Independence Day is this weekend, so its time to start thinking about what you are going to make for the party! Here are a few festive treats that are easy to make and taste so good!
Patriotic Dipped Pretzels
Ingredients:
- Large pretzel sticks
- White candy melts
- Blue candy melts
- Red candy melts
- White sprinkles
Directions:
- Pour the white melts into a microwave safe bowl and microwave until chocolate is melted, stirring occasionally
- Dip the pretzel into the bowl, covering about two thirds of the pretzel
- Lay on parchment paper or cooling rack with wax paper underneath to cool
- Melt the blue candy melts and dip the top third of the pretzel into the chocolate
- Sprinkle the white sprinkles while still wet, and then let them cool
- Melt the red candy melts and pour into a plastic bag
- Cut the corner of the bag and drizzle over the remaining white section
- Let cool and then serve!
Firecracker Sugar Cookies
Ingredients:
- Sugar cookie mix
- White frosting
- 2-4 packs of red pop rocks
- White sugar
- Blue gel paste
Directions:
- Make the sugar cookies according to the directions on the package, let cool
- Mix one cup of sugar with blue gel paste in a blender for 30 seconds
- Frost cookies and then sprinkle the blue sugar on top
- Sprinkle pop rocks on top of cookies and serve
Patriotic Popcorn
Ingredients:
- Homestyle Popcorn
- White chocolate morsels
- Red food coloring
- Blue food coloring
Directions:
- Pop the popcorn (as much as you want to serve)
- Pour half of the white chocolate morsels in a microwave safe bowl and microwave until melted, stirring occasionally
- Stir in the red food coloring and then drizzle over the popcorn, carefully stirring the popcorn as you pour until most of the popcorn is covered
- Repeat steps 3 and 4 with the blue food coloring
- Let cool and serve
Fourth Of July Rice Krispies Treats
Ingredients:
- 6 cups Rice Krispies cereal
- 1 package marshmallows
- 3 tablespoons margarine or butter
- Red and blue gel food coloring
Directions:
- Divide the Rice Krispies and marshmallows in three for the three layers (2 cups Rice Krispies and about 2 cups marshmallows for each layer).
- Melt 1 tablespoon of butter in a pan
- Add 2 cups of marshmallows
- Melt and stir in 1/4 to 1/3 of the tube of the blue food coloring
- Add the 2 cups of Rice Krispies and stir well.
- Press into a well greased 9-by-9 or 8-by-8 pan using wax paper.
- For the white layer, follow the same instructions but omit food coloring.
- Press on top of blue layer.
- For the red layer, follow the same instructions using 1/3 tube of red food coloring.
- Press on top of other two layers.
- Let it set for a bit, serve and enjoy.
Fourth Of Jello
Ingredients:
- 2 packages (3 ounces each) berry blue gelatin
- 2 packages (3 ounces each) strawberry gelatin
- 4 cups boiling water, divided
- 2-1/2 cups cold water, divided
- 2 envelopes unflavored gelatin
- 2 cups milk
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 cups (16 ounces) sour cream
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Directions:
- In four separate bowls, dissolve each package of gelatin in 1 cup boiling water.
- Add 1/2 cup cold water to each and stir.
- Pour one bowl of blue gelatin into a 10-in. fluted tube pan coated with cooking spray.
- Chill until almost set, about 30 minutes.
- Set other three bowls of gelatin aside at room temperature.
- Soften unflavored gelatin in remaining cold water; let stand 5 minutes.
- Heat milk in a saucepan over medium heat just below boiling.
- Stir in softened gelatin and sugar until sugar is dissolved.
- Remove from heat
- Stir in sour cream and vanilla until smooth.
- When blue gelatin in pan is almost set, carefully spoon 1 1/2 cups sour cream mixture over it.
- Chill until almost set, about 30 minutes
- Carefully spoon one bowl of strawberry gelatin over cream layer.
- Chill until almost set.
- Carefully spoon 1-1/2 cups cream mixture over the strawberry layer.
- Chill until almost set. Repeat, adding layers of blue gelatin, cream mixture and strawberry gelatin, chilling in between each.
- Chill several hours or overnight.
Red, White And Blue Chex Mix
Ingredients:
- 3 tablespoons butter or margarine
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 3/4 teaspoon seasoned salt
- 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/4 teaspoon onion powder
- 4 1/2 cups Corn Chex cereal
- 2 cup pretzels
- 2 cups mini marshmallows
- 1 cup red and blue chocolate candies
- 1 pound white almond bark
- Red and blue gel food coloring
- In large microwavable bowl, microwave butter uncovered on high about 30 seconds or until melted.
- Stir in 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce, seasoned salt, garlic powder and onion powder.
- .Gradually stir in cereal and pretzels until coated.
- Microwave uncovered on high 4 to 5 minutes, thoroughly stirring every 2 minutes.
- Spread on paper towels to cool, about 15 minutes.
- Stir in mini marshmallows and chocolate candies and mix together.
- Divide the prepared Chex Mix into three even portions, and spread each portion in an even layer on a foil-lined plate or baking tray.
- Heat the almond bark in the microwave or in a double boiler until melted. Divide the almond bark into three equal servings. Color one serving with red gel food coloring. Color the second serving with blue gel food coloring. Then leave the third serving plain (white).
- Drizzle each portion of Chex Mix with one color of chocolate.
- Cool for at least 15 minutes, or until the chocolate returns to room temperature.
- Once chilled, mix the three colors with Chex Mix until combined and serve.
