The kids will love these holiday-themed popsicles! Use your favorite juices to match the color scheme.
Time: over 5 hours
Fourth Of July Desserts
Show off your patriotic spirit with these festive desserts in red, white and blue.
You can dress up all sorts of desserts like cupcakes, fruit pizza, sheet and layer cakes, cookies, cheesecakes, and our personal favorite - trifles.
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red, white, and blue
The colors represent the US flag and can be achieved a variety of ways in these sweet treats. Strawberries and raspberries are the most commonly used ingredient to recreate the red color. There aren't a lot of blue foods that work well in desserts so blueberries are the most obvious choice. For white you have a few more options ranging from Cool Whip to vanilla pudding to white cake like angel food. Pair the pretty colors together and you have a tasty and fun Fourth of July dessert.
Red, White and Blue Rocket Popsicles (4th of July)
Red, White, And Blue 4th of July Trifle
An easy layered dessert that everyone will love for the 4th of July!
Time: 2-5 hours
Stars And Stripes Cake
If ever a cake could inspire someone to belt out the Star-Spangled Banner at the top of their lungs, this would be the one. Strawberry stripes, blueberry stars, and one...
Method: oven
Time: 1-2 hours
Fourth Of July Cheesecake
Not only is this cheesecake patriotic but it's also a lower fat dessert so you can indulge without guilt!
Method: stovetop, oven
Time: over 5 hours
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Red, White, And Blue Tarts
These fruity little tarts are perfect anytime, not just for the 4th of July. Feel free to change up the fruit. Raspberries, kiwi fruit, or mandarin oranges would also work...
Time: 1-2 hours
American Flag Pie
A patriotic dessert perfect for the Fourth of July or any other patriotic holiday. This pie has a double-crust, with the bottom crust being a traditional pie crust and the top crust...
Method: oven
Time: 1-2 hours
Red, White And Blue Dump Cake
Blend the vibrant flavors of cherry pie filling and blueberries with a rich, buttery white cake mix. This easy-to-follow dump cake is perfect for any patriotic celebration...
Method: oven
Time: 1-2 hours
Red White & Blue Pie
Trying to outshine your neighbor's BBQ? This festive red white and blue pie is the edible fireworks you need, minus the mandatory safety lecture.
Time: over 5 hours
Firecracker Cookies
Made with blue paste food coloring, red paste food coloring, egg whites, confectioners' sugar, vanilla-flavored almond bark, wafer roll cookies, red string licorice
Method: stovetop
Time: under 30 minutes
Fourth Of July Parfait
Made with mint leaves or lemon balm, fresh red raspberries, cream cheese, powdered sugar, whipping cream, lemon juice, fresh blueberries
Time: under 30 minutes
Uncle Sam's Hats
Made with candy coated milk chocolate pieces , sugar cookies, white ready-made frosting, ice cream cones
Time: under 30 minutes
Patriotic Cookie Pizza
Made with apple jelly, blueberries, raspberries, refrigerated sugar cookie dough, cream cheese, powdered sugar, lemon peel
Method: oven
Time: 1-2 hours
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Pumpkins aren't just for pies or Halloween decorations. These large, orange gourds - while naturally sweet - also work well in savory dishes. They pair well with poultry and pork (and especially bacon) and their creamy-when-cooked texture blends easily into soups.
Not to be confused with evaporated milk, sweetened condensed milk is very sweet (and very sticky) and used primarily in desserts.