Patriotic Crispy Treats

Reminiscent of the classic bomb pop, with much less mess, these Patriotic Crispy Treats are not your ordinary dessert.  They’re layers of flavors with strawberry, vanilla and blue raspberry.  A fun, new and Patriotic twist on everyone’s favorite pastime treat. Perfect addition to your next American party!

If you love Patriotic treats, try these Patriotic Mini Trifles

I am declaring this week Patriotic dessert week.  I’ve got not 2, not 3 but 4 different desserts to show you this week that you can bring to all your Fourth of July parties this weekend with no repeats.  That’s right you can bring a different dessert to every party, yes!  And I promise none of them are complicated.  They’re fun, simple and of course, red, white and blue.  Which makes it ok that I am posting all of these 1 week or less before the big festivities.

Don’t mind me.  I have issues being on top of things before they actually happen.  Like I should probably be posting Thanksgiving recipes at this point but truth is I haven’t even thought about what I’m making for dinner tomorrow.  Forgive me.

OH, and my apologies for not posting any red, white and blue foods other than dessert, you’ll have to peek back at last year’s (which are also mainly dessert) and see all the fun I had last year with this Americana theme.

Patriotic Layer Cake

Strawberry Basil Bleu Burgers

Firecracker Popcorn Mix

Red White and Blue Sangria

I’ve had this idea to make flavor crispy treats for a long time.  But as I’ve mentioned before, I swear if I’ve thought of it, Google has it before me.  I’ve long thought of making Neapolitan ones in the classic, strawberry, vanilla and chocolate flavors but yes, someone beat me to those…years ago.  So, I decided I would give mine a patriotic spin.

I had no idea what flavor I wanted to use for each color, but looking back now that they’ve been made and almost published here on the blog, I wish I would have done cherry for the red and lime for the white and really made these just like a bomb pop.  Sooo…you could think ahead, unlike me, and do just that but I went with strawberry and vanilla because quite frankly, I didn’t have time to buy cherry and lime extract on Amazon and have it shipped to me so I went with strawberry and vanilla which is what I could find in the store.

I decided to make these Red, white and blue crispy treats in a loaf pan because I wanted them to be really tall so when I inserted a stick into them, they were about as big as a Popsicle.  These really couldn’t be simpler.  I always make my rice crispy treats with vanilla so addition of extracts was just part of my crispy treat routine.

My kids absolutely LOVED these.  I loved how well the strawberry and blue raspberry extracts really came through.  The smell of the blue raspberry was delicious… reminded me of a super sugary blue raspberry ICEE.  These were so much fun to make and I know they will be a hit at our Fourth of July party this year and they’re sure to be a hit at yours too.

I just love my son’s little chubby hands which couldn’t be more perfect for this picture!  Definitely Kid Approved! ✔️

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Patriotic Crispy Treats

Prep 5 mins

Cook 5 mins

Total 10 mins

Author Strawberry Blondie Kitchen

Yield 24

Reminiscent of the classic bomb pop, with much less mess, these Patriotic Crispy Treats are not your ordinary dessert. They’re layers of flavors with strawberry, vanilla and blue raspberry. A fun, new and Patriotic twist on everyone's favorite pasttime treat. Perfect addition to your next American party!

Ingredients

• 1 bag large marshmallows
• 6 tablespoons butter
• 6 cups Crispy Rice Cereal
• 2 teaspoons blue raspberry extract
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 teaspoons strawberry extract
• 1 tablespoon Blue Gel Food Color
• 1 tablespoon Red Gel Food Color

Instructions

1. Line a loaf pan with plastic wrap and spray thoroughly with cooking spray.
2. In large saucepan melt butter over low heat. Add 15 marshmallows and stir until completely melted.
3. Remove from heat and stir in blue raspberry extract and blue gel food color.
4. Add in 2 cups of crispy rice cereal and stir gently to combine.
5. Place blue crispy treats into the bottom of the loaf pan, gently pressing down.
6. Repeat for center "white" vanilla layer.
7. In large saucepan melt butter over low heat. Add 15 marshmallows and stir until completely melted.
8. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla extract.
9. Add in 2 cups of crispy rice cereal and stir gently to combine.
10. Place "white" crispy treats on top of blue layer in the loaf pan, gently pressing down.
11. Repeat for top red strawberry layer.
12. In large saucepan melt butter over low heat. Add 15 marshmallows and stir until completely melted.
13. Remove from heat and stir in strawberry extract and red gel food color.
14. Add in 2 cups of crispy rice cereal and stir gently to combine.
15. Place red crispy treats on top of white layer in the loaf pan, gently pressing down.
16. Store at room temperature until completely cooled.
17. Turn out onto counter and cut loaf in half.
18. Now cut each half in half again and then cut each half into half one more time. Therefore, you should have 8 "slices"
19. Cut each slice into thirds and insert lollipop stick into the bottom, if desired.

Courses Dessert

You don’t have to serve these with a stick in them but it makes them that much cuter if you do!  Once you’ve tried flavored rice crispy treats, there is no going back.  Experiment with different flavor combos.  No matter what you choose, everyone will LOVE them!

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