Quick and EASY July 4th Treats!

July 4th is upon us again, and a lot of people get invited to cookouts, parties, etc. and often take a dessert. Now, those of you who know me KNOW I don’t like to “fire up the oven”……..like ever……..but I found this really beautiful dessert that looks delicious AND it takes about 15 minutes to put together with NO BAKING!  Now that’s MY kind of dessert! Here’s a picture:

You buy the ingredients – including the cake – at the store, and  you barely even have to MIX anything for heaven’s sake!  Fantastic!  You can purchase angel food cake or pound cake (well, yes, you can MAKE it, too, but I’m talking about what “I” would do)…The filling is that awesome fruit dip stuff – marshmallow cream and Cool-Whip mixed together (or – one I like even better – one 15 oz. jar of marshmallow cream and one 8 oz. package of cream cheese mixed together) and fruit!  That’s it!  I would say the only “tricky” part is slicing the cake into equal (or sort of equal) thirds and scraping all of that dadgum marshmallow cream from inside the jar! The smart lady who wrote the blog where I found this has a tip for cutting the cake – check out her complete recipe and tips here:

http://hoosierhomemade.com/angel-food-cake-with-berries/

Here are some other ideas for quick and EASY July 4th treats:

A pretty tray with blueberries, strawberries, and white chocolate covered pretzels –  you could serve that awesome fruit dip with this, too!:

Only a few people get blueberries on their skewer with this idea, but hey!  It’s cute!

Purchase some cupcakes and arrange them in a “flag” pattern:

Or put some red and blue fruit on the top of cupcakes for a patriotic flair:

Or just buy these two things and mix them together – you could get crazy and throw some pretzels in there, too! Tastes great!

Hope you all have a wonderful and SAFE July 4th holiday! Thank you to those men and women who serve and help make the USA the best country in the world!

Till next time! 🙂