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 like the Milk Chocolate Dinosaur “Surprise” Egg
I would like to use the candy stars to make a 4th of July dessert
I’d certainly like to use their Bright Pink & White Candy Crumble to top some cupcakes that I make pretty regularly. They’re chocolate with cream cheese frosting. Thank-you. 🙂
I visited the Sweetworks Website and I really like the Foiled Heart Milk Chocolate. It would be wonderful to have this candy for decorating for the 4th of July Picnic!!! It would make things so much easier! I also Love your Recipe for the Red White & Blue Layered Rice Crispy Treats! Thanks for asking! Michele 🙂
I would like to see the Foiled Solid Milk Footballs! Because right after the 4th we get ready for the Seahawks!
I would like to use Buzzards Jawbreaker because I enjoy the taste and I think they would make adorable planet decorations.
I would like to use the individually wrapped apple red sixlet tubes for decorative this 4th of July because these candies are cute and festive.
I would choose the Apple Red, White &Bright Royal Blue 1 inch Gumballs. Not sure what I’d create, but it would be patriotic!
Love this candy!
I would use the Red, White, Blue Mix Stars Sweet Shapes on my July 4th dessert
I would like to use the Milk Chocolate Sports Car because I really love chocolate and because I think that it is really cool that it is shaped like a sports car. There are so many things you could do with it.
individually wrapped gumballs. they are so pretty and I love all the colors.
I like the sixlets. I always like to use them in party favors for birthday parties (blue/pink).
I would like to use, Sixlets the candy coated chocolate flavored candies. They come in many colors that are great to decorate and I love this tasty treat.
I am raising 2 of my grandchildren and they love parties and decorating cupcakes. I would like to try the different crumbles or sweet shapes.
I would love their Valentine Sixlets to make some fun cookies for Valentine’s Day for my grandsons next year.
I would like to use the Red, White and Blue Mix Stars Sweet Shapes. It would be perfect for the 4th of July.
I would love to use Sixlets! They are delicious and have great colors so you could use them on cupcakes or cakes or anything!
The Red, White and Blue Mix Stars Sweet Shapes™ are perfect for Independence Day!!!
I’d like to use the snowflake mix sixlets to make my daughter a frozen themed cake for her birthday.
I would have loved to see these- Individually Wrapped New Purple Sixlets® Tubes before my Sister’s wedding. I made a candy bar for it, and her colors were purple and silver. It is really hard to find a lot of purple candy!!