I've fucked up - colour gel v coloured icing

[tadatodo]

Am I right in thinking this is just to colour food, rather than use to decorate cakes and biscuits?

I have icing sugar I can mix this up with but might be trickier to decorate the biscuits the kids I've made.

Any help much appreciated!

Thanks!

Yes it's just food colouring

Thanks for the speedy reply!

I'd put the icing sugar in a bowl, add a SMALL amount of water (like a teaspoon in a gu pudding ramikin full of sugar) and some drops of food dye - which is what you've bought - and mix well. You may need a bit more water, but add slowly.
Then put the coloured icing in a plastic food bag, and snip off the corner to make a piping bag.

Good luck!

@InTheLabyrinth thank you! Literally just what I'm doing now. X

Hope the biscuits were a success!

@2319inprogress they were thank you! I mean they look like crap (didn't do piping) but tasted nice and the kids (3 year old and 1 year old) enjoyed the process. Although 3 year old kept saying "can I eat some now" every two seconds and I'm pretty sure 1 year old ate some of the raw dough but hey ho. Not the most relaxing experience 😆 and kitchen was a bomb site after!

Oh my goodness they are indeed a success & you deserve a medal for doing them with 1&3yr olds! Mine always eat the dough like their mother