Does anyone have any good Memorial Day dessert recipes?

Question

I need help finding a finger food dessert that can be put out at a picnic.

Answer 1

Take a baking pan (glass type) and cover the bottom with slices of pound cake 1/2 inch thick. Then cover that with strawberry pie filling. The cover that with your favorite whipped cream. The take whole blueberries and strawberry halves and make a design like an american flag. the blue berries will be the stars (or a solid blue background for stars made of whiped cream dots) and the strawberry halves will be the red stripes of the flag

Chill and enjoy

Answer 2

Normally I'd say ice down a watermelon in a big ice chest, adn pack a knife as well. But if you really want a recipe...... make this with both blueberry and cherry pie fillings, to make it red, white, and blue. Blueberrry Delight Crust: 2 cups flour 2 sticks butter,melted 1/2 cup chopped pecans Mix together and press into a 9 x 13 cake pan. Bake at 350 for about 15 minutes until slightly brown. Let cool completely. Filling: 1 8 oz. cream cheese,softened 1 8 oz. cool whip 1 box powdered sugar Mix together and spread on top of crust. Top with 1 can of blueberry pie filling. (Can use any type of pie filling you like.)

Answer 3

Here is an AWESOME recipe for Strawberry Pie. It's not a finger food but still really good and it really easy to make. I think the people at the picnic would like it!

http://www.wildtips.com/recipestrawberrypie.htm

Answer 4

This first one is pretty kid friendly, the 2nd one is as well bu tI think everyone would kind of get a kick out of them...

I can only guess, as I am Canadian...LOL!

I just love to entertain and I saw similar things on Martha Stewart, I just found the directions to be too convoluted so I found these instead...hope these help! Have a nice holiday!

Patriotic Jigglers recipe

2 small boxes or 1 large box any flavor red JELL-O
2 small boxes or 1 large box blue JELL-O
1 container whipped topping, thawed
2 1/2 cups boiling water
2 (11 x 7-inch) pans
4 to 6 ounce clear plastic cups
Small star-shaped cookie cutters (optional)
Large tray
Cherries (optional)

Pour one flavor of gelatin into the mixing bowl. Add 1 1/4 cups of the boiling water and use a rubber scraper to stir until all of the gelatin has dissolved (about two minutes). Pour the mixture into one of the pans. Repeat with the other flavor of JELL-O.

Put the pans into the refrigerator and let the JELL-O chill for about three hours.

Put about an inch of warm water into the sink. Dip just the bottom of the pan (don't let the water come up over the sides) into the water for 15 seconds.

Use the star-shaped cookie cutters or the table knife to cut shapes. Use your hands to lift out the shapes onto another tray. Repeat with both flavors.

Make a thin layer of blue jigglers, then a layer of whipped cream, then a layer of red jigglers, and then another layer of whipped cream. Top with a cherry if you would like and then enjoy!

Uncle Sam Pretzel Candies recipe
Posted by luvtocook at recipegoldmine.com 6/16/01 6:30:00 am

Makes 2 dozen cookies.

10 ounces white chocolate baking squares or almond bark coating
24 thin pretzel sticks
24 dry roasted peanuts
12 large marshmallows, each cut in half vertically
24 mini marshmallows
1 (10 ounce) package candy-coated chocolate candies

Cover 2 cookie sheets with wax paper; set aside.

Heat white chocolate or almond bark coating in a microwave safe bowl for 2 minutes on high or until melted. Stir until smooth. Select 24 red candies and 48 blue candies. Set aside remaining candies for another use.

To assemble the "Uncle Sam" faces, place a teaspoon of the melted white chocolate in an
oval shape on the wax paper. Press a marshmallow half on the top of the melted chocolate oval for a hat. Press a pretzel stick (horizontally) directly below it to make a hat brim. Then place 2 blue chocolate candies for eyes, a peanut for the nose and a red chocolate candy for the mouth. Press a mini marshmallow below the mouth for a goatee. Repeat with remaining ingredients to make 24 Uncle Sams. Allow to harden for a few minutes, then remove candies from wax paper.

Answer 5

I just saw some cute little pre made tart shells at my local groceries, OR you can use those premade graham cracker crust mini pie shells and fill with and assortment of canned pie fillings, like cherry, blueberries and vanilla custard or the new ready to go cheescake filling topped with fresh strawberries, blueberries and whip cream, and viola, you have your 'red,white and blue' desserts!

Answer 6

make jello cake............. this is a cake made according to package directions and while still hot poke holes in the top of the cake and pour a package of prepared jello any flavor over the cake............. refrigerate and when cooled cover with cool whip and then use fresh strawberries to form stripes of a flag and fresh blueberries for the stars..........
taste's good and looks very patriotic - this will be a hit

Answer 7

check out http://useinfo-dessert.blogspot.com/
It has recipes for quite a few tasty desserts that can be prepared easily from home ..

Answer 8

no bake mud pie:

Buy a graham cracker crust....
mix ice cream with peanut butter...
pour into the crust and put into the fridge for a few hours...
decorate and top with whatever fruit you like !

Its really yummy and out of this world..

Answer 9

Directions and picture of finished cake:

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Red-White-and-Blue-Strawberry-Shortcake/Detail.aspx