For anyone who likes to live their life as colorfully as possible, welcome! You've come to the right place. You're probably a fellow maximalist like Ree Drummond, who loves all things bold, bright, and fun—which is why we're sure you'll love each one of these rainbow food ideas.
Rainbow food is trendier than ever these days. From rainbow-swirled bagels to colorful fruit tarts, people are dreaming up the most colorful creations! Looking to join in on the fun? Try one of these rainbow recipes for your next get-together or celebration. Not only can you make these cute ideas for a birthday party or a St. Patrick's Day dessert, but they also make for a tasty after-school snack or weeknight treat. Heck, these rainbow recipes are sure to put a smile on your face no matter what the occasion may be.
You could build out an entire rainbow meal with these recipes, starting with the snack board, then moving on to the pizza, and finally finishing it all off with a slice of rainbow cake. Heck, you can have a whole menu theme of colors including red, orange, yellow, and green food ideas. You'll also want to add the rainbow sangria to your list of easy cocktail recipes—just layer in colorful fruit and you have one delightful sip!
Whether you're looking for fun recipes to make for a party, or you just want to try your hand at a new dish, these rainbow recipes are guaranteed to brighten your day.
Rainbow Fruit Tart
A dramatic assortment of rainbow fruits makes this simple tart look very impressive! To really get the colorful effect, use fruits like mango, blueberries, kiwi, raspberries, and strawberries.
Rainbow Cookies
This classic Italian cookie has three layers of color, but it's the almond flavor, jam filling, and chocolate topping that makes it so delicious!
Rainbow Veggies with Dill Dip
Give your crudités the rainbow treatment by arranging them by color! It's a fun way to serve veggies and dip.
Rainbow Cake Mix Cookies
Rainbow sprinkles are the key to making these easy cookies a colorful success. The best part is that they're ready in just 25 minutes!
Rainbow Ice Cream
Get a taste of the rainbow with this colorful summer treat! The no-churn vanilla-flavored ice cream is made without a machine so it's super easy.
Rainbow Brownies
These fudgy "cosmic" brownies have a thick layer of chocolate frosting and rainbow-coated candies for decoration. They're out-of-this-world good!
Rainbow Chicken Skewers
This rainbow recipe doubles as a healthy dinner idea. The grilled skewers are layered with red, orange, yellow, and green peppers, plus red (purple) onion and diced chicken.
Rainbow Bagels
Making homemade bagels is exciting enough as it is, but making homemade rainbow bagels? Now we're talking. Serve these with rainbow sprinkle cream cheese for the full colorful effect.
Rainbow Cupcakes
Top vanilla cupcakes with a tower of gorgeous rainbow frosting. Follow this blogger's step-by-step guide on how to get the frosting just right.
Rainbow Petal Cake
It's all about the decorations with this rainbow vanilla cake. While the blogger admits the petal design is a little time-consuming, it's still surprisingly easy to create.
Rainbow Cheesecake Bars
If your definition of rainbow involves neon colors, then these cheesecake bars are for you! Top them with whipped cream and rainbow sprinkles for an extra burst of color.
Rainbow Pizza
This might be the prettiest way to get all your veggies in! You can copy this cauliflower crust version or use your favorite pizza dough instead.
Rainbow Layer Cake
Instead of a cake with a rainbow outside, you can hide the bright colors for an amazing reveal. The time spent making each layer will be totally worth it.
Rainbow Sangria
Colorful fruit takes center stage in this white wine sangria. You can arrange the fruit in the individual glasses or in the pitcher.
Rainbow Snack Board
Every nibble you could possibly crave is found on this rainbow snack board. Sweet, savory, salty—you name it!