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 enjoy even though my palate has been expanded immensely over the years. I know everyone has their own favorite recipe for these classic dishes and am certain that many (most, maybe) of you enjoy them on Easter.

Go read the whole thing and see how to make it..:  Carrot Crescents Filled with Egg Salad

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

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 out, plain old Peeps are kinda cute to look at, but dress them up with a dandy coat of chocolate, and suddenly you’ve got a treat you won’t be able to resist.

Go Read the whole thing and find out how to make them! Tuxedo Peeps

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 and Geeky Binary easter egg by Rakka
3. Step by Step How to make Lithuanian Easter Egg by pixelant, 4. Adorable egg planters from amp’ed

Pictured Left:
1. Easter Cookies by the fabulous Hello Naomi (See the Dabbled Interview with Naomi)
2. Love this fabric “chocolate” bunny
3. Got leftover eggs? Make this yummy looking Bacon Egg Salad Sandwich (recipe)
4. The Portrait Easter Eggs mentioned above.

More Linky Easter Goodness

• A roundup of Easter cupcake ideas at Foodwhirl
• A really cute idea for birds nest easter cookies.
• If you missed it, Dabbled’s own Easter Egg Roundup has a bunch of great easter egg coloring ideas.
• Speaking of Eggs  Chinese Tea Dyed Eggs at Lifehacker
• From Hostess with the Mostess: Bunches of good Easter resources, but I love this spotlight of Adorable Egg Creatures.
• LED Easter Eggs at MAKE, with Hello Kitty even!
• Adorable picture recipe for lemon chick cookies, illustrated by chicks! Where do Chick cookies come from?
• One Pretty Thing Easter Roundup
• Easter Bunny knit dissection at Boing Boing

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 to make my own version of the chocolate filled real eggshells that Martha Stewart created a few years back, but I wanted mine to be more like a Kinder Surprise egg with a toy or small item inside. I also took inspiration from hollow chocolate eggs that contain smaller chocolates and candies, as these make a pleasing rattling noise when you shake them, and I can never wait to find out what is inside.

Go read the whole how-to!

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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.

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 in the top of each egg shell. Carefully! Then enlarge the hole to about a 1/2 inch in diameter by carefully removing little bits of shell.
Pour out the insides and reserve for your cake batter, and/or other uses. (If you need to separate eggs for your cake batter, like I did, just pour out the whites first into one bowl, then use a toothpick to break up the yolk, and pour it into a separate bowl. Otherwise, just use a toothpick to mix the egg up a bit in the shell, then pour out.

Wash your egg shells.
Looking for more info, I googled and found these instructions, which suggest the egg shells should then be soaked in salty water for 30 minutes. I have no idea if this is necessary, but I decided to try that. That recipe also suggested drizzling a little oil in the shells, but I found that problematic. Since I’m serving these in their shells, I’d just skip that, or try a squirt of non stick spray.

After your eggshells are dry, it’s time to fill and bake them!
A mini muffin tin was the perfect size to hold the eggs upright for filling and baking. If your eggs don’t fit perfectly, you might add salt or sand to the cups to provide stability, or place a little foil in the cups to fill in the space.

Put your cake batter in a piping bag or a plastic baggie with a corner cut off, and pipe batter into egg shells, filling about 2/3 of the way up.

If you’ve overfilled your eggs, you will have batter that comes out the top. So put a sheet pan under your muffin tin to catch any extra that might drip off.

Bake according to the cake directions (temperature) for about 20 minutes (use cupcake directions as a guide, though these will be smaller so may not take as long.) Use the toothpick test to determine doneness.

If your eggs have overflowed, just knock off the excess. Let cool. If you place your eggs in an air tight container or zip bag, any cake on the outside of the eggs will easily wipe off after resting.

Egg cups make the perfect serving dish. Or, serve a set in a clean egg carton! If you want to add a dollop of icing or whipped cream, peel a little of the shell off the top, and decorate as desired. You could also just top the egg with an edible flower, and let the cake be a bit of a surprise!

You could also fancy these up by painting the shells with a little food coloring or similar, after baking!

(thanks to Grieg for helping me with the photos!)

Also, a really cute idea for birds nest easter cookies in the Spotlight today.

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!