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15 Must-try 4th of July Recipes and Decorations

06/17/2013 By Irina Leave a Comment

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When I was a kid growing up and even now as an adult one of my favorite times of the year was July 4th.  As a kid it symbolized the beginning of summer and that school was finally out.  The days leading up to the 4th were always very exciting.  My family would be talking about whose house we were going to for a barbecue and where we would be watching the fireworks displays.  As I got older my friends and I would plan for a large barbecue and 4th of July party with lots of friends, music, swimming, and of course fireworks.  Now that I’m an adult with children of my own the 4th is just as special as it was then. 

We do our best to plan great family fun activities together.  In the past this may have been going over to a friends house for a 4th of July pool party or hosting a barbecue at our house.  There is nothing like a great 4th of July barbecue to set the tone for the summer.  Hot dogs, hamburgers, chicken and of course we cannot forget about ribs.  Then there are all of the things that go along with them like, potato and macaroni salads, corn on the cob, baked beans, cole slaw and more.  Lets not forget about the desserts, punches, wines and other tropical drinks that you may fancy.  I’m thinking this year we will do one of those giant watermelon boats with fruit salad inside.  I haven’t seen one of those since I was a kid.

Watermelon, pineapple, strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, kiwi and many others are a great addition to a healthy fruit salad.  Sitting outside enjoying the warm sunny weather with some fruit salad is the tops.  And after the fruit salad we mustn’t forget about the cakes and cookies.  I prefer to have some cupcakes and cookies designed with the red, white and blue of our flag on them.  I was thinking this year maybe we will experiment with our pom-pom donut maker.  We can dip the pom-poms in red, white, and blue sprinkles and place them on sticks.  Speaking of sticks I almost forgot about roasting marshmallows on an open fire.  It is an art to get the marshmallows just the right brownness without burning them up.  Although as a kid I’m sure I ate my share of blackened marshmallows.  Hey once you get to the middle its all gooey and tasty.

Talking about all of this food and good times is getting me really excited about this coming 4th of July.  We don’t have any solid plans as of yet but I’m sure something fun will materialize before we know it.  I’ve taken the liberty of rounding up some of the best summer July 4th recipes and/or decorations I could find for you. So, the hard part is already done! Just click on the link to be directed to the original post and you can see exactly what you need to do for each recipe or activity.

Feel free to try out as many of these ideas as you’d like and be sure to report back and let us know how you and your little ones enjoyed them!

So here’s our list of…

Top 15 must-try 4th of July Recipes:

15 must try 4th of july recipes

She’s a Grand Old Lasagna / Spoonful

4th of july Lasagna

 

 

Make Patriotic Cake Pops / Party City

Patriotic Cake Pops for Fourth of July

 

Forth of July Mixed Berry Cobbler / Fine Cooking

Fourth of July Mixed Berry Cobbler

 

Red, White, and Blue Coconut Stars / Hungry Happenings

Fourth of July recipe, recipes, Memorial Day, Labor Day food

 

Independence Day Cake / 17 and baking

Independence day cake

 

 

Red White Blue July 4t layered drink / YouTube video

how to make red white and blue drink

 

Firecracker Cakelette / She Knows

fourth-of-july-firecracker-cakelette-recipe

 

Shooting Stars Melon Skewers with Yogurt Dipping Sauce / She Knows

Shooting star melon skewers with yogurt dipping sauce

 

Vanilla Bean Doughnuts / A Pumpkin & A Princess

Baked Vanilla Bean Doughnut Recipe

 

Star-Spangled Marshmallow Pops / My Sister’s Suitcase

Star-Spangled Marshmallow Pops

 

Uncle Sam Mustache Pops / No. 2 Pencil

uncle-sam-mustache-pops

 

Forth of July Cupcake Toppers / Hoosier Handmade

Fourth-of-July-Cupcake-Toppers

 

Patriotic Berries / ReMarkable Home

PATRIOTIC BERRIES recipe

 

Firecracker Cupcakes in a Jar / Simply Love Food

Fourth-of-July-Caupcakes-in-a-Jar

 

Spangled Sandwich Pops / Spoonful

spangled-sandwich-pops-recipe

 

Fourth of July Tablescape / Martha Stweart

Fourth of July Tablescape

 

Red, White, and Blue Candy Apples / Tidy Mom

Red-White-and-Blue-Candy-Apples

 

 

American Flag Fruit Tray / mudandcamo

american flag fruit tray

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Irina is the owner and editor at I love my kids Blog. Mom of 2. She enjoys writing about parenting tips, DIY projects and feature lots of toys and products for family and kids of various ages.
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