WiltonEdible Gel Food Coloring Variety Set, Vibrant Gel-Based Icing Colors for Frosting, Fondant, Dough & Cake Decorating, 0.5-oz Each, 12-Count

I really like this tip set. It has 55 different decorating styles and I also really adore the tip organizer and other accessories that came with it. It’s study and perfect size for traveling. I really recommend this product

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I use these for coloring my macarons, buttercream, and icing for sugar cookies. I like the colors!Pros:- concentrated- doesn't dilute batter or icing (works for egg whites! = you can color macarons)- usually taste-freeCons:- not easy to open (individual containers)- if using a fair amount to get a deeper color, you might taste it a littleFor my needs, a little goes a long way! I have found the colors to be saturated and easy to mix to get the shades I want. When I use more to get a darker color, I sometimes notice a bit of a taste. Opening the individual tubs of color can be tricky - the foil seal doesn't have a tab so you have to cut it open and pry the foil off the tub which can get quite(!) messy.I'm including photos of what I've made so you can see how I've been using these. For these scenarios, there's more than enough color. I hope this review is helpful to you.

I've taken to making cupcakes and cookies and making icing letters on them... you know, an "H" on one cookie, "A" on another, and so forth, and arrange the cookies or cupcakes to spell out HAPPY BIRTHDAY or whatever the occasion might be. I prefer bold, rich colors, like jewel tone colors, so these gel colors fit the bill to get the bold color without watering down my icing. Only takes a few toothpicks of color to get what I'm looking for, so each 1/2 ounce color is going to go a long way. A good buy, all around. I will never go back to regular liquid food coloring!Also, I know others have stated this but I'll say it again, the black color is good but you have to start with a chocolate icing, not a white icing.**Update** I found another use for these Wilton colors by making colored sugar. I've used it with granulated sugar and with sparkling sugar (bigger crystals) and it works great either way, but the sparkling sugar is more, well, "sparkly" which I like since I use the colored sugar to decorate cakes and cookies with. Put the sugar into a Ziploc bag, take the tip of a butter knife to get some color on it, then wipe the color off the knife on the inside of the bag. (Does that make sense?) Zip up the bag, then mash the sugar around with the color until evenly distributed. The color will come off the side of the plastic bag just fine and blend in with the sugar. Then spread the sugar out on a plate or a sheet of foil to dry for a few hours. Voila!

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It has been a few years since I've used the Wilton gel icing colors, but I remembered liking them and I wanted a set with a big variety of colors for my daughter's art themed birthday party. We decided to try letting the kids (ages 7-10) color their own small bowl of icing and decorate their own cupcakes. With the gel colors, this worked out better than I imagined. We had each child pick one of the colors from the set, we then dipped a toothpick in it and put that into a their individual icing, letting them stir it in. The kids were thrilled with the colors they were getting. Any that wanted more color added, we would just repeat with a brand new toothpick. They had a great time creating their own unique cupcake.This set has a wide variety of colors, which is something I really like (I'm never good at getting the liquid ones to get the hue I want). The gels are so easy to use too. They are small containers, but a little goes a long way. I have never done it, but I like how the package says that if they dry out, you can use some Wilton Glycerin to restore it. That will make it nice to keep these, since I'm not big on baking but will occasionally get the bug and like to be prepared to do what I want. I'm happy having these in my pantry again.

I was able to get the colors i was looking for. Really good product. The canniseters are small and they have aluminum foil you have to break the seal to get too so it's a little awkward with big hands. For a smaller person (Or normal size) I imagine it is just fine. I will buy this again.

My grandmother, who is an avid baker, swears by these. Despite this, based on some of the reviews, I was hesitant to order and almost didn’t. Im glad I did! I realized many of those with complaints likely just aren’t used to using a highly pigmented product. Most of us are used to the 1-3$ pack of 4 super basic colors you can get at any grocery store, and those are really low quality. For these, definitely use the toothpick method as others have suggested! That way you are able to get out a tiny bit of the coloring at a time. A little goes a long way. I mean a very long way. For an entire batch of frosting I only had to dip half the toothpick in 3 times. (Obviously I used a clean one each time. If you are putting the coloring from the toothpick directly into whatever you are making- you don’t want to dip that toothpick back in the coloring again as it would contaminate the coloring product and it can go bad faster) The colors, when mixed with a white base, (frosting, etc) come out exactly as pictured on the bottles/box. Definitely well worth it, I know these will also literally last forever.