4th of July dessert recipes

Stay tuned for a good, old-fashioned apple pie recipe.

Independence Day is right around the corner, and it’s time to start planning the most important part of the holiday: the meals! If it’s your job to feed the masses this weekend, here are some 4th of July dessert recipes that will help keep costs down and tummies happy. There’s no need to take out short term loans in order to celebrate properly.

Here’s an inexpensive, fun idea from the Disney Family Fun web site:

Frosty Fireworks

One way to make a splash this Fourth of July is by treating your kids to tall glasses of Patriot’s Punch. Simply fill an ice cube tray with a red or blue fruit-flavored beverage (such as Powerade, Gatorade, or Kool-Aid) and let the cubes freeze solid. Then drop three or four colored cubes into each glass, pour in flavored seltzer water or clear soda, and watch the special effects. As the cubes melt, colored bubbles will swirl through the seltzer.

Dessert Recipes for the Fourth of July

This idea comes from Examiner.com out of Seattle:

Try this easy red, white and blue dessert that everyone will still have room for.
Ingredients: Angel food cake (make your own or purchase one). Strawberries, blueberries and whipped cream.