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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The foiled chocolates are fun and would work great for so many occasions. I would use them on cakes. My son can have chocolate, but few food dyes, so these would be a great way to add color to his desserts.
I would love to use the ” Tie Dye Mix Sixlets 2lb Bag” #80183 From Celebration Sweetworks…
These are so Bright and cheery. They would look awesome on cookies, cupcakes and cakes.
I would use the Sixlets, the Candy Crumble and the Pearls for cupcakes. Why, because they are colorful and edible decorations.
I would use anything chocolate because that is what I like !
Love to see sixlets in holiday decorating food ideas!
I love the nerds.
I would probably use the Red, White and Blue Mix Stars Sweet Shapes to make some pretty patriotic cupcakes, or just decorate a layer cake
I like the red white and blue stars I would make a parfait
I like the Irish Cream Ovation because it would be awesome added to stir coffee!
I’d use the stars on cupcakes!
I would like to use the Gumballs Filled With Nerds. Besides being colorful and fun, my kids love Nerds!
The princess mix pearls would be perfect for any of my kids’ birthdays.
I would use the candy stars to create a fun 4th of July Cake.
We would use the red white and blue sixlets to make patriotic cupcakes
I would use the Banana Heads candy in some sort of recipe because I love banana flavored candy.
I just love Sixlets & would buy the big multi color bag of Sixlets..not sure what I would create but maybe a cake or pie??
Thank you.
i like the Princess Mix Sixlets
Would love to use the sixety and nerds. they would be so cute.
I love the stars! What a fun idea to make red, white and blue rice crispy treats.
My husband used to make rice crispy treats for me. It was so sweet of him, and Yes he spoiled me.
I would love to take the red white and blue treats to my community potluck!
I love the candy lucky because of the gum and of course I love sixlets too.