420 food coloring recipes

Pistachio mint cake is a green-tinted sheet cake with chocolate chips, baked in a 9x13 pan and topped with melted Andes mints spread into a glossy chocolate glaze.

Famous Brown Derby red velvet cake with buttermilk-cocoa cake layers, vinegar reaction, and the original cooked-flour ermine frosting. Hollywood diner classic from the 1940s Wilshire icon.

Christmas ribbon cookies made with a cookie press, featuring pink, green, and white striped dough. A festive butter cookie with lemon extract that makes about 60 cookies.

Spooky Halloween spider cake shaped from two round layers with black frosting, licorice legs, and gumball eyes. A fun green gelatin surprise hides inside the body.

Raspberry meringue cookies piped into rosettes and baked low and slow until crisp. Light as air with real raspberry preserves folded into the meringue.

Chocolate mint sticks: a three-layer holiday bar with a fudgy brownie base, a bright green peppermint buttercream middle, and a glossy chocolate glaze on top. A Christmas-cookie classic.

Peach glace pie with a cream cheese layer under fresh sliced peaches and a glossy cooked peach glaze. A no-bake summer pie filling in a pre-baked shell.

Halloween Penicillin Pizza: English muffin pizzas topped with green-dyed Parmesan that looks like mold. A fun, spooky kid-friendly party snack ready in 20 minutes.

Three-layer mint chocolate candy with dark chocolate on the top and bottom and a green peppermint white chocolate center. No-bake fudge-style squares made with sweetened condensed milk and just six ingredients.

Aunt Catherine's Italian Cookies: a heirloom cookie with almond extract, cinnamon, and chopped nuts, finished in pastel-colored powdered sugar icing. Stores for months in tins.

Chinese New Year almond cookies with a thumbprint dipped in red food coloring. Crisp, sandy shortening cookies meant to bring good luck to the lunar new year table.

Crispy onion rings with loads of onion flavor in the batter.

Surprise your family this Christmas with these decorative cookies that can bring out the holiday cheer in everyone.

No-cook fresh fruit ice cream made with just half-and-half, sweetened condensed milk, puréed fruit, and vanilla. Pick your favorite fruit and churn.

Homemade sweet and sour dip with crushed pineapple, brown sugar, and vinegar. Thick, glossy, and freezer-friendly. Skip the bottled stuff and make your own in minutes.

Fluffy pink grapefruit frosting is a seven-minute frosting made with egg whites, sugar, and grapefruit juice beaten over a double boiler into billowy, citrus-scented peaks.