Jello Cookies
This recipe for Jello Cookies is a twist on a classic sugar cookie. These vibrant cookies are a fun retro treat that kids are sure to love!
Jello cookies are a delicious retro treat that is perfect for your home kitchen.
These Jello Cookies are a really fun twist on a sugar cookie that will be sure to be a hit with kids because of their bright colours and just a hint of fruity flavour,
This is a great recipe to make with kids, they will love adding the jello and kneading the dough.
These cookies are also easy to customize the colours for Valentine’s Day, Easter, baby showers, Mother’s Day, Christmas, or any other special occasion. Cherry and lime are perfect for Christmas Cookies!
Variations on Jello Cookies
If you find the batter is too bland for your liking you can kick it up a notch!
- Reserve the leftover jello powder and roll your cookies in it instead of granulated sugar to kick up the fruity flavour.
- Add 2 tsp of lemon extract for some citrus zing, this is particularly great with citrus flavours.
- Toss in a packet of the matching koolaid flavour for a burst of fruity flavour!
You can also prepare these as cutout cookies because they use a sugar cookie base!
Simply prepare the cookie dough as instructed. Instead of rolling into balls and baking, form the dough into disks and wrap tightly in plastic wrap. Chill the dough into the fridge for about 2 hours and then roll the chilled dough out on a lightly floured surface . Use cookie cutters to cut out your favourite shapes.
Tips for Making the BEST Jello Cookies
- Be sure to properly spoon and level your flour so that your cookies don’t end up dense!
- Your dough will be crumbly at first, don’t panic. Kneeding the jello in will fix that.
- The cookies are done baking when the bottoms are just barely golden and the tops are firm to the touch.
- Do not use margarine for butter!
- You can add food colouring for an even more vibrant look!
How to Store Jello Cookies
You can store these Jello cookies at room temperature in an airtight container for 3-5 days.
If you want to keep them for longer these cookies do freeze well. Completely cool your baked cookies and freeze in an airtight container for up to 6 months. Thaw at room temperature.
About the Ingredients for Sugar Cookies
Flour – Spoon and level your flour, always!
Salt – Balances out all the flavours.
Baking powder – Make sure it is active so it leavens the cookies properly.
Butter – Room temperature butter so you can cream it easily. You should use unsalted butter but unless i am testing a recipe, I always use salted since that is what we have on hand, and never had an issue. Just reduce the added salt by half.
Sugar – Plain old granulated sugar.
Egg – Your egg should be room temperature.
Vanilla – Real vanilla will give the best flavour but artificial vanilla is perfectly fine.
Jello – Any flavours that you like, or 1 box of a single flavour is fine. You can use sugar-free jello mix if preferred
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How to Make Jello Cookies
Yields: 3 Dozen | Prep time: 10 Mins | Cook time: 8 Mins
Ingredients:
3 cups All-purpose flour
1 tsp Salt
2 tsp. baking powder
1 cup butter, softened
1 cup sugar (+ extra for rolling)
1 Large Egg
1 tsp vanilla
3 packages of Jell-O, various colours
Food colouring (optional)
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350°F.
Place flour, salt and baking poder to a medium bowl and stir to combine.
Cream butter and sugar in a large bowl with a mixer.
Add eggs and vanilla to the mixture, mix well.
Add the dry ingredients slowly; mix well.
Divide dough into 3 even sections and knead in 3 Tbsp. of Jell-O into each section.
You can add a few drops of food colouring at a time to the dough if desired.
Shape dough into 1-inch balls, roll them in sugar, then flatten with the bottom of a bowl or cup placing 2 inches apart on a lined baking sheet.
Bake for 6-10 minutes then allow to cool for 2 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.
Jello Cookies
This recipe for Jello Cookies is a twist on a classic sugar cookie. These vibrant cookies are a fun retro treat that kids are sure to love!
Ingredients
- 1 tsp Salt
- 2 tsp. baking powder
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup sugar (+ extra for rolling)
- 1 Large Egg
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 3 packages of Jell-O, various colours
- Food colouring (optional)
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350°F.
Place flour, salt and baking poder to a medium bowl and stir to combine.
Cream butter and sugar in a large bowl with a mixer.
Add eggs and vanilla to the mixture, mix well.
Add the dry ingredients slowly; mix well.
Divide dough into 3 even sections and knead in 3 Tbsp. of Jell-O into each section.
You can add a few drops of food colouring at a time to the dough if desired.
Shape dough into 1-inch balls, roll them in sugar, then flatten with the bottom of a bowl or cup placing 2 inches apart on a lined baking sheet.
Bake for 6-10 minutes then allow to cool for 2 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.
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Nutrition Information:
Yield:
36Serving Size:
1 cookieAmount Per Serving: Calories: 97Total Fat: 5gSaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 19mgSodium: 168mgCarbohydrates: 12gFiber: 0gSugar: 12gProtein: 1g
This recipe for Jell-O Cookies was originally published in January of 2014 on FrugalMomEh.com.
omg these look so awesome!! My 7 year old would go nuts over these just because of the colours! Thanks gorgeous, we’ll have to whip some up this weekend while we get hammered with yet another blast white precipitation lol.
Let me know what you guys think about them!
Oh i will! She just woke up and I already showed them to her… but apparently she doesn’t want “me” to make them with her.. she wants Daddy to lol.
These cookies look sensational !! What a colourful treat.
They will certainly be enjoyed by my jello-loving trio ! Thanks for the unique idea.
These are so special and pretty! My girls would love making these!
I’ve never heard of these before! Gotta try it.
We whipped these up Sunday afternoon, their all gone. I totally enjoy them with my coffee. Since I’ve decided to keep the girls home today due to snowing and blowing and cold temps, we’re gonna make some more today! Thanks again gorgeous, Kira is adding ‘orange’ to her colours today lol
Oh I bet Orange tastes great! I haven’t tried it yet… so far my favourite is LIME. Mmm.
Lime was my fav too, orange is pretty tasty. She’s taking one of each colour to school to show her friends lol. She even facetimed with my 20 year old in college to show her her ‘rainbow’ cookies lol. Thanks so much for the idea girl it’s a huge hit here!
Oh yum!! It never would have occurred to me to add Jello to cookies! Those colours are so vibrant!
These cookies look amazing and the colours are so vibrant.
My son would love these!
Never heard of a cookie recipe with jello. Interesting…and they really do look great! Love the colors!
These look good. I love the colors. Thank you for sharing the recipe.
I really like these,they look so good.Thanks for the recipe will try these next weekend when the grandkids come
These would be great to add some colour to holiday cookie trays! I will have to make up a batch and see how we like them, thanks for the recipe!
These are so good with a pot of tea
I make there ever other weekend with the grandkids they love the colors
I am so gong to try these out next time my granddaughter comes for a visit.
very easy cookie! Would be a great recipe to make with the grandchildren, thank you.
Combining Jello and cookies is really interesting and I know the colours would be a big hit with the kids!
I made these for Easter this year – they were so pretty!!! Thanks, they tasted great!
Mishelle
I made these for the neighbor,s kids and they ate them up in minutes
I was wondering if you freeze these cookies once they are baked ?
Everyone seems to have great success. I’m not sure what we are doing wrong. We did “yellow.” We added yellow food coloring and then the 3 TBS of Jello brand yellow. We rolled them in sugar/jello and sprinkled some on top and we don’t get the crystalized look on top at all. It all blends in and just looks like a yellow sugar cookie.
We’d probably make them again to see if we could do better, but not a super big fan at this point.
We rolled ours in decorating sugar for the photos, which was originally party of the recipe. I must have accidentally removed that detail when last updating the post.