Krispy Egg Shells

Another easy and great recipe ! 

I learned of this recipe from Kellogs.com (Easter Special) 

Ingredients:

• 3 tablespoons butter 
• 
  
• # 1 package (10 oz., about 40) regular marshmallows or 4 cups miniature marshmallows
• 
  
• 6 cups Kellogg's® Rice Krispies® cereal
• 
  
• 1/2 cup M&M'S® Easter colored chocolate candies
• 
  
• Canned frosting or decorating gel (optional)
• 
  
• 12 plastic snap-apart 3 x 2-in Easter eggs

Instructions:

1. Clean, then coat inside of plastic eggs with cooking spray. Set aside.
2. In large saucepan, melt butter over low heat. Add marshmallows and stir until completely melted. Remove from heat.
3. Add Kellogg's® Rice Krispies® cereal. Stir until well coated.
4. Using greased hands, firmly press 1/4 cup of Rice Krispies® mixture into both halves of each plastic egg. Use fingers to make hollow center in each half. Remove from molds. Place on wax paper. Cool slightly.
5. Place about 6 M&M'S® Brand Chocolate Candies in one half of each egg. Gently press two halves of each egg together until they stick. Cool completely.
6. Decorate with frosting and additional M&M'S® Brand Chocolate Candies (if desired). Best if served the same day.

Spring Bunny Cakes

Sweet Treats

Don't like to bake or get messy ?

In a hurry for a quick Easter decoration?

Sweet Treats is an easy option and creative alternative for kids and adults ! 

These mini treat baskets will bring BIG smiles and FULL tummies!  

or they can be used as Easter Sunday table decorations!

Ingredients:

Ice Cream Cones

Colorful Jelly Beans

Apple Licorice

Instructions:

-Fill ice cream cones with jelly beans. 

-With a small knife, carefully cut two holes into the sides of each cone. 

-Tuck either end of an apple licorice stick into the holes to serve as an edible handle. 

Bunny Cakes

Easy and Fun! Kids will love this one!

Ingredients:

Cake Mix (for cupcake) 

White Icing

Large Marshmallows

Pink Sugar

Shredded Coconut

Jelly Beans

Sweet Tarts 

Mini Marshmallows

Instructions:

1. Frost a cupcake (baked from your favorite recipe) with white icing and sprinkle on shredded coconut.
2. Cut a large marshmallow in half width-wise. Squeeze each half slightly to give it an oval shape, then decorate the sticky side of each one with pink sugar and set them in place for ears.
3. Add a jelly bean nose and either jelly bean or snipped Sweet Tart eyes, and mini marshmallows for cheeks. For a finishing touch, draw on decorators' gel pupils or whiskers if you like.

Easter Peep Pops

Ingredients:
Cake and Frosting
Pastel Wild Flower Sprinkles
Diamond Shape Sprinkle
Cake Mix
White Candy Melts

Yellow Candy Melts

Paper Lollipop Sticks
Black Edible Ink Pen
Paramount Crystals
Styrofoam Block
Rainbow Candy Coated Chips

Instructions:

• Bake the cake mix of your preference.
• After cake is cooked  completely, crumble into large bowl.
• Mix thoroughly with 1 can frosting. 
• Roll mixture into quarter size balls and place on wax paper covered cookie sheet. (Should make 45-50)
• Melt chocolate in the microwave per directions on package. (30 sec intervals, stirring in between.)
• Dip the tip of your lollipop stick in a little of the melted candy coating and insert into the cake balls. (Insert a little less than halfway.)
• Place them in the freezer for a little while to firm up.
• Once firm, carefully insert the cake ball into the candy coating by holding the lollipop stick and rotating until covered. Once covered remove and softly tap and rotate until the excess chocolate falls off. Don’t tap too hard or the cake ball will fall off, too.
• Place in a Styrofoam block to dry.
• Once dry, draw faces with an edible ink pen and allow ink to dry!
• Decorate faces as you wish.

This is always a fun activity to do for Easter with family and friends! Enjoy !