Holy smokes, these candy-poppin’ bottle rockets are gonna rock your 4th

4. Add the finishing touch

Add cone-shaped Airhead candies on top, resting the cones on the tips of the straws.

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To display your candy bottle rockets, insert them into a small bucket or cup filled with sugar.

Also try these other fun patriotic dessert ideas:

• Pop star cookie pops
• Star-spangled banner bars
• Firecracker cakelette
• Stars-and-stripes vodka Jell-O shots
• Firecracker cupcakes in a jar
• Red, white and blue layer cakes
• Red, white and blue layered drink

Updated by Bethany Ramos on 5/17/16