Food and Recipes Recipes Kool-Aid Pickles Be the first to rate & review! Never had a Koolickle? It's time to try one! By Samantha Lande Samantha Lande Instagram Twitter Website Samantha Lande is a lifestyle writer with over a decade of experience writing about food, health, and parenting. Her work has appeared in Southern Living, Real Simple, Food Network, Allrecipes, AARP, Midwest Living, and other national publications. Southern Living's editorial guidelines Updated on September 7, 2022 Print Rate It Share Share Tweet Pin Email Photo: Photography: Caitlin Bensel; Food Styling: Torie Cox Active Time: 5 mins Refrigerate Time: 7 days Total Time: 7 days 5 mins Yield: 8 to 10 - servings Any flavored Kool-Aid will work, but the most popular flavors are fruit punch and cherry. These Koolickles are super Southern—they originated in Mississippi. They are also simple to make; they just require a bit of time to soak up the sweetness into the sour pickles. Most recipes use a combination of Kool-Aid mix (unsweetened), sugar, and a jar of pickles. If your Kool-Aid mix is sweetened, you'll want to skip or use less sugar. Ingredients 1 (32-ounce) jar dill pickle spears 1 (0.13-ounce) packet of unsweetened Kool-Aid Cherry Powdered Drink Mix ½ cup sugar Directions Open pickle jar, and drain the juice from jar into a bowl. To the pickle juice, add the drink mix and sugar. Stir to combine. Pour pickle juice mixture back into pickle jar, being sure all pickles are covered in juice. Seal the jar, and gently shake. Refrigerate for 7 days. Gently shake or rotate the jar every day so the sugar and drink mix do not settle to the bottom. Tips You can add salt when serving, or eat as is. Rate it Print