10 Red, White, And Blue Desserts Slideshow

Instead of decorating your cupcakes with chocolate or vanilla frosting, why not add a little color? Top yellow cupcakes with blue-colored frosting and red velvet cupcakes with plain white frosting. Garnish each cupcake with some star-spangled candies. 

This patriotic dessert comes together in minutes and can be customized to your taste. Start with quarts of vanilla, strawberry, and — if you can find it — blue-colored ice cream (try flavors like wild blueberry or Blue Moon). Make your own strawberry and blueberry toppings by mixing a bag of frozen berries with sugar (to taste) and then bringing it to full rolling boil. Once cool, mix and match ice cream flavors with your favorite berry topping!

This is a great activity to do with young kids. Start by baking a plain yellow cake in a 9-by-13-inch pan. Prepare your favorite vanilla frosting and make sure to have lots of raspberries and blueberries on hand for decorating. Once the cake is frosted, decorate it like a flag, using the blueberries for the upper-left corner, and rows of raspberries as the stripes. 

Topped with blueberries, blackberries, raspberries, and sliced strawberries, this light dessert from Rancho La Puerta Spa is the perfect patriotic indulgence for those watching what they eat.

Because everyone should have a patriotic dessert to celebrate the holiday.

When served with vanilla ice cream, this is as all-American as desserts get. Wondering where the red comes in? Stick out your tongue when you're done and then look in the mirror. (Or, see what happens to your white shirt when that roque blueberry dribbles down your shirt.)

Whip up a batch of these White Chocolate Raspberry Cookies, then sandwich two around a scoop of ice cream. Instead of rolling the sides in mini chocolate chips, coat them with dried blueberries.

Dress up this easy and delicious dessert with your favorite berries.

Instead of filling these tender biscuits with plain old cream and strawberries, dress them up for the holiday by adding blueberries and/or blackberries to the mix. 

This is a delicious and easy dessert that can be made in advance — perfect to serve for a big Memorial Day or Fourth of July dinner party.