Kids 4th of July recipes

In celebration of America's Independence Day, we've compiled some Kids 4th of July recipes. Whether it is a main dish, salad or dessert it all starts with festive red, white and blue patriotic recipes.

Kids 4th of July Recipes: Salads and Snacks

Fruit Salad in Patriotic Colors
1 Cup seeded chopped watermelon

1/2 Cup sliced strawberries
1 Cup blueberries
½ Cup raspberries or pitted cherries
3 Tablespoons lime juice
4 teaspoons honey
Mix fruit together and serve in a hollowed out watermelon. Right before serving stir lime juice and honey together in small bowl and drizzle over top of fruit salad.

Easy Tomato Salad
A simple kids 4th of July recipes that they can put together themselves.
Cherry Tomatoes
Real soft mozzarella cheese, cut in cubes
Bunch of fresh parsley, chopped finely
1 teaspoon olive oil
Salt and pepper
In serving bowl toss cherry tomatoes, parsley and mozzarella cubes. Sprinkle with olive oil and season with salt and pepper.

Patriotic Pretzel Sticks
Long fat Pretzel sticks
White chocolate candy melts
Patriotic sprinkles or red or blue sprinkles
Melt candy melts in a microwave safe bowl in the microwave and stir every 30 seconds until completely melted. Dip ends of pretzel sticks about halfway up the stick. Sprinkle with sprinkles. Set on waxed paper and allow to chill several minutes until sets.

Red, White and Blue Yogurt Parfait
Blueberry yogurt
Sliced Strawberries
Cool whip
Cornflake cereal with dried Blueberries
In a glass bowl layer parfait in order starting with blueberry yogurt and sliced strawberries. Sprinkle with cereal and top with cool whip.

Chunky Salsa
A perfect 4th of July recipes for kids to put together and snack on while the barbecue is cooking.
2 tomatoes chopped
1/2 cup onions chopped
1 clove garlic minced
1/4 cup green peppers chopped fine
2 tablespoons cilantro
Juice of ½ lime
Salt to taste
Have an adult help with chopping vegetables. Stir ingredients together and place in serving bowl. Arrange chips along side salsa.

Looking for main dish recipes or typical American cuisine? Check out our American recipes here.

Red, White and Blue Potato Salad

Use new red potatoes, white baby potatoes and blue or purple potatoes in your favorite potato salad recipe. (Leave the skins on the red and blue potatoes.)

Quick Kids 4th of July Recipes and Ideas for Fun

• Make biscuits or homemade rolls and cut out with a star cookie cutter.



• Make blue or red popsicles. To make a double layer fill half full with one color and freeze. Then add another layer, refreeze.



• Make red or blue punch with Kool-aid. Top each glass with sliced strawberries.



• Place a raspberry in each hole of an ice cube tray. Fill with lemonade. Freeze. Add to blue punch.



• Make a vegetable dip and pour into hollowed out red peppers. Serve with cut vegetables and crackers for dipping.

Kids 4th of July Recipes: Cakes

Firecracker Cakes

Clean and empty soup can with no lip
Cake mix
White, red and blue frosting
Sprinkles, optional

Choose a can that doesn't have a lip extending over the opending of the can. This will make it hard to get your cake out in one smooth piece.
Clean out empty soup cans and grease well with shortening and flour. Prepare cake mix and pour into cans about 2/3 full. Bake until toothpick inserted comes out clean. Allow to cool. With a knife loosen cake from edges of can and cake should slide out. Decorate sides and top of cake as desired.

4th July Flag Cake
White cake
White frosting
Blueberries
Strawberries or raspberries
Bake a white cake in a 13x9 pan according to directions. Allow to cool and with a toothpick score lines across cake and a square in the top left corner just as you would see on an American flag. In the top left corner place rows of blueberries. Align strawberries on the top row. Place white frosting in a ziploc bag and cut the corner off. (or use a pastry bag) Squeeze white frosting after the strawberry row. Fill cake rows alternating rows of strawberries and rows of white frosting to resemble the red and white stripes on an American flag.



Sparkler Cupcakes
Cupcakes
White Frosting
Red licorice strings
Prepare cupcakes and allow to cool. Frost with white frosting. Cut red licorice into 2-3 inch pieces. Poke throughout top of cupcake.

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