4th of July Rice Krispie Treats
These 4th of July Rice Krispie Treats are red white and blue and look just like the American Flag. They’re sure to impress at your Independence Day party! (And they are easy to make too!).
We love Rice Krispie Treats. We make a lot of them and we’ve blogged about quite a few of those. But these 4th of July Rice Krispie Treats are our current favorite holiday version of this yummy classic. Red White and Blue and in the shape of an American Flag … we know they are going to be a big hit at our 4th of July party. Easier to make than you might think, we have all the directions you’ll need to make this fun patriotic treat that your family and party guests will rave about for years to come. We love them!!! Happy Birthday, America!
How to Make the Rice Krispie Treat Mixture
The base for our 4th of July Rice Krispie Treats is our Best Ever Rice Krispie Treat Recipe which we have adjusted and perfected over the years until it is now absolutely the best Rice Krispie Treat recipe we have ever tasted. You can find all the directions you’ll need to make these delicious treats right here.
How to Color the Rice Krispie Treat Mixture
You need to make three batches of Rice Krispie Treat mixture in Red White and Blue. For detailed instructions on how to make the Rice Krispie Treat mixture, check out our Best Ever Rice Krispie Treat Recipe. I added the food coloring to the melted marshmallow mixture BEFORE adding the Rice Krispie Cereal. We used the Red, Pink and Blue food coloring from the Wilton Color Right Food Coloring system in the following amounts:
WHITE: Make the Rice Krispie Treat mixture for the White Layer 5 Cups of Rice Krispie Treat mixture (5 Tbsp. Butter/5 Cups Marshmallows/5 Cups Cereal) No Food Coloring
RED: Make the Rice Krispie Treat mixture for the Red Layer 5 Cups of Rice Krispie Treat mixture (5 Tbsp. Butter/5 Cups Marshmallows/5 Cups Cereal) 8 Drops of Red Food Coloring
BLUE: Make the Rice Krispie Treat mixture for the Blue Layer 3 Cups of Rice Krispie Treat mixture (3 Tbsp. Butter/3 Cups Marshmallows/3 Cups Cereal) 8 drops of Blue Food Coloring/2 drops of Pink Food Coloring/1 drop of Red Food Coloring (Note: This is the combination I used to get this pretty dark blue color. I added the pink and red to counteract the yellow from the Rice Krispie cereal. If you just use only Blue food coloring, your blue layer will probably be more aqua than American Flag blue.)
Step 1: We made two batches of Rice Krispie Treats (see amounts and how to color above). We left one white and colored the second with red food coloring. We pressed the Rice Krispie Treat mixture into two cookie sheets (make sure they are the same size) in a thin layer. You can see here in the picture that the Rice Krispie Treats only went up about 1/2 of the way up the side of the cookie sheet. Let them set for approximately 15-30 minutes.
Step 2: We cut the sheet of Rice Krispie Treats into three equal pieces. Each of these will be a “stripe” in the flag. I made a guide with a piece of aluminum foil to help make even cuts. We did the same thing with the sheet of white Rice Krispie Treats.
Step 3: Layer four of the 1/3 sheets of the red and white Rice Krispie Treats. Start with red, then white, then red, and end with white. This is the base of our 4th of July Rick Krispie Treats flag.
Step 4: For the remaining 1/3 of the sheet of red Rice Krispie Treats in the cookie sheets – we cut it in half. And we did the same thing to the white Rice Krispie Treats.
Steps 5-6: We used three of these “half” pieces (red/white/red) to make the stripes that appear to the right of the blue area of the flag. What did we do with the 2nd white piece? Like George Washington, we cannot tell a lie, we ate it!
Step 7: Now we made up a smaller batch 3 cup batch of Rice Krispie Treats and colored it blue. We let it cool on one of the cookie sheets for about 5-6 minutes.
Step 8: Then we buttered our fingers and molded the blue Rice Krispie Treats mixture into the open area of our 4th of July Rice Krispie Treats. We tried to make sure the top was as flat as the bottom. We even turned it upside down and let it set a little while like that.
Steps 9-10: Once the loaf is completely cool, use a sharp knife to cut out your 4th of July Rice Krispie Treats Flags slices. Trim around the edges and you have a beautiful Rice Krispie Treat American Flag.
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4th of July Rice Krispie Treats
These 4th of July Rice Krispie Treats are red white and blue and look just like the American Flag. They're sure to impress at your Independence Day party! (And they are easy to make too!).
Ingredients
- 1 Large Box of Kellogg's Rice Krispie Cereal
- 2 16 oz. Bags of Mini Marshmallows or (3 10 oz. Bags)
- 2 Sticks of Butter (We use Sweet Cream Salted Butter)
- Wilton Color Right Food Coloring - Red, Blue, Pink
Instructions
Make three batches of Rice Krispie Treat mixture- one in red, one in white, one in blue. For detailed instructions on how to make the Rice Krispie Treat mixture, check out our Best Ever Rice Krispie Treat Recipe. Red Layer 5 Cup of Rice Krispie Treat mixture (5 Tbsp. Butter/5 Cups Marshmallows/5 Cups Cereal) White Purple Layer 5 cups of Rice Krispie Treat mixture (5 Tbsp. Butter/5 Cups Marshmallows/5 Cups Cereal) Blue Layer 3 cups of Rice Krispie Treat mixture (3 Tbsp. Butter/3 Cups Marshmallows/3 Cups Cereal)
- Make the red and white Krispie Treat mixture in the measurements outline above. Pressed the Rice Krispie Treat mixture into two cookie sheets (make sure they are the same size) in a thin layer. Let them set for approximately 15-30 minutes.
- Cut the two sheets of Rice Krispie Treats into three equal pieces. Each of these will be a "stripe" in the flag.
- Layer 2 white and 2 red strips of Rice Krispie Treat mixture, alternating colors and starting with a red layer.
- Cut the remaining red and white Rice Krispie Treat sheets in half again. Layer three of these "half" pieces (red/white/red) to make the stripes that appear to the right of the blue area of the flag. Place this stack on top of the other stack on the right hand side.
- Make a batch of blue Rice Krispie Treats (see amount above.) Let it cool for about 5-10 minutes.
- Buttered your fingers and molded the blue Rice Krispie Treats mixture into the open area of our 4th of July Rice Krispie Treats.
- Once the Rice Krispie Treat mixture was completely cool we used a hot butcher knife to cut our 4th of July Rice Krispie Treats Flags.
- We trimmed off a little bit on the left and right edges and that's all there was to it!
Did you Make this Recipe? Leave a review below, then snap a picture and tag @twosisterscrafting on Instagram so we can see it!
