In the spirit of July 4th, we made white chocolate covered strawberries striped with blue sugar. Sure to be a crowd pleaser, show your American spirit with red, white, and blue.

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Originally called Cerrioats, Cheerios. Debuted 70 years ago in June, 1941. A technological marvel during that time, creative minds dreamed up Cheerios from whole grain oats and months of trial-and-error figuring out how to puff the oats. Through heating balls of dough, then shooting them out of a puffing gun at 100 mph, the puffed Os we know today were born. I love Cheerios, but my appreciation for them has grown stronger having a 9-month-old daughter! .