Here’s our Top 20 Recipes for the Fourth of July to help you celebrate in style. These simple and delicious recipes will wow your guests! Enjoy!
The Fourth of July is a day to celebrate with friends and family. Food is a very important component of this celebration. You don’t want it to be stressful, but you do want it to be delicious! So to help you out, we have put together a guide for your perfect Fourth of July cooking experience. It will be completely stress free, but so delicious that you and your guests will be in food paradise. Check out our drinks, appetizers, main courses, sides and dessert recipes that are here for your ride to sweet, sweet entertaining.
Fourth of July-Drinks
First up on the list of recipes is… drinks! We have created and tested three different martini recipes for you and your guests to enjoy. Each drink represents the RED, the WHITE and the BLUE. To start off the celebration, the RED will be represented by our Strawberry Watermelon Martini. This martini is so good, it will give your guests a super fresh and summery vibe.
Next, to represent the WHITE, is our Banana Coconut Martini. It is very creamy and tropical, with an explosion of banana and coconut flavor. Totally delicious!!
Finally, representing the BLUE is our Tropical Breeze Martini. This is the perfect blend of pineapple and coconut that will bring you straight to the tropics!
Appetizers
Next up on our guide to food glory is appetizers. This is your first chance to impress your guests with some tasty food. Remember, first impressions are everything. So, here are a few amazing appetizers that both adults and kids will enjoy! Check out the Smoked Chicken Drumsticks and Spiced Rubbed Chicken Wings. Both are crowd pleasers! The smoked chicken drumsticks have the perfect smokey barbecue taste, and the spiced rubbed chicken wings are just plain delicious! Lastly, The Best Taco Dip recipe is so good even the kids will love it! It’s one way to pack those veggies into your kids! Trust me, they will continue to come back for more. It’s that good! You may need to make two, one for kids and one for the adults!
Main Courses
Main Courses are next. We have four different main course recipes you can choose from. Pick your favorite, or do them all! The first recipe is our Grilled Hot Tub Beer Brats. These beer brats are packed full of flavor. The caramelized onions on the top add the perfect touch to this delicious, juicy brat. The next recipe is our Grilled Flat Iron Steak. This steak is tender, juicy and delicious. Eat it plain, add some butter or top it off with some blue cheese and enjoy! The last recipe is our Slow Cooker Pulled Pork, an extremely easy and amazing recipe for barbecue and gatherings. It’s so easy, you just set it and let the guests eat at their leisure!
Check out these tasty sides that will go with your barbecue for the Fourth of July. Quick and Easy Cornbread Muffins, Simply Delicious Potato Salad, Brussel Sprouts with Bacon, Grilled Vegetables, and Grilled Parmesan Potato Wedges. These sides are super easy and go well with any of the main courses you choose!
Desserts
Last but not least, the most important part of the celebration, dessert! Dessert is the best and most fun part of celebrating the Fourth of July or really any occasion. Am I right? So here are some beautiful and festive dessert recipe ideas.
Let’s start off with the Summer Fruit Tart; stunning, fresh, and creamy. The crust is super delicious. Need I say more?
Next up on the dessert train is the Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake. A chewy, gooey piece of heaven topped off with frosting? Yum!
Love fresh strawberries? Then try our Fresh Strawberry Pie. Super easy to make and it tastes as good as it looks. Top it off with a huge pile of whipped cream and enjoy!
Continuing on with the strawberry theme, try our Easy Strawberry Shortcake. You can make the shortcakes and strawberries ahead of time. It only takes a few minutes to make this fantastic treat for your guests to eat!
Sensational Chocolate Chip Cookies, an American favorite. Easy to make and even easier to eat! Make many, as they tend to disappear quickly!
Attention chocolate lovers! You’ve gotta try our Chocolate Fudge Brownies. These brownies border on the line of fudge. They are unbelievably moist and rich, plain and simple, too good not to try! Add a scoop of vanilla ice cream, smoother with hot fudge or chocolate sauce and top with a cherry for a Fourth of July treat you will remember!
We hope that we have given you some ideas for your Fourth of July celebration! Let us know what you have tried and how you liked it. Happy Fourth of July! Let the fireworks begin!
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