Taste the Rainbow: 15 Colorful Treats to Make in Honor of Pride Month

Break out your gel food coloring to give this festive layer cake a Technicolor effect. Alternate colorful layers with a light, lemony Swiss meringue buttercream frosting.

These frosted cookies are perfect for showing off your pride. A variety of tinted buttercream makes this the ultimate spirited dessert.

It's time to get greedy in the fruit aisle! Stock up on every color under the sun to crown this easy-to-make puff-pastry tart filled with freshly whipped cream.

Here's a breakfast made for joyful pre-parade consumption: Take the fuss out of these crowd-pleasing treats by baking instead of frying, then turn up the volume with colorful glazes and rainbow sprinkles.

It's your lucky day. Even after the parade ends, you can still enjoy these rainbow shortbread cookies.

Hosting a pride party? This potluck and crowd-friendly sheet cake is just the thing to celebrate with your LGBTQ+ community.

If tinting a cake seems too daunting, stick to working your magic up top. Use gel food coloring for first-rate flavor and consistency.

Health nuts needn't feel forgotten. This fruity melange is resplendent with (almost) every color of the rainbow.

If you love chocolate desserts, this is the dessert for you. To take it to the next level, an array of hand-piped meringue hearts upstages the bittersweet base.

You need a whopping two cups of rainbow sprinkles for this showstopper—half goes in the cake batter and half is used to decorate the frosted exterior.

There's plenty of room for expression on these bitty banana pops. Use leftover chocolate and sprinkles to make Nonpareils Candies, too.

A diversity of glazes makes for a party-perfect platter. The only clash will be your guests fighting for the last one.

Each fruity flavor in this sorbet cake comes directly from the source.

Lovebirds in rainbow colors say it all. Use store-bought candies such as Sweethearts, gumdrops, jellybeans, and candy hearts to make their adorable features.

This cake-less cake sandwiches sorbet layers between discs of meringue.