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strips of rainbow colors piped in thin lines on parchment paper with three lines each of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple.
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Rainbow Sprinkles

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Knowing how to make homemade rainbow sprinkles will open your eyes to the magic of sprinkles. They're so easy to make and so easy to color and flavor whichever way you like. So try it once, and you won't ever buy sprinkles for cakes and cookies and ice cream ever again!
Prep Time1 hour
Cook Time0 minutes
Drying time8 hours
Total Time9 hours
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Unspecified
Servings: 32
Calories: 30kcal
Author: Joanne Stekler

Equipment

  • 1 Stand mixer or hand mixer

Ingredients

  • 2 cups (240 grams) powdered sugar
  • 1½ tablespoons (14 grams)meringue powder
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 3 to 5 tablespoons room temperature water
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • food coloring as desired

Instructions

  • Lay out a sheet of parchment on a baking sheet and ready six small piping bags fitted with round tips or sandwich bags.
  • Mix together the powdered sugar, meringue powder, and salt in the bowl of your stand mixer or a medium-sized mixing bowl.
    2 cups (240 grams) powdered sugar, 1½ tablespoons (14 grams)meringue powder, 1 pinch salt
  • Add three tablespoons of water and the vanilla to the powdered sugar mixture and beat until the mixture is glossy and you get very firm or stiff peaks so that when you turn the beater upside down, the mixture remains upright or only the tip bends over. If it seems too thick, add a bit more water, about a teaspoon or so at a time.
    3 to 5 tablespoons room temperature water, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • For rainbow sprinkles, divide the mixture into six small bowls and use food coloring for red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple sprinkles. Mix until there are no more traces of white, and cover 5 of the bowls with plastic wrap.
    food coloring
  • Spoon one color sprinkle mixture into a bag and snip a small hole at the end. Pipe thin lines on the parchment paper - the lines can be very close together - then proceed with the next color.
  • Let the sprinkles dry for at least eight hours, then cut them to desired lengths.
  • Store unused sprinkles in a air-tight bag or tupperware container.

Notes

This rainbow sprinkles recipe will make 2 cups of homemade sprinkles, enough to cover a 9 inch round layer cake, two sheet cakes, or all the ice cream and cookies you can eat.
Sprinkle color may bleed onto pale backgrounds.

Nutrition

Calories: 30kcal | Carbohydrates: 8g | Protein: 0.2g | Sodium: 4mg | Potassium: 2mg | Sugar: 7g | Calcium: 0.2mg | Iron: 0.005mg