Celebrate Pride Month all June long with one of our favorite rainbow-inspired recipes. Whether you’re looking for a vibrant breakfast (you’ll love our Funfetti-inspired pancakes), a sweet treat that’s sure to impress (we’ve got all the rainbow cakes, cupcakes, and cookies you could ever need), or a healthy side dish or appetizer to balance out all that sugar (try a nutrient-rich salad that makes good use of colorful summer fruits and veggies), you’ll find delicious inspiration in this collection of our best rainbow recipes for Pride Month.
Funfetti Pancakes with Vanilla Cream Sprinkle Sauce
Start your day in the absolute best way possible: with a tall stack of rainbow pancakes! They taste just like regular pancakes, but they’re much more colorful.
Easy Six-Layer Rainbow Cake
This rainbow cake is way easier to make than it looks. Use food coloring to dye each layer, then top the whole thing off with a creamy mascarpone frosting.
Rainbow Salad with Lemon Poppyseed Dressing
“This colorful salad boasts a rainbow of fruits and veggies in a tangy and sweet dressing,” according to recipe creator ChristineM.
Rainbow Cupcakes
How adorable are these colorful cupcakes? They “taste the same as normal cupcakes, but [they’re] more fun to eat,” according to recipe creator Cookiemonster.
Rainbow Sheet Cake
Adorable piped rainbows take this colorful cake (featuring decadent cream cheese frosting) over the top.
Perfect Summer Fruit Salad
Balance out all your heavy desserts with a rainbow-inspired fruit salad featuring a sweet dressing made with orange juice, lemon juice, brown sugar, orange zest, and lemon zest.
Rainbow Bundt Cake
Your trusty fluted tube pan is the key to making a vibrant cake that looks like an actual rainbow, arch and all. Top with our top-rated chocolate frosting recipe.
Rainbow Vanilla Cheesecake Cookie Bars
Here’s a stunning dessert that’s perfect for Pride, but it’ll impress at any occasion. Use a knife to create a gorgeous marbled effect with the batter.
Rainbow Salad
This vintage gelatin dessert has stood the test of time. It’s easy to make, too — you just need six different flavors of Jell-O, boiling water, evaporated milk, and a trifle dish.
Over the Rainbow Cupcakes
These bakery-style rainbow cupcakes are as pretty as they are delicious. “Eat these plain or decorate with a vanilla buttercream frosting and you won’t go wrong,” recommends recipe creator kris.
Funfetti Gooey Bars
These top-rated bar cookies start with a convenient secret ingredient: a box of yellow cake mix. “I will warn you that it is hard to stop eating these,” says reviewer Maary.
Rainbow Pasta Salad II
This side dish starts with a package tri-colored pasta assortment, then it’s brightened even further with fresh vegetables. Use a bottle of Italian-style salad dressing to bring the whole thing together.
Rainbow Roll Cake
This rolled cake (which starts with a boxed white cake mix) could not be more perfect for all your Pride celebrations.
Rainbow Piñata Cake
You’ll find a surprise inside when you cut into this fun piñata cake: a hollowed-out center stuffed with candy and edible glitter.
Rainbow Cookies
These homemade slice-and-bake cookies are so much better than store-bought. “The almond flavor was delicious and everyone who tried these cookies loved them,” says recipe creator Daisy454c.
Rainbow Cupcake Cones
Layers of cake batter are baked in a wafer ice cream cone. They’re easy to make and even easier to eat.
Funfetti Cake Batter Rice Krispies Treats
This fun twist on classic Rice Krispies Treats is made with Fruity Pebbles. The best part? This perfect party snack comes together in just 20 minutes.
Champagne Funfetti Ice Cream Cake
This flavorful, colorful, Champagne-infused cake is worthy of any celebration. It’s a labor of love (this cake has 20 layers, after all), but the finished product is well worth the wait.
Funfetti Doughnut Holes
If you’re in need of a colorful, bite-sized treat to serve during Pride, look no further than these Funfetti-inspired doughnut holes.
Fruit Galore Sponge Cake
It’s easy to make this vibrant dessert with just a prepared spongecake, vanilla flavored syrup, frozen whipped topping (such as Cool Whip), and your favorite fresh fruits.