12 Fourth of July Desserts That'll Make You Go "What?!"
Long gone are the days when a simple strawberry pie or a bowlful of ice cream sufficed as a Fourth of July dessert. Now, things are bigger, badder, and red, white, and blue-er. There are fireworks and Pop Rocks and iterations upon iterations of the American flag.
Is it fun? Is it madness? That's for you to decide. (We, for the record, think it's a bit of both.) Here are 12 Fourth of July desserts that are patriotic in the most extreme, sugary sense.
1.) These "Fireworks" cupcakes with Pop Rocks and sparklers.
Pop Rocks "Fireworks Cupcakes" via Real Simple
2.) This impossibly immaculate flag cake.
American Flag Cake via Food52
3.) These dizzying Fireworks Cookies.
Fireworks Cookies via Bake at 350
4.) Stop it, Martha.
Fruited-Cheesecake Flag via Martha Stewart
5.) This pattern, pinwheel madness.
6.) Look at that patriotic lattice work.
Old Glory Berry Pie via TipHero
7.) Look at the swirls in this Red, White, and Blue Velvet Zebra Bundt Cake.
Red, White, and Blue Velvet Zebra Bundt Cake via Baking a Moment
8.) Well, these sugar cookies are adorable (those stripes, though).
American Flag Sugar Cookies via Tune 'n Fork
9.) What's even happening here.
Red, White, and Blue Tie-Dye Cake via Hungry Happenings
10.) These cakelettes seem like a lot of work.
Firecracker Cakelettes via SheKnows
11.) And more firecrackers and Pop Rocks.
Firecracker Cake via Tablespoon!
12.) The real question is, would you drink this?