I made 60 of these for a friends sons 1st birthday. The red ones dried really, really dark. When I made them they were fire engine red and when they dried the were burgundy. I don't know what happened. But everyone still loved them. They are sugar cookies and antonia74's RI. I started out making them on a stick, but they looked ummmmmmmm, well they looked inappropriate for a kids party (=. So I tried shineys method of gluing them to the bag and I LOVE it!