4th of July Recipes
The Fourth of July holiday is just a week away, so it’s high-time that I share some of my favorite eats for the red, white and blue celebration. Truthfully, I think my stained glass Jello stars are the only thing that actually contains all three of those colors, but some have blue, some have red, and some are just plain delicious. Below you will find all of my favorites when it comes to making 4th of July eats just as sparkly for your taste buds as fireworks are for your eyes. There are the requisite staples: appetizers, dips, side dishes and (of course) desserts. Have fun planning your menu!
Drinks:
Classic Lemonade
Ginger-Tea Lemonade
White Sangria
For the Appetizers and Snacks:
Artichoke Spinach Dip
Buffalo Chicken Dip
Cheddar Ale Spread
Chicken Spread
Cream Cheese-Stuffed, Bacon-Wrapped Jalapeños
Fontina-Stuffed, Bacon-Wrapped Dates
Fruit Dip
Guacamole
Homemade Restaurant-Style Salsa
Hot Reuben Dip
Pan-Fried Onion Dip
Polenta Pizza
Sausage Dip
Seven Layer Dip
Taco Dip
Traditional Hummus
For the Sides:
Antipasto Salad
Barbecued Beans
Best Ever Potato Salad
Broccoli Salad
Creamy, Lighter Macaroni Salad
Grilled Corn
Italian Pasta Salad
Loaded Baked Potato Salad
Potato Salad with Herbed Balsamic Vinaigrette
For Dessert:
Baked Brownie (my favorite brownie recipe!)
Blackberry Pie Bars
Blueberry Crumb Cake
Chewy, Chunky Blondies
Hidden Berry Cream Cheese Torte (could use a combo of blueberry & strawberry/raspberry)
Honey-Vanilla Sour Cream Pound Cake
Lemon Bars
Marshmallow Crunch Brownie Bars
Peach Crumb Bars
Peanut Butter Cup Bars
Pineapple Upside-Down Cake
Raspberry Streusel Bars
Root Beer Float Cake
Red, White & Blue Stained Glass Jello Stars (pictured above)
S’more Nut Bars
Strawberry Mirror Cake
Strawberry Pretzel Salad
Sweet and Salty Brownies
What’s on your menu for the 4th of July festivities??
Love these! Too many yummy recipes to choose from!
Love the stars! How fun and thanks for the long list of suggestions, wow, how to choose? ?
Love all these desserts!
Those stars are awesome and who doesn’t like eating Jello, especially the kids!
Such a yummy variety of recipes, too!
Thanks for the great recipe roundup! I can’t wait to try some of them for our Fourth of July party. 🙂
What a great list of recipes! Thank you SO much! I have to click over to the jello starts right away – they are too cute for words!
I’m not even a Jello person and those stars look awesome!
I’m making an All-American Celebration Cake that I found in one of my Pampered Chef books. It’s an angel food cake topped with berries and whipped cream.
Thanks for all the inspiration! I can’t wait to try my hand at that pound cake!
Great ideas for the big day! Love the jello the most 🙂
Yay for the 4th! I am so excited for the holiday weekend. Will have to try a few of these!
Those jello starts are adorable. Thanks for sharing them
Aimee
Thanks for all the recipes! Soo many options and they all look good!
Love the jello! Your collection of 4th of July treats is certainly one to be proud of! Have a great celebration.
Love them all!
I LOVE holiday food 🙂 Especially the desserts!
I am loving your recipe! I do stain glass, can’t wait to tell people about these stars! Happy 4th!
I love your jello stained glass star recip, I bet they taste as good as they look!
Wonderful collection! Thanks for the inspiration! 🙂
I love the jello stars! So festive! And there are so many other winning recipes in your line up 🙂 Can’t wait for the fourth now!
These jello stars are so great! Thanks for the colourful ideas.
Any combination of these would make a great 4th of July feast!