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This is my absolute favorite dessert to make for the 4th of July.  It’s really quite simple, it tastes delicious and the kids can help out!

Strawberries and blueberries are abundant this time of year, and made it easy to create the stars and stripes of our grand flag.

Ingredients:

4 cups fresh strawberries

1 pkg.  (12 oz.) frozen prepared pound cake, thawed, cut into 14 slices

1-1/3 cups blueberries, divided

1 tub  (12 oz.) Cool Whip Whipped Topping, thawed

Directions:

1. Slice 1 cup strawberries; halve remaining strawberries.

2. Cover bottom of 13×9-inch dish with cake slices; top with sliced strawberries and 1 cup blueberries. Spread Cool Whip over berries.

3. Arrange strawberry halves and remaining blueberries on COOL WHIP to resemble a US flag. Keep refrigerated.

Here’s a quick and easy recipe to impress your friends and family!  Take the hassle out of preparing cookies by using refrigerated sugar cookie dough.

To created the wonderfully colored “nests”, color your flake coconut by adding about 4 drops of liquid food coloring to 1 cups of coconut in a plastic ziplock bag. Shake until all flakes are covered.  (You may need to add 1 teaspoon of water to help disperse the color evenly.)

Ingredients:

• 1 package (16 oz) ready to bake sugar cookies
• 1 container (12 oz) fluffy white frosting
• 1 cup flaked coconut
• Food coloring
• Jelly Beans

Directions:

• Bake cookies as directed on package. Cool completely.
• Frost cookies, top with about 1 tsp. of colored coconut and a few jelly beans.
• Sit back and enjoy!

If Halloween is sneaking up on you and there aren’t any treats on your party menu yet, consider one of these simple and creative ideas:

Mummy Sticks:  Coat half of a large pretzel rod with melted chocolate and before the chocolate sets entirely, add two mini M&M’s for the mummy’s eyes.  Place vanilla frosting in a baggie and snip the corner approximately 1/4″ wide.  Twirl the pretzel while adding loose wraps of frosting and allow to dry.

Spider Cupcakes:  Bake cupcakes (any flavor) and coat with chocolate frosting.  Sprinkle with chocolate jimmies to create the spider’s hairy body.  Snip pieces of red licorice and place into the cupcakes for legs.  Cut a large marshmallow in half, stick to the cupcake using a bit of frosting.  Add M&M’s for eyes and a nose.

Carrot Finger Food:  For a fast and delicious vegetable dip, combine 1 cup mayonnaise, 1 cup sour cream, 1 tablespoon dill weed, 1 tablespoon minced onion and 1 tablespoon seasoned salt.  Let chill overnight.  Fill a serving bowl with veggie dip then add 4 long, peeled carrots and 1 baby carrot.  Using dip as the “glue”, add slivered almonds to replicate fingernails.  Serve with fresh vegetables.

Photos courtesy of brightideas.com and familyfun.com