Rainbow Sugar Cookie Bark made with refrigerated sugar cookie dough and candy – get ready to taste the rainbow!
So apparently we’re not done with rainbows in our house yet…The other night I was lying in bed thinking of recipes and I envisioned this super playful and fun rainbow bark and I knew I had to make it! How cool would it be to eat candy that looked like it was broken off from a rainbow?
There are so many different candies that you could use for this bark but I went with Skittles and Starburst Jelly Beans because they had all the different colors and shades I was looking for. I also picked up some star sprinkles in the dollar section at Target.
Bryce is at Grandma and Grandpa’s for a few days so I put Reece to work sorting…seriously, this is Reece’s dream job. It worked out great for me because he also got in a snack 😉 {I don’t know why he doesn’t have a shirt on…it was all of 70 degrees…}
Once Reece was done sorting I put each color into a separate container to make things easier…
I had originally planned on just using Vanilla CandiQuik but got inspired by Dorothy’s Sugar Cookie Bark where she used a sugar cookie pouch mix. It looked phenomenal but I knew my boys would love it if all this candy was sitting on a giant sugar cookie so I actually rolled out some refrigerated dough and baked it up. You should have seen Reece’s eyes when I pulled that giant cookie out of the oven!
To make sure I didn’t stress myself out, I heated up the CandiQuik in two batches so I’d have plenty of time to lay out the candy before it set up. This made it super easy! I would do a couple rows at a time and then add some more…
I ended up doing two “rainbows”. Here’s what it looked like with all the rows on:
Pretty spectacular right? Reece just kept asking “So we really get to eat this?” – I think he thought I’d finally lost it! Next all you need to do is let the CandiQuik set up and then break it into pieces – that may have been the most fun! We tried to get multiple colors onto each piece so they really looked like pieces of a rainbow.
Pretty pretty isn’t it?
Rainbow Sugar Cookie Bark
Ingredients
- 16.5 oz refrigerated sugar cookie dough
- 16 oz vanilla flavored candy coating I used CandiQuik
- 2 cups jelly beans or other rainbow colored candies
Instructions
- Roll out the sugar cookie dough to 1/4 inch thickness on a parchment-lined cookie sheet. Flour your rolling pin and dough as necessary to keep from sticking.
- Bake according to directions and remove just before the cookie turns brown.
- Let cool for a few minutes.
- Divide candy coating in half and melt first batch.
- Spread with a knife or spoon on top of sugar cookie and sprinkle on candy.
- Melt second half of candy coating and repeat. Let candy coating set up before breaking apart.
Nutrition
More treats from friends:
Sugar Cookie Bark by Crazy for Crust
Chocolate Chip Oreo Truffle Bark by Inside BruCrew Life
Ritz Rolo Bark by Something Swanky
Monster Cookie Crisps by Shugary Sweets
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Maggie Unzueta @ Mama Maggie's Kitchen says
Very cool. My son would love these. Pinning for later. 🙂
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
Thank you so much Maggie!
Lyuba@willcookforsmiles says
I feel like a kid every time I look at these cookies! So awesome!
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
Me too Lyuba 🙂 They’re just FUN!
Kat Ryan says
love this!!!! Can’t wait to try with my kids!! I am pinning it so I can find later.
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
Thank you Kat!
Lisa {Sweet 2 Eat Baking} says
So pretty and delicious. Looks like you’ve got a professional sorted there. My kids would’ve moaned they were bored after about 30secs from starting!! 😆
They’ve been featured on todays Sugar & Slice Sunday.
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
Thanks so much for the feature Lisa!
Joan@Chocolate and More says
I just want to keep going back to the photos and stare, this cookie bark makes me smile every time I see it! I’m featuring you this week at Thursday’s Treasures, can’t wait to see what you bring next! Thanks for sharing!
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
Made my day Joan – thank you!
Karyn - Pint Sized Baker says
Thanks so much for linking up to Two Cup Tuesday at Pint Sized Baker. These are WONDERFUL! Pinned!
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
Thanks for the pin Karyn!
Mel {MamaBuzz} says
So colorful and fun! I can almost “taste the rainbow.” The sorting looks like the funnest part too. Love the sugar cookie crust. Thanks so much for linking up to Inspire Me Wednesday!
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
Definitely! Thanks Mel!
Nancy Pfeifer says
You have the best ideas! love this….my girls would have so much fun! I hope you linked already 🙂
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Nancy
Mandy |Small Fine Print| says
I would love for you to link these (and anything else you’ve got) to my weekly linky party going on now at smallfineprint.com!
Brooke says
What a great idea! I LOVE all the bright, fun colors. We’re definitely going to have to try this! Thanks for sharing, and have a wonderful weekend!
katie goldsworthy says
Fun and pretty treat! Pinning to the Monday Funday pin board!
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
Thanks so much Katie!
Yvonne @ StoneGable says
Trish, THIS BARK IS SO SO ADORABLE! What a creative and fun idea!!!! Your little helper looks like he was taking his job very seriously… sorting candy into colors must be hot work!!! Thanks for sharing the rainbow at TUTORIALS TIPS AND TIDBITS!!!
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
Totally 😉 Thanks so much for stopping by Yvonne!
Christi says
Yum, this looks so fun! My kids would love it, thanks for sharing!
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
Thank you so much for stopping by Christi!
michelle says
wow the colors are amazing!! pinned to my fav rainbow board!
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
Thank you so much Michelle!
lynn@thevintagenest says
I can see my grand-children’s eyes light up now if i served them this. So much fun and delicious too. Thank you for sharing. 🙂
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
Oh yeah – this gets a pretty amazing reaction from kids 🙂 Thanks for stopping by Lynn!