These cute St. Patrick’s Day Rainbow bags make great little gifts for neighbors or classroom friends! Rainbow Twizzlers and shiny gold-wrapped Rolos make the perfect little rainbow and gold coins. You can add cotton candy for clouds if you’d like as well!
Ingredients and Supplies Needed
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- Twizzlers Twists Rainbow Candy – These fruit-flavored candy twists come with a rainbow of colors in one pack. They should be available on the candy aisle, or online.
- Rolos candies – Gold-wrapped chocolate coins would be cute, too.
- Cotton candy – Optional, but makes great clouds. I would only use cotton candy if you plan to gift these right away, especially if you live in a humid place, as the cotton candy can start to break down after being exposed to moist air.
- Cellophane bags – These are often available on the baking aisle of your grocery store, or at craft stores by the cake decorating and candy making supplies. Look for bags about 5 inches wide.
- Ribbon – A cute ribbon finishes these off.
How to Make St. Patrick’s Day Rainbows
- Grab a bag and add some cotton candy, if using. You can either lay a flat piece at the back for a backdrop or put a little puff in each corner to be at the end of the rainbow.
- Place a handful of Rolos in the bag.
- With the bag laying flat, bend your rainbow candy pieces and lay them in one at a time, in reverse rainbow order: purple, blue, green, yellow, orange, and red.
- Tie the bag with a piece of ribbon and you’re ready to spread a little rainbow cheer!
Storing and Other Tips
- If using cotton candy, these should be gifted pretty quickly.
- If not using cotton candy, feel free to assemble them ahead of time and hand them out within a week or two.
St. Patrick’s Day Rainbows
These sweet little rainbow treat bags are a perfect St. Patrick's day gift for neighbors or classmates.
Equipment
- cellophane treat bags 5"x10"
- ribbon green, or whatever color you like
Ingredients
- cotton candy optional
- Rolos
- Twizzlers Twists Rainbow Candy
Instructions
- Grab a bag and add some cotton candy, if using. You can either lay a flat piece at the back for a backdrop or put a little puff in each corner to be at the end of the rainbow.
- Place a handful of Rolos in the bag.
- With the bag laying flat, bend your rainbow candy pieces and lay them in one at a time, in reverse rainbow order: purple, blue, green, yellow, orange, and red.
- Tie the bag with a piece of ribbon and you’re ready to spread a little rainbow cheer!
Notes
- If using cotton candy, these should be gifted pretty quickly.
- If not using cotton candy, feel free to assemble them ahead of time and hand them out within a week or two.
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Questions & Reviews
I don’t think of rainbows and candy wrapped in gold when I think of St. Patrick’s Day. From my youth I remember candy Irish Potatoes and clay pipes. Now that I am past the age of majority, I think of Irish Brown Soda Bread, Jameson’s Irish Whiskey and Guinness Extra Stout. Then there is always corned beef and cabbage.
Very cute! I have looked for the rainbow Twizzlers for awhile…I have not been able to find them! This is perfect for the kids to give out at school…love it!
I’ve been planning on doing something similar. In fact I bought the Twizzlers about a month ago because I was so paranoid they’d be sold out! I went to get rolos (I seriously cannot find any gold chocolate coins this year!) but Walmart didn’t have them. Really? Walmart? I thought they were supposed to have everything! I was going to use marshmallows as clouds, but I LOVE the idea of cotton candy! Much more ‘cloud-like’! Love you ladies!
Loved that song!!!! Best friends Mom used to sing it with us!!!! good memories – and snazzy little packaged rainbows!!!!
Hahaha! Loved that song!
these are the cutest little treats! my kids would love ’em! thanks so much for linking to my st. paddy’s day printables! 🙂 have a great weekend!
Soooo cute – what a fun idea! I pinned this and it has already been repinned more than anything I’ve ever posted. By the way, how do I find you guys to follow on Pinterest?
ROYGBIV!!
I can sing a rainbow! That song has been in my head all week, and I sign it too, so when you mentioned it in your post I was laughing so hard. These are super cute, I love all the colors of twizzlers!
This would be super cute with gold chocolate coins as well!