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 love your page. You had so many cute ideas, I didn’t know which one to do first. I needed at cute snack idea for our T-ball team for Saturday and your rainbow licorice treat was perfect. Thank you.
Laurie
Very cute 🙂 Just found this blog and love it!
Haven’t looked at Walmart…but I can’t find the Twizzlers anywhere. I bought them last year. Any other suggestions?
I’d just keep checking your local grocery stores unless you want to order them in bulk from Amazon. 🙂
I just finished 25 of these to mail to my daughter in college. I found that you get 5 rainbows from each pkg og Twizzlers. I found them in the regular candy aisle at Walmart. My Walmart didn’t have Rollos so I used mini Reeses PB cups. They turned out so cute. I also found Wilton Clear Party Bags at Walmart – 25 for $2.00 and bright green ribbon. I know my daughter & her friends are going to love this box when they get it on Friday. I also sent 3 large bags of green popcorn (using lime Jello). Love your ideas!
I ordered both the rainbow twizzlers and the gold coins on Amazon. Can’t wait to make!!
CUTE idea for the holiday! Thanks for sharing. I’ve been in love with this website for over 4 years. I’m so happy for ya’lls success. I’m looking forward to seeing you ladies at the TOFW in Dallas!
Thank you!! These are so cute, simple, and fun. Totally making these for my kiddos and know they will love them.
LOVE LOVE LOVE !!! My daughter and I “assembled” these last night to give out at school today.(They are on Spring Break during Paddy’d Day) we had a GREAT time and they turned out PERFECT. Thanks for the bonding time !!!!
I have to say these are wonderful. I made them for my Sunday School class (they are teenagers) and they were a hit. This was my first week teaching and I had to have a bribe token. (It worked! Everyone loved them)
Thank you, this is perfect for my sons birthday party goody bags!