How to Make Black Food Dye

Make some Halloween goodies with black food coloring.

For spooky Halloween cupcakes or cookies, you may want to use black food coloring along with your orange to make those classic Halloween colors. Black can also come in handy for special-occasion cookies or cakes. However, black food coloring isn't easy to come by, and you may be stuck with the same package of primary food colorings. Don't be discouraged; these colors can be combined to create the black shade you are looking for and you can get back to baking in no time.

Things You'll Need

• Red food coloring
• Blue food coloring
• Yellow food coloring
• Bowl

Instructions

1. Measure out equal amounts of red, yellow and blue food coloring into a bowl.

2. Combine the food coloring until it starts to resemble the black color you need.

3. Add more red if necessary to create a darker black shade of food coloring.

4. Add the dye to your baking products as you normally would.

Tips & Warnings

• Coloring your icing and letting it sit for a day before you actually need to use it will allow the icing to darken a bit more.

References

• Sugarcraft: Food Coloring Information