This was my inspiration for what I was attempting to do. Rice Krispy Treat Sparklers!
Except I wanted to add white chocolate so it would be a true red, white and blue dessert.
UNFORTUNATELY we were running late for the party and I made a few mistakes.
I let my mom make the Rice Krispy treats. I forgot the fact that she likes them extra extra gooey, so they never hardened up. (They were delicious to eat though!!!). She also stuck them on a pseudo wax paper so they didn't come up easily and wouldn't hold their form. So unfortunately, even though I had gotten star cookie cutters just for this project...that part didn't turn out.
I heated up the white chocolate in the microwave, slowly while constantly checking on it. It burns easily so I was careful. I also needed it to harden up fast so I didn't want it too runny. Unfortunately this made my creation slightly less "pretty" than I expected. After they dried I stuck a blue berry on them. I put them in a cool dollar store vase with red white and blue decorations at the bottom. I had already gotten to this part before I realized that the rice krispy stars would not be going on top. So I was sad to say that they kind of looked like yummy medieval torture desserts.
I ran out of room in my vase and realized I had a lot more chocolate, strawberries and blue berries and I had these little flag tooth picks so I grabbed a red white and blue plate and made mini versions.
These were a lot easier to make. They also looked a lot less evil and painful to eat.
Altogether people thought they were cute and fun. So it was not a total fail, nor was it exactly a total success. I learned from it and will probably try it again...but a little differently.
I felt very much into the 4th of July spirit. It was awesome! The awesome BBQ helped too. Notice my epic fail rice krispy treats in the back (Still delicious though! Thanks mom!)
