Organic Pink Food Coloring
Learn how to make organic pink food coloring at home with no artificial colors! I’m sharing three different ways to color your frosting, cookies, or cakes pink with just one organic ingredient!
If you’re looking for more baking tutorials, be sure to check out How to Make the Best Streusel Topping, How to Make Chocolate Graham Cracker Crust from Scratch, How to Frost Cupcakes 12 Ways, How to Parbake a Pie Crust, or How to Stack a Layer Cake with Filling.
In This Baking Guide
- How to Make Organic Pink Food Coloring
- How to use organic fruit and vegetable powders as food dyes
- How to make different shades of pink food dye
- Tips for making pink food dye without artificial colors
Summarize & Save This Content On
Why You'll Love This Recipe
- Organic Food Dye: I'm showing you how to use organic fruit and vegetable powders to make organic pink food dye.
- Use for Anything: You can use these fruit and vegetable powders for anything you want to color pink, I have tips and tricks below.
- No Artificial Colors: Avoid artificial colors while still celebrating with fun and colorful desserts.
- Easy: Using these powders is just as easy as food dye!
With Valentine’s Day coming up, you may be looking for pink food dye make adorable pink desserts. I don’t blame you! Valentine’s Day is full of cute pink treats and you can make all your favorites without the use of artificial colors!
Today I’m sharing my top three ways to color frosting and desserts pink for Valentine’s Day. Skip the artificial pink food dye and use organic fruit and vegetable powders as organic pink food coloring!
Watch the Video
Why use organic dye?
When you use organic pink food dye, you can be sure that the treats you’re enjoying are free of artificial colors! Typical artificial colors that are used to make pink can include red number 3 (which was just banned but won’t be out of foods until 2027) and red number 40, among others!
Artificial colors are made from synthetic dyes. I prefer to eat natural and organic real food ingredients, instead of ones made in a lab! When you use organic pink food coloring, you can be sure your treats are safe to enjoy and share!
How to Make Organic Pink Food Coloring
- Strawberry Powder: Organic strawberry powder make beautiful pastel pink!
- Raspberry Powder: I like to use organic raspberry powder for a hot pink.
- Beet Powder: Organic beet powder will make the darkest pink, it also has a neutral flavor.
How to Use
- Frosting: Use in frostings by adding to your mixer either before or after mixing up your frosting. You may need extra liquid to get the right consistency, depending on how much organic pink food coloring you add.
- Cakes: Add into vanilla or white cake to color it.
- Cookies: Use inside sugar cookies for cookie or use in cookie icing.
- Pudding or Custard: Add into pudding or custard for color.
- White Chocolate: Add into white chocolate for color to decorate with.
- Pie Dough: Add into pie dough to color it to your liking. You may need a bit more water, depending on how much powder you add in.
Recipe FAQ’s
Strawberry and raspberry powder do have flavor, so depending on how much you use, your frosting could take on flavor. But, the beet powder won’t taste like anything, so you can use this one for darker pink color without added flavor.
While pink and red are different, I recommend using Suncore Foods Organic Red Dye for the best red color.
Store in an airtight container, like a glass jar or zip up the bag they came in. Keep in a cool, dry place like a pantry drawer away from direct sunlight. You can also store in the fridge to prevent clumping, and they will last even longer.
More Pink Dessert Recipes
The Bake Shop
Visit The Bake Shop for foodie inspired tees, sweatshirts, and accessories. Find my favorite kitchen tools (with discounts!) in the Kitchen Shop. And shop our collection of food inspired dog accessories too!
Leave a Reply