These Jello Frosted Cookies are from Melanie at Reasons To Skip The Housework and boy do they look delicious! This recipe can be used with store-bought or homemade sugar cookies. Making jello frosting is one of the most creative ways to color and flavor frosting for cookies or cakes.
Jello Frosted Cookies
I’m so honored to be celebrating summer over here with Today’s Creative Life! and my Jello Frosted Cookies! I’m Melanie and I blog at Reasons To Skip The Housework, a spot where you can get lost in inspirations and skip your housework as long as you’d like!
I live in Phoenix, and it’s beyond hot here right now. Keeping my daughter occupied during the summer is always a challenge since the only thing we can do outside in the summer is swim and although that’s wonderful, we can’t do it all day long!
We love to bake together, and although I’m not a good baker, we have so much fun decorating cookies together and these Jello Frosted Cookies were our latest adventure that were so much fun!
How to Make Jello Frosted Sugar Cookies
How to Make Jello Frosted Sugar CookiesIngredients:
- 12 Sugar Cookies (You can use slice-n-bake sugar cookies or store-bought, or make your own sugar cookies if you’re a better baker than I am!)
- 1 Tub Vanilla Frosting
- 1 box flavored Jello (NOT sugar free, 3oz. box)
Scoop frosting into a medium bowl. (I used 4 colors and just flavored 1/4 of the frosting at a time) Scoop 1TB powdered Jello into frosting and mix. Spread onto cookies. Top with sprinkles or marshmallows or crystals of sugar.
The frosting on these cookies is so flavorful and the kids will love them! The Jello does make the frosting a tad gritty but the kids still love them and let me tell you, the flavor makes up for it! I could eat more than one Cherry Frosted Cookie in a sitting.
Can You Use Sugar-Free Jello?
Although the original recipe I was given said to not use sugar-free, I don’t see why it would matter much. I would try a small amount first to see how it reacts.
Making your own buttercream would help alleviate the grittiness, so if you have a bit more time, you’ll want to try this recipe from Happier Than A Pig In Mud.
Can You Combine Jello Flavors?
That’s the best thing about Jello frosting! Mix and match for different color combinations. Mixing flavors will also create a different color palette.
- Cherry Lime
- Lemon Lime
- Lemon Strawberry
- Berry Blue Lemon
- Mango Peach
- Orange Lemon
The flavor combos are endless. Be creative! This is a great way to get kids in the kitchen.
Either way, the Jello Frosted Cookies are a fun summer activity and even more fun to eat! Everyone can decorate their own cookies in their own ways! Which flavor of Jello Frosted Cookies would you love the most?
How to Make Jello Frosting
Jello Frosted Sugar Cookies using vanilla frosting and your favorite jello flavoring. Easy cookie decorating.
Ingredients
- 12 Sugar Cookies (You can use store-bought cookies or store-bought dough)
- 1 Tub Vanilla Frosting
- 1 box flavored Jello (NOT sugar free, 3oz. box)
Instructions
- Scoop frosting into a medium bowl. If you're making more than one flavor/color, use a new bowl for each. (I used 4 colors and just flavored 1/4 of the frosting at a time)
- Start by scooping 1 tablespoon powdered Jello into the frosting and mix until fully blended. Add more if desired.
- Spread onto cookies. Top with sprinkles or any other cookie decorating embellishments.
Notes
This recipe was shared by Reasons To Skip the Housework for Today's Creative Life.
Nutrition Information
Yield 20 Serving Size 1Amount Per Serving Calories 191Total Fat 8gSaturated Fat 2gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 6gCholesterol 6mgSodium 114mgCarbohydrates 29gFiber 0gSugar 23gProtein 1g
We do our best to calculate, however, nutrition information may not be accurate.
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Lolly Jane says
These are not only pretty, they look delish! Mmm
Kim says
She did such a great job didn’t she?