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• 18 1/4 ounces white cake mix
• 1 cup water (or as indicated on cake mix directions)
• 1/3 cup oil (or as indicated on cake mix directions)
• 3 eggs (or as indicated on cake mix directions)
• 1/2 teaspoon blue food coloring
• 1/2 teaspoon red food coloring
• 1 (16 ounce) can vanilla frosting
• red white and blue candy sprinkles

Directions:

1. Prepare cake mix according to package directions.
2. In a small bowl, combine 1 1/3 cups batter with blue food coloring. In another small bowl, combine red food coloring with 1 1/3 cups batter. Leave the remaining batter plain.
3. Fill paper-lined muffin tins with 2 tablespoons red batter, 2 tablespoons plain batter, and 2 tablespoons blue batter. Do not swirl batter, leave it layered.
4. Bake at 350ºF for 20-24 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in a cupcake comes out clean.
5. Cool 10 minutes in pan and then remove cupcakes to a wire rack to cool completely.
6. Frost with vanilla frosting and decorate with sprinkles.
   
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   • 3 ounces cranberry juice or 3 ounces fruit punch
   • 3 ounces Gatorade sports drink (blue)
   • 3 ounces sugar free 7-Up or 3 ounces Sprite
   • ice cube, fill glass to the top with cubes

   Directions:

   
   

   1. Place the ice cubes in the bottom 3rd of a tall 12 ounce clear glass. Pour the cranberry juice or fruit punch in to fill the bottom 3rd.
   2. Place a few more cubes in to the middle and pour in the blue Gatorade to fill the glass 2/3 full.
   3. Place the final 3rd of ice in the glass. Pour in the diet 7up or diet Sprite.
   4. Serve and enjoy!
      
      Also go to http://familyfun.go.com/4th-of-july/4th-of-july-recipes for further patriotic ideas.