What America Wants To Eat On July 4th

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What America Wants To Eat On July 4th

July 3, 2025 at 11:35 am · Filed under July 4th/Independence Day, Recipes, The Nibble

[1] The #1 July 4th food search: American flag cheesecake. Here’s the recipe—and it’s no bake (photo © Colby Troy).

July 4th Trifle
[2] It’s easy to make a trifle. If you don’t have a glass bowl, you can borrow one. Anchor Hocking has a nice pedestal bowl for $26. Here’s the recipe (photo © The Girl Who Ate Everything).

What special foods are Americans seeking to add to their July 4th feasts?

Here’s the scoop from Google Trends, based on U.S. search data sourced from May 24 to June 24 2025.

Not surprisingly, Americans sought red, white, and blue recipes to grace their Independence Day tables.

“American flag cheesecake” was the top-trending American flag food and drink search in the past month (photo #1), followed by “American flag charcuterie board” (photo #3).

“Red white and blue watermelon salad” was a breakout search (photo #3).

“Patriotic berry trifle” was the second top-trending “trifle cake” searched in the past month (photo #2).

“Vegan black bean burger” was the top-trending vegan July 4th food item, followed by…

“Beyond meat hot dogs” was the top-trending hot dog meat-type searched.

[3] The second-most-searched was an American flag charcuterie board. Here’s the recipe (photo © The Denver Housewife).

> The history of July 4th holiday.