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Fun Independence Day Snack Treats for the Kids

By Shawn Monmouth
Special to The Epoch Times
Jul 02, 2008

PRETZEL SPARKLERS: These treats are made with melted white chocolate and red and white sprinkles. (Maureen Zebian/The Epoch Times)
PRETZEL SPARKLERS: These treats are made with melted white chocolate and red and white sprinkles. (Maureen Zebian/The Epoch Times)


Pretzel Sparklers

Ingredients

  • Long rod pretzels
  • White chocolate, melted
  • Sprinkles (red, white, and blue) or star cake decorations

Melt the white chocolate.

Dip the pretzel rod halfway into the melted chocolate then sprinkle the sprinkles over the wet chocolate.

Lay on waxed paper or place in a cup to dry.

Skyrocket Ice Pops

Ingredients

  • 12 (8 oz.) plastic cups
  • 12 craft sticks (look like popsicle sticks)

Red Layer:

  • 4 cups cranberry-raspberry juice
  • red food coloring

White Layer:

  • 2 cups frozen whipped topping
  • 2 cups vanilla yogurt

Blue Layer:

    4 cups grape juice
  • Water
  • Blue food coloring

Mix the grape juice and water until a suitable blue color results. Try adding blue food coloring to achieve the desired shade. Pour into the plastic cups filling them 1/3 full.

Place to the freezer until they start to freeze. Once they do, stick a craft stick in the center of each cup.

Freeze until solid.

Mix the yogurt and whipped topping together. Place a layer on top of the frozen blue layer, and freeze for one hour.

Repeat the process given for the blue layer, but do it with the cranberry-raspberry juice and red food coloring. Add a red layer to each cup and freeze.

Run the outer side of the cups under cold water to release them.

Other Fun Ideas

Vanilla ice cream with red and blue sprinkles

Sugar cookies with white icing and red and blue sprinkles

Cherry or Blue Kool-Aid

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