Easter 2010

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Try something different than the traditional painted Easter egg. These cute Bunny Cake Pops are sure to be a hit with everyone!

And the Rice Krispie eggs were the ‘bomb’!

The Rice Krispie Eggs were a snap. What took the longest was washing out all the plastic eggs and drying them! Make yourself a batch or rice krispie treats, (I put some red food color in the melted marshmallow to make it pink) and then packed them into the plastic eggs. They came out easily and did not need to be greased. Everyone got one on their dinner plate as a favor–and most everyone ate theirs before they ate dinner!!! And wanted more.....
BUNNY CAKE POPS
I’m always looking for new ideas and wwwBakerella.com has lots of cute ideas for cake pops – which is where the Bunny pops came from. I’ve put together a tutorial here to show how easy they are to make.

Just make yourself a cake – either from scratch or scratch it out of a box. For a 9 x 13 cake I used about 3/4th of the cake. Break it up in a bowl until it looks like crumbs. Then mix some frosting (canned works well) with it
until it gets to the consistency where you can form it into shapes with your hands. (Yes!, this is a mess! But for heaven’s sake, you can lick your fingers off!) Make the bunny shapes like an egg–as big or as small as you want. Lay them on wax paper until all the cake mixture is used up. Stick long lollipop sticks (found in craft stores) about half way through them. Melt chocolate–I used white– and then dip the pops into the melted chocolate. When you remove it from the chocolate, you will have to swirl it around until it starts to set, or it will run down the stick. Then put your pop in a piece of Styrofoam–or anything that will hold it upright until the chocolate hardens. While it is still soft, stick 2 pieces of Easter candy corn in the top for ears, a heart nose (they were to be pink, but I only had red left over from Valentine’s Day, and tiny round candies for eyes. Once they were completely hardened, I drew mouths and eyelashes on them with edible food color marker (found them at a craft store).

They looked so cute standing upright, I just kept them in the Styrofoam and put Easter grass around them.

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SEE-THROUGH EASTER BUNNY FAVOR OR GIFT BAG

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 I found the cutest favors/gift bags on the Martha Stewart website--and even a template for the bunny.  (Go to Martha Stewart, Easter craft ideas).  Cut an 11 x 2 1/2" strip from pastel vellum or card stock.  Trace bunny on front so ears are 2 1/2" below the top.  Cut out carefully!  Fill a 2 x 1 x 6" cellophane bag (available at craft stores) with candy--leaving about 2 1/2" empty.  (I was unable to find this size bag, so I used a bag for pretzels that was 2 1/4 x 10", and cut it down to the size I needed).
Wrap card stock around bag, folding top edges together and making sure plastic bag with candy is secured.  Punch 2 holes in top (through stock and plastic bag) for a pretty ribbon and bow.  Voila!  Great for kids and adults.
FRIED-EGG TREATS

Talk about easy!  Cover a baking sheet with wax paper or foil.  Place small, thin pretzel sticks side by side.  Melt white chocolate or almond bark over hot water.  With spoon drop small amount of melted chocolate between pretzels.  If the chocolate is too runny, stir it briefly until it thickens.  This will keep it from spreading too much.  While the chocolate is still soft, place a yellow M & M or Reese's Pieces in the middle.  Allow to cool and harden.

Remove and store in covered container.  Another great treat that the big folks will like as much as the little ones.  (I had to make a 'Grandma rule".  No one was allowed to put more than 2 in their mouth at one time!!!!) 

What fun...'sprouting' eggs.
  Thanks to my friend, Judi, for the wonderful idea.  Start the month before Easter by saving egg shells.  Also save an empty egg box.  When you use an egg, tap the top gently with a knife to break it, then carefully pick the broken pieces away until you get a nice-sized opening.  Use the egg inside and then rinse the shell out and stand it in the carton to dry.  As you get more eggs, keep adding them to the carton.

About 2 weeks before Easter, put some top soil in each empty shell and then sprinkle some grass seed over the top and water each one.  I added a bit more dirt at this point to cover some of the seed.  Cover the entire egg carton with plastic wrap and put it in a sunny window.  Your grass will start to grow in about 5 days.  Remove the plastic -- don't forget to keep each egg watered -- and let the grass grow until Easter.  My grass grew so well, I had to cut it several times.  To the very long grass, I added bows for pigtails and a ponytail! Stand them in baskets or cut a strip of paper, tape the ends so it forms a circle and stand the eggs in that.  Happy Easter!

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