Tag Archives: easter
Filled “Carrot” for Easter Bunny brunch
This is a fabulous idea!
Check out this adorable ‘carrot’ filled with egg salad from Hungry Happenings- a fun addition to an easter brunch, maybe?
From the site: There is only one spring day that starts off with your family running around the yard in search of decorated eggs. Easter Sunday is quite unique in that respect. After our Easter egg hunts we have always gathered up our decorated eggs and whisked them off to the kitchen to add some Miracle Whip before turning them into deviled eggs or egg salad. It’s a simple recipe, just two ingredients, but one I still
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Jello Easter Eggs
Love this idea from Duhlicious!
Jello Easter Eggs made in the shell… and plus the idea of making them into Jello shots? Awesomeness. Will have to try these!
Go read the whole thing and get the instructions: Jello Easter Eggs
Peeps in Formal Wear!
Check out these jazzed up Peep bunnies in tuxedos! These would be perfect for Easter, or maybe even a fun treat for a spring wedding!
Love this idea… Should definitely come up with some variations using other types of Peeps :)
From Babble:
Until this Sunday, when the kids and I dressed them in little tuxedoes of white and dark chocolate. Suddenly, I couldn’t get enough of them. I’m not embarrassed to admit I let each of the kids eat one, while I bit the crunchy little tuxedos off of a handful of Peeps all by my lonesome. Turns
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Easter Ideas: Egg decoration, crafts, food
Just because something was posted a few years ago, doesn’t mean it’s not still a good idea! Here are some links from past Easters the I collected…
Link Love:
- Yummies! Bunny Bento Box and Peep-igiri
- Superpunch’s creative egg decorating roundup.
- Easter chickens on flickr.
- Cute Chick Cupcakes at Duh-licious.
- Portrait Easter Eggs — bizarre and creepy cool! (Pictured below) (via Craft)
- Bunny Bonanza (via NotCot)
- Fun things to do with Peeps (besides eating them) at MAKE
Pictured above:
1. A really pretty dye job in brianjmatis’s photostream, 2. Simple… Read on…
Easter Idea Roundup
Click on the photo above for Cool Easter ideas from the past–these were some of our 2010 posts…
And here are some more resources:
- Easter Egg Prep – How to blow eggs!
- More Easter Crafty Links.. (more egg dying ideas)
- Easter wrapup, and Share your easter eggs! (more egg dying ideas)
- Easter Eggs & Baskets
- Spring cocktail recipes
Chocolate Filled Eggshells from not martha!
The other day we talked about Cake Filled Eggshells. Well, we Love Love Love this idea from not martha for chocolate and goodie-filled real eggshells. So clever, and I love how Kinder Eggs were her inspiration! They are so much fun.
These dyed Easter are real eggshells that have been coated on the inside with chocolate and stuffed with candy and a small surprise.
Everything I used to decorate the eggs is edible. I used jumbo sized eggs, though this wasn’t necessary. I stuffed them with the smallest things I could find.
I was hoping to try
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More great egg ideas at Wisdom of the Moon
These are just fabulous ideas on how to show off gorgeous blown decorated Easter Eggs, from Dabbled fave, Wisdom of the Moon. (We linked to her “How to Blow Eggs” tutorial here.) Tons of ideas for making your blown and decorated eggs even more special, for hanging and displaying — including using buttons and snaps! So clever… Read the whole thing!
She’s got a great idea for a simple way to make a very functional Egg Drying Rack. Again. Clever.
And, how to color those eggs using the Ukrainian style technique (Pysanky) is here.
Cake Eggs: Cake Filled Eggshells!
I remember making these when I was a kid… What a fun and unusual treat for Easter and/or Spring in general. I could totally see these for a baby shower brunch at each place setting, maybe topped with an edible flower. The how-to is below!
How to make Cake Eggs:
All you need:
Egg shells (Jumbo would yield larger results, but in this case, I thought brown would be pretty.)
Your favorite light in texture cake batter (for these I just used a white cake mix)
Using an icepick or other sharp pointy object, make a hole… Read on…
Easter Sweets
I did a roundup of Easter cupcake ideas at Foodwhirl today – go check it out!
Also, a really cute idea for birds nest easter cookies in the Spotlight today.
Make your own Peeps!
Today at Foodwhirl I’m issuing a challenge… Make your own Peeps!
One of our guest contributors did a great writeup on how she made her Marshmallow Chicks (commonly known as Peeps). She claims they aren’t very pretty, though, so we’re challenging you to do better! Melissa provides the instructions, plus tips on how to make yours better, over at Foodwhirl!
