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Tie Dye Cookies

Home » Recipes » Dessert » Cookies » Tie Dye Cookies

Published August 19, 2022 Last Updated October 4, 2022 / By Pretty Providence 12 Comments

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Tie Dye Cookies are colorful sugar cookies made to look like tie-dye with bright colors and creative designs. These delicious cookies are easy and fun to make! 

Tie Dye Sugar Cookies

We love to use this recipe for Soft Sugar Cookies as the dough for Tie Dye cookies, with neon food coloring to make the vibrant colors pop. My kids had fun making these!  The method of making them is simple, and we have made a video to show you all of the steps. I hope you like them! I know that your kids will.

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Tie Dye Sugar Cookies

Tie Dye Cookies

Ingredients

  • one batch of sugar cookie dough
  • food coloring in at least 3 different colors, I use this  neon food coloring

Directions

  • Prepare one batch of sugar cookie dough and allow it to chill in the refrigerator for 1 hour. While it chills, gather ingredients needed for the “tie-dye” process.

collage: steps to making neon colored cookie dough with food coloring

  1. Separate dough into 4 bowls.
  2. Add 8-10 drops of food coloring to each bowl and mix until the color is well blended.
  3. Clean the countertop thoroughly, then dust it with a thin layer of flour. Take a nickel-sized amount of each dough and roll it into one ball.
  4. Roll dough between your hands to make a snake-shaped long piece of dough.

collage: tie dye cookie dough rolled up, cookies on cookie sheet, and cookies after baking

    1. Lay it on the counter and roll it into a spiral.
    2. Place onto a cookie sheet sprayed with cooking spray or lined with parchment paper.
    3. Bake at 375 degrees F. 8-10 minutes until done.
    4. Cool for 2 minutes on the pan before removing cookies to a rack to cool.

Optional: I can’t eat sugar cookies without frosting. If you like your cookies with frosting too, make this simple cream cheese frosting to slather on top of the cookies.

Neon tie dye sugar cookies with white frosting and bright colored sprinkles

Pro Tips

  • Don’t want to make sugar cookie dough from scratch? I have used a Betty Crocker Sugar Cookie mix to cut down the time, and it works great. Do what makes you happy.
  • Be sure to chill the cookie dough in the fridge for about an hour after mixing it up. If the dough gets too sticky to work with while making the swirly tie-dye cookies, just pop the dough back in the fridge to firm up again.
  • Make sure to clean your countertop thoroughly and dust it with a thin layer of flour before you start rolling the cookie dough into designs. Cookie dough can be sticky. Add more flour to the countertop as needed while you work. 

Tie dye cookies orange, purple, pink and turquoise swirls, stacked

If you make Tie Dye Cookies, please leave us a comment and a positive review! They mean a lot to us. 

Tie Dye Sugar Cookies (bright pink, orange, purple and teal) stacked on top of each other on a pink parchment paper sheet

Tie Dye Sugar Cookies

Tie-dye sugar cookies are a twist on the classic cookie, they're super fun to make.
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Prep Time: 2 hours
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 2 hours
Servings: 36
Calories: 256kcal
Author: Pretty Providence
Cost: $20

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Equipment

  • 4 small mixing bowls
  • Parchment Paper
  • 2-3 Cookie Sheets
  • cooling rack

Ingredients

  • 1 batch sugar cookie dough
  • 4 colors neon food coloring
  • 1 cup flour use as needed, for dusting countertop

Instructions

  • Prepare one batch of sugar cookie dough and allow it to chill in the refrigerator for 1 hour. While it chills, gather ingredients needed for the "tie-dye" process.
  • Separate dough into 4 bowls.
  • Add 8-10 drops of food coloring to each bowl and mix until color is well blended.
  • Clean countertop thoroughly and then dust it with a thin layer of flour.
  • Take a nickle sized amount of each dough and roll it into one ball.
  • Roll dough between your hands to make a snake-shaped long piece of dough. Lay it on the counter and roll it into a spiral.
  • Place onto a cookie sheet sprayed with cooking spray or lined with parchment paper.
  • Bake at 375 degrees F. 8-10 minutes until done.
  • Cool for 2 minutes on the pan before removing cookies to a rack to cool.

Notes

We love this recipe for traditional soft sugar cookies.
If you want to use a mix instead of dough made from scratch, we recommend using a 17.5 oz bag of Betty Crocker Sugar Cookie mix. 
Make sure to clean your countertop thoroughly and dust it with a thin layer of flour before you start rolling the cookie dough into designs. Cookie dough can be sticky. Add more flour to the countertop as needed while you work. 

Nutrition

Serving: 36cookies | Calories: 256kcal
Did you make this recipe?Mention @prettyprovidenceblog or tag #prettyprovidence!

You may also like these cookie recipes:

  • Fudge Brownie Cookies
  • Oreo Pudding Cookies
  • Oatmeal S’mores Cookies

Please come visit me at Mandy’s Recipe Box for more yummy recipes!

This post was originally published in 2014 and has been updated with new photos, a video, and detailed recipe instructions. 

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  1. Julia

    September 13, 2022 at 11:20 am

    These cookies are so fun to make! My girls enjoyed baking them with me so much! The colors are so fun!

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    • Jessica

      September 13, 2022 at 1:53 pm

      Thanks Julia! So glad you loved them!

      Reply
  2. Jamie

    September 13, 2022 at 9:46 am

    5 stars
    These were so fun to make! My kids absolutely love them!

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    • Sarah

      September 13, 2022 at 10:20 am

      Yay! We love them too!

      Reply
  3. Melissa Strosser

    August 05, 2021 at 4:27 pm

    I made these today for my girl’s 1/2 birthday which was Tie Dye themed! They turned out amazing!!

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    • Sarah

      August 11, 2021 at 2:38 pm

      Yay, what a fun idea! Happy half-birthday to them!

      Reply
  4. Kristina

    June 08, 2014 at 12:42 am

    These look so fun!

    Reply
  5. Lauren Allen

    June 06, 2014 at 12:26 pm

    These are SO cute Mandy! what a fun idea!

    Reply
  6. Daniela Walsh

    June 06, 2014 at 8:35 am

    These would be so fun for a Dr. Seuss party! Cute! xo

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    • Mandy Bird

      June 06, 2014 at 9:33 am

      That’s a fun idea!

      Reply
  7. Rachel

    June 06, 2014 at 7:17 am

    Wow these are so cool!

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    • Mandy Bird

      June 06, 2014 at 9:34 am

      Thanks! They were super easy to make.

      Reply

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