How to Make American Flag Fruit Skewers

POPSUGAR Photography | Anna Monette Roberts
POPSUGAR Photography | Anna Monette Roberts

Flag cakes are gorgeous, but they can be time-consuming and can require some serious baking/decorating skills. If you want to be patriotic without turning on the oven, consider these easy berry-marshmallow flag fruit skewers. The ingredient list as well as the prep is minimal, but the results are simply adorable. Take a look and re-create them for your own backyard bash.

01
Gather Your Ingredients/Tools
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Gather Your Ingredients/Tools

  • 1 bag minimarshmallows
  • 2 cartons raspberries
  • 1 carton blueberries
  • Long wooden skewers
  • 1 large white serving platter
02
Set Up Your Flag
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Set Up Your Flag

Make skewer-making as painless as possible by laying out the berries and marshmallows in neat rows.

03
Skewer the Pieces
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Skewer the Pieces

Skewer the fruit and marshmallows through the sharp end. Space them out about a centimeter apart.

04
Lay Out the Skewers
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Lay Out the Skewers

Set all the skewers on a large white serving platter.

05
Marvel at Your Work
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Marvel at Your Work

06
Now Go Eat!
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Now Go Eat!

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