffles before chocolate hardens

Can You Color Sugar with Gel Food Coloring?

Yep… you sure can! I actually prefer using gel food colors when making sugar sprinkles, because you’ll end up with more intense, vivid colors. If you’re going for light colors though, food coloring drops will do the trick.

Colored Sugar Sprinkle Ingredients:

You’ll just need the following two ingredients to make your homemade sugar crystals…

• Turbinado Sugar {also known as Sugar In The Raw}
• Food Coloring Gels for brighter colors, or Food Coloring Drops for pastel colors

How to Make Colored Sugar for Sprinkles:

So how do you make colored sugar sprinkles? It’s actually SO easy! Here’s what you’ll do…

1. Pour sugar into plastic bowl
2. Add Food Coloring Gel
3. Sprinkle with Water Drops and stir until colored
4. Transfer to parchment lined cookie sheet
5. Spread out to dry and allow to dry overnight & you’re done!

How to Store Colored Sugar Sprinkles:

Dry sprinkles can be stored in mini mason jars for several months.

What Your Frugal Friends Are Saying About These Homemade Colored Sugar Sprinkles:

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Colored Sugar Sprinkles Recipe

Out of sprinkles? Now you can use this DIY Colored Sugar Sprinkles Recipe to add a gorgeous finishing touch to your homemade baked goods!

Prep Time10 minutes mins

Total Time10 minutes mins

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: cookie decorating, cupcake decorating, sprinkle

Servings: 20 tablespoons

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups Turbinao Sugar {sugar in the raw}
• 5 drops Food Coloring Gels {food coloring drops can be substituted for lighter, more pastel colors}

Instructions

• Pour 1/4 cup Turbinado Sugar into plastic bowl.
• Add about 5 large drops of food coloring gel to the sugar. The more drops you use, the more intense the color will get. If you have little containers of gel, you can use toothpicks to add the drops.
• Then sprinkle in 1 – 2 tiny drops of water to the bowl, and stir well with a plastic spoon until the color has evenly distributed. {around 2 minutes}
• Transfer sugar to parchment paper lined cookie sheet, and spread out in a thin layer.
• Allow colored sugar sprinkles to dry completely overnight {or up to 24 hours} before using. Time needed to dry will just depend on how dry or humid your home is.
• Now if you repeat the steps above 4 more times with different colors of food coloring gels, and you’ll end up with five different colored sprinkles!
• Dry sprinkles can be stored in mini mason jars for several months.

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