Jello Cookies
Made with sugar cookie mix and jello powder, these Jello Cookies offer up the soft and chewy texture of sugar cookies while being so bright and colorful. Fun, easy cookies that are 100% kid and adult-approved!
Servings: 36 cookies
Ingredients
- 17.5 ounce package sugar cookie mix (I used Betty Crocker)
- 1/2 cup butter , softened
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 3 tablespoons red jello powder
- 3 tablespoons blue jello powder
- 3 tablespoons green jello powder
- 3 tablespoons yellow jello powder
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F with a rack in the center position. Line 2 large baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Prepare sugar cookie mix according to package instructions, including the butter, egg, and vanilla (or use your favorite recipe for homemade sugar cookies.)
- Divide dough into 4 equal portions (you can eyeball it or to be exact, use a kitchen scale) and place in individual bowls.
- Combine each ball of dough with 3 tablespoons of one color of jello, so you end up with 4 different colored doughs.
- Using your hands, knead dough until well combined. (To brighten or deepen the colors, you can add a small amount of gel food coloring to the dough.) Set aside, continue until all four colors have been made.
- Using a small cookie scoop, scoop the dough into 1-inch balls.
- Place granulated sugar in a shallow bowl. Roll dough balls until coated and set on the prepared baking sheet.
- Continue until all dough is rolled. (I got 9 cookies of each color.)
- Bake for 10-12 minutes or until the tops become firm and the bottoms are just barely golden. Don't overbake. Cool on wire rack for 5 minutes and enjoy.
Notes
This recipe makes 4 different colors. The pictures include all 6 colors of the rainbow just as a visual, but this recipe makes enough dough for 4 different colors. The flavors and colors of jello you use are up to you. The possibilities are endless.
Use homemade sugar cookie dough if preferred. If you have a homemade sugar cookie dough recipe you love, feel free to use that instead of the store-bought.
Regular or sugar-free jello. I make these with regular jello powder, but you can use sugar-free jello mix if needed.
Make brighter cookies. To brighten or deepen the colors to your preference, you can add a small amount of gel food coloring to the dough. (For reference as seen in the pictures, I used 3 drops purple for grape cookies, 1 drop yellow for lemon cookies, and 1 drop orange for the orange cookies.)
Try different extracts. You can also replace the vanilla extract with different extracts to enhance the flavor of jello (like almond extract for the cherry jello, lemon extract for lemon jello, etc.)
Nutrition
Calories: 93kcal | Carbohydrates: 15g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 3g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 12mg | Sodium: 73mg | Potassium: 3mg | Sugar: 10g | Vitamin A: 86IU | Calcium: 2mg | Iron: 0.1mg