Okay, I actually DID make the July 4th treats =o)

They were completely darling. I opted not to do the printed tissue paper, as it took a ridiculously long time to get them to print since our printer feeds from the top, and wouldn't pull the tissue paper through properly. Even so, the way they turned out was amazing. Our kids were all SO impressed with how they looked, and so were the people we gave them to.

This picture doesn't show the cute little red-checkered baskets,
but we made those, also.

Would I make them again? Um.... probably not.

Why? Two reasons.

Reason One: They took FOREVER to make. I sometimes take on projects that I know ahead of time are going to take a long time, and this was one of them. I did a lot of what needed to be done before the 4th, with the help of my 16 year old, Jenni. But they still took waaaaaaaaay longer to do than I imagined. It was fun making them, but really, REALLY time-consuming!

Reason Two: They looked fabulous. But they only tasted so-so, in my opinion. The dessert I usually make for the 4th looks great (but not in the adorable way these did) and it tastes fabulous.

The little sugar cookie french fries were yummy. But when it came to the hamburgers, it was a different story. The brownie part of them was fine. But I'm not big on frosting, and these had lots of it. If it had been chocolate frosting, I might have felt a little differently about it. But then the colors would have been all wrong, now wouldn't they?

Then I wasn't fond of the cupcake part of it either. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't anything special. All in all, the hamburgers weren't inedible, but they were only okay.

So the bottom line for me is that:

Merely "Looking Good" Is Not Good Enough!

I just realized though, that it will make a great story to use in a talk or a lesson sometime to illustrate that very point. =o)