Do you like the seasonal colored pasta you find in stores during different holiday seasons? They’re a simple way to serve a fun holiday dinner. Today I’m going to show you how simple it is to make your own colored pasta from regular store bought dry noodles.
I added a bit of warm water to green paste food coloring {perfect for St. Patrick’s Day, right?} and stirred it up. I used paste food coloring {affiliate link} because I like the bold color that you can get with it. Other types of food coloring will work as well but may not give you bright, vivid colors.
When the water and food coloring were well mixed, I dipped farfalle pasta halfway into it. I placed the wet pasta on wax paper and let it dry completely.
The dry pasta held the color so well. Wouldn’t a bag of colored pasta make a cute hostess gift for a holiday or themed occasion?
When cooking in boiling water, the dye will come out of the pasta into the water, turning the entire batch of pasta that color but it looks no different than the colored pasta you buy at the store.
This colored pasta was so quick to make and I love the vivid color … I can’t wait to serve it up on St. Patrick’s Day for a special green treat!
For more fun and simple ideas for St. Patrick’s Day, be sure to check out these washi-tape embellished treat cups …
… a St. Patrick’s Day treat and printable …
… and a cute shamrock mason jar with a printable tag {perfect for filling with pot of gold popcorn}.
That is very cute!! I’d like to try this with some kind of vegetable dyes and see if it’s possible to do it with those too!
So cute…my daughter would love it!!
So cute! The possibilities are endless too. You could do this for parties and get togethers. Great idea!
This is so cute! Great gift idea!
Not would that be fun to eat it would be fun to use for crafts!
My girls would love this – we can leave some for our leprechaun – Shamus O’Toole!
Kelly
Very cute!
Just pinned for next years St Paddys Day :))
Do I need to worry about the colors running?
If you let them fully dry, the colors won’t run while the pasta is hard. The color will run into the entire piece of pasta when you cook them though … but they’ll look just like the ones you buy at the store.
Thanks for the recipe. 😀 I made recently naturally colored blue pasta with red cabbage.