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 love the Powder Blue & White Candy Crumble and Red & White Candy Crumble would look cute on cookies and brownies for 4th of july!
I think the Ovation sticks would be great for mock fireworks on a cake!
I would love to use the red,white and blue star sweet shapes
for the 4th of July and put them in little dishes ..and the christmas mix pearls,,they would be perfect for a christmas centerpiece= )
The Niagara Chocolates look heavenly, sweet and just right for the summertime months.
I really would like to use the sixlets because they come in so many different colors.
I would like to use the foiled solid milk chocolate balls that are wrapped in the red, royal blue and silver because they don’t have white ones. I would put them in a white candy dish tied with a red ribbon. This would be a big hit at our 4th party.
I would like to use the sixlets in decorating. They aren’t actually chocolate, but the next best thing. I am allergic, so it’s so nice to have a great alternative that is easy to prepare and fun to eat.
I would use the Mint Ovation Sticks to make Mint Chocolate Cupcakes!!!!
I would like to use Red/Shimmer White Mix Pearls for decorating use.
I would buy pouches of red sixlets, also the white ones and blue ones – I would pour them into vases in layers and make centerpieces –
The Tie Dye Mix Sixlets would be festive on some summer cupcakes.
I would like to use the Red, White and Blue mix Sixlets for my holiday decorating.
I would use the Shimmer™ Gold Stars Sweet Shapes™ Peg Pouch to decorate the tops of cupcakes for our upcoming picnic
I would get the Ovation® Milk Raspberry Break-A-Part just because I love it
I would use the foiled silver hearts for decorating for my friends upcoming wedding.
Perfect for Flag Day, too!
I would love to have the Red, White and Blue Mix Stars Sweet Shapes. They would look great on cupcakes.
Blots Jawbreaker – gum center because it’s two candies in one.
I like the red white and blue stars. I cn put them on cupcakes for the grandkids.
I’d get some Individually Wrapped Apple Red 1″ Gumballs because my kids would love them.