Looking for fun red white and blue desserts and patriotic party foods for Memorial Day? Here are
recipes for flag cake, RWB party foods and snacks and kid-friendly Remembrance day snacks. * Remembrance Day cake. Bake any flavored cake and frost white. Let each guest write the name of
a loved one who has passed away in red or blue frosting. Write "we remember" in the center.
* Fruity Flag cake. Make red velvet cake. Frost with white frosting or whipped topping. Arrange sliced
strawberries in rows to form stripes. Place blueberries in top left corner (with white frosting showing
through) to create field of stars.
* RWB candy flag cake. Make flag cake with red velvet and white frosting. Decorate with red and blue
M & Ms.
* Star-spangled jigglers. Make blue and red finger Jell-O (use less water or add unflavored gelatin to
make Jell-O Jigglers). Cut into star shapes. Mix with white mini marshmallows.
* Patriotic stained glass cookies. Cut refrigerated sugar cookie dough into triangles. Arrange point
side out to form star. Place clear blue or red Jolly Rancher candy in center. Bake cookies and melt
candy to fill center.
* RWB coolers. Mix Squirt and cranberry juice. Make blue raspberry Kool-Aid ice cubes or use blue
popsicle as ice cube.
* Flag kebobs. On large wooden skewer, alternate strawberry slices or raspberries, blueberries and
white marshmallows.
* Patriotic parfait. Layer in fluted parfait glasses: whipped topping or vanilla pudding, blueberries,
raspberries, blackberries and strawberries.
* RWB cheesecake. Make or buy a plain cheesecake. Make concentric circles of raspberries,
blueberries and strawberries. Make "stars" with white decorators frosting.
* Cut cheese slices and lunch meat in star shapes. Or cut sandwiches in star shapes.
* Letter and number pretzels. Have children make Memorial Day themed words: American, freedom,
stars, flag, 13, USA.
* Red and purple pepper slices with ranch dip. Or hollow out red peppers and fill with blue corn chips
and dip.
* RWB dogs. Serve hot dogs on white buns. Garnish with mayonnaise dyed blue. For vegetarians, use
white Mozzarella cheese sticks, blue mayo and ketchup.
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