4th of July Patriotic Treats that Kids can Make!
Don’t you just love the 4th of July, Flag Day, Memorial Day, Labor Day and Veteran’s Day? They all inspire such patriotism. I love going to the parades in my little town and all the great family get-togethers. It’s fun to take along a special treat, so when SweetWorks sent me a bunch of their patriotic decorative candies, I knew I had to go full red, white and blue!
This is a 4th of July food crafts for kids but they will probably need your help on a few steps. But there are a lot of fun things for them to do as well. I would say that the main thing you need to do is watch and stir the marshmallows, especially once the food coloring has been added. Also, stirring in the crispy rice and moving quickly to get it into the pan is a must.
- 6 Cups Crispy Rice cereal (like Rice Krispies)
- 3 Tbs. butter (plus extra for buttering your hands)
- Red and blue food coloring (I recommend Wilton's Gel for more intense color)
- 10.5 oz bag of marshmallows
- Sweetworks Candy or similar for decorating
- Decorative toothpicks
- Prepare a loaf pan, by greasing it with shortening or spraying well with cooking spray.
- You will now begin making the layers:
- Measure out 2 cups of Crispy Rice and put in a mixing bowl, set aside
- At low heat, in a medium sauce pan, melt 1 Tbs of butter
- Add ⅓ of marshmallows to the butter and continue to melt slowly, stirring occasionally
- Add Red Food Coloring to the marshmallow mixture, until it's the shade you want
- Remove from heat
- Stir in the 2 cups Crispy Rice that you set aside. Move quickly but stir enough to get the coloring spread over all the rice.
- Use a wood spoon to get mixture into loaf pan. Use buttered hands to press down very flat.
- Wash the sauce pan and spoon with HOT WATER thoroughly before proceeding to next layer
- REPEAT STEPS again for WHITE layer (but this time do not add any coloring, obviously)
- REPEAT STEPS again for BLUE layer (but this time add BLUE coloring to desired color)
- Now that you have all three layers, cool slightly
- Cut into 18 pieces with very sharp knife
- Remove from loaf pan. If the treats won't stand up, just smash them down a bit to make the bottom flat.
- Decorate by adhering SweetWorks candy with a bit of frosting. Insert decorative toothpicks
The Sweetworks candies are so beautiful and colorful, a little goes a long way. They are just the right highlight on just about any dessert you make. In big quantities they make an amazing display for any holiday. SweetWorks manufactures and distributes upscale gum, candy and chocolate. Whatever you may be looking for, SweetWorks has it!
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I would add Foiled Solid Milk Smiley Face Discs because its a celebration! 🙂
I’ll be using Sixlets to decorate cupcakes this summer because the kids love them.
Red & White Candy Crumble Jar because it’s festive.
I love sixlets! I would love the lime green and dark green colors for decorating my nephews Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle cake.
We love the sixlets, the opportunities to decorate would be endless!
I would use Niagra Chocolates they can be incorporated in a recipe in so many ways. Yummy
I would love any of the Sweet Works confections. I need the brilliant colors and variety of candy balls that they offer to make my holiday work-of-art.
i would love the Mint Ovation® Sticks as I love mint and chocolate.
I would use the Shimmer Red & White Sixlets, along with the Royal Blue Sixlets to decorate a cake or cupcakes for the 4th of July.
I would use the Celebration by Sweetworks line. I have used them before and it brings a professional like finish to my cakes and cupcakes.
I’d try the Nerds® Gumball 5-Ball Tube and make something with gum because my sister is always buying gum maybe a gum ice cream haha would be nice.
I would like to use the Sixlets this Christmas holiday season to decorate my cookies because they come in so many different colors and are so festive looking!
I would like to get the Royal Blue Sixlets®, Shimmer™ White & Red Mix Sixlets®, and Red, White and Blue Mix Stars Sweet Shapes. I think I could make a cute set up for a 4th of July party with these.
The orange Ovation sticks. My favorite combination of flavors orange and chocolate.
I want to use sixlets because they are so versatile and you can use them to decorate cakes, cupcakes or even pies and other desserts. Thank you.
Very cute! And great for 4th of July. I like to use the Celebration candy.
I would use nerds…because everybody loves nerds!!!
I don’t even care if they’re holiday themed (although the Valentine’s Day ones are awesome!) I would use sixlets in my holiday decorations. I haven’t seen sixlets in YEARS and seeing them all in bulk in their own little section of SweetWorks website has made me very happy and hungry. I’d be the hit of the holidays if I put those out! 🙂
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anything that is solid milk chocolate works for me!!
I love the Shimmer White Pearls candy. I’m not sure how I would use them but they are so pretty.