County Fair Style Kool-Aid® Drop Doughnuts

I tried this twice and used my 2 favorite flavors of koolaid, but I cannot stand the flavor of either. Maybe its just me.

Definitely taste the Kool-aid! Wouldn't recommend using even half the packet in the dough!

easy. my 10 year helped make them and we had so much fun both making them and eating them. makes a really nice dessert when served with vanilla ice cream.

Makes a lot, easy to make and really enjoyed the "brings me back to being a kid" flavor. My 7 year old grand daughter loved them!

I rolled them in nuts afterwards

My family LOVES these. I have made them in cherry, black cherry and fruit punch. I even got my neighbor hooked on them.

I give this a 4 only because of the koolaid and sugar mix for a topping. the rest was great . I cooked for 3 min give a little to cook through. it tasted better with powdered sugar. will make again

Sweet treats

Made exactly by recipe, yet no matter how small I made the donut, they would turn dark brown with a raw center. If I ever make these again, they will not be deep fried, and yes, I used a deep fat fryer thermometer. I will buy a donut pan and bake them.

The color on these was very vibrant and they tasted great! It would be really fun to make a rainbow of flavors/colors for a party, or match the colors up with the occasion - holiday colors or your sports team for example. I made 1/4 of a full recipe, got about 10 small donuts out of it. I used 1/4 tsp kool-aid powder for each of the filling and coating and that proportion seemed good. I did find that I had to add a bit more milk as the batter was initially WAY too thick, but no big deal. "Thick pancake batter" is the right description of what you want.

I wanted to love this recipe but I simply couldn't. Even with adjustments, the sugar/Kool-Aid mix had some strong, sometimes bitter or chemical, tastes due to "raw" Kool-Aid pieces being in there. The dough, conversely, had very little flavor of the Kool-Aid but it did turn a nice color. Another person wrote that she couldn't prepare these without them turning brown on the outside- that's true, fried foods will always brown up so be prepared to not have lovely full-colored doughnuts on the outside. The inside is another story. Most frustrating was the thinness of the batter. Because there was little cohesion, the batter would fall in strings into the fryer, leaving tails on some doughnuts, a lot of loose pieces in the pot, and making a truly round drop dough was impossible except for rare mistakes. Because of all these issues, I doubt I will ever go to the trouble to make them again.

These were so much fun to make. My kids mixed while my hubby fried. It was a nice change from the usual choc chip or peanut butter cookie. Using the Kool-Aide as instructed gave it a rich flavor that was completely diffrent than other cookies.