Fourth of July krispy treats are a fun way to eat one of favorite desserts: Rice Krispies Treats! We’ve made rice krispies pops and decorated with red, white, and blue chocolate and patriotic sprinkles!
You might want to check out all of our Fourth of July recipes.
Patriotic Krispy Treats
We’ve made eating Rice Krispies treats easy by putting them on popsicle sticks. And, then we dressed them up with patriotic colored chocolate and sprinkles.
Kids love these desserts! You can even bag them up and sell them at a bake sale like we did with our Disney-themed krispy treats. Or, just make them for a summer BBQ or picnic.
Ingredients
- Rice Krispies cereal
- mini marshmallows
- butter
- Red, white and blue candy melts
- vegetable shortening
- Red White & Blue Sprinkles
- popsicle sticks
- piping bags
Instructions
- Line a baking sheet with parchment or wax paper.
- In a large pan over medium heat melt butter and marshmallows until completely melted and smooth.
- Remove from heat and add in Rice Krispies cereal, stir to evenly coat cereal.
- Spread the cereal mixture evenly into the lined baking sheet and press gently. To press the mixture in without sticking, you can spread butter on your hands or use a piece of wax paper.
- Allow the cereal mixture to cool completely.
- Gently lift the cooled rice krispies treats out of the baking sheet and sit on a flat surface that you can safely cut on.
- Cut the cereal treats in half down the middle and then down the center lengthwise. Cut each quarter into thirds creating rectangle pieces.
- Trim the corners off of the rectangular pieces to create a popsicle shape.
- Press a popsicle stick into the bottom of your popsicle shaped rice krispies treat. Repeat with all 12 pieces.
- In a double boiler, or a heat safe bowl over a pot of simmering water, melt your candy melts. You want the chocolate to be smooth. If it is too thick you can add shortening, add it in a ½ tsp at a time until the consistency is creamy and smooth.
- Lay wax or parchment paper flat on your counter and table.
- Dip the top ¼ of each popsicle into your candy melts, you can also use a spoon or spatula to spread it on the area you’d like to cover.
- Lay the dipped popsicle on your prepared surface to cool.
- Repeat with each popsicle until they are all dipped. I dipped mine in all three colors but you can dip in one color and drizzle with the others, the choice is yours!
- Place the remaining melted chocolate in a piping bag and cut off the tip, drizzle your popsicles with the chocolate.
- Sprinkle with sprinkle while the chocolate is still soft.
- Allow to cool completely.
- Wrap individually with plastic wrap, or store in an airtight container until ready to serve.
How To Store Them
Store in an airtight container for a few days.
Want More Patriotic Desserts?
- Red, White, and Blue Layered Jello
- Red, White, and Blue M&M Cookies
- Patriotic Snack Mix
- Fourth of July Pretzel Bites
Fourth of July Krispy Treats
Ingredients
- 6 cups Rice Krispies Cereal
- 1 bag Mini Marshmallows
- ¼ cup 1/2 a stick of Butter
- 1 cup Each Red White & Blue Candy Melts
- 3 tsp vegetable shortening
- Red White & Blue Sprinkles
- 12 popsicle Sticks
- disposable piping bags
Instructions
- Line a baking sheet with parchment or wax paper.
- In a large pan over medium heat melt butter and marshmallows until completely melted and smooth.
- Remove from heat and add in Rice Krispies cereal, stir to evenly coat cereal.
- Spread the cereal mixture evenly into the lined baking sheet and press gently. To press the mixture in without sticking, you can spread butter on your hands or use a piece of wax paper.
- Allow the cereal mixture to cool completely.
- Gently lift the cooled rice krispies treats out of the baking sheet and sit on a flat surface that you can safely cut on.
- Cut the cereal treats in half down the middle and then down the center lengthwise. Cut each quarter into thirds creating rectangle pieces.
- Trim the corners off of the rectangular pieces to create a popsicle shape.
- Press a popsicle stick into the bottom of your popsicle shaped rice krispies treat. Repeat with all 12 pieces.
- In a double boiler, or a heat safe bowl over a pot of simmering water, melt your candy melts. You want the chocolate to be smooth. If it is too thick you can add shortening, add it in a ½ tsp at a time until the consistency is creamy and smooth.
- Lay wax or parchment paper flat on your counter and table.
- Dip the top ¼ of each popsicle into your candy melts, you can also use a spoon or spatula to spread it on the area you’d like to cover.
- Lay the dipped popsicle on your prepared surface to cool.
- Repeat with each popsicle until they are all dipped. I dipped mine in all three colors but you can dip in one color and drizzle with the others, the choice is yours!
- Place the remaining melted chocolate in a piping bag and cut off the tip, drizzle your popsicles with the chocolate.
- Sprinkle with sprinkle while the chocolate is still soft.
- Allow to cool completely.
- Wrap individually with plastic wrap, or store in an airtight container until ready to serve.
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