Recipes For Fun, Colorful Easter Treats
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- Easter is next Sunday, and if you're looking for some cute treats to make for kids of all ages, CBS2 brought in lifestyle expert Limor Suss from TrendsGirl.com to show you how.
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Here are Suss' recipes:
Chocolate Nests
WHAT YOU'LL NEED:
Honey Bunches of Oats
Chocolate melts
Chocolate eggs in multiple color wrapping (or jelly beans)
HOW TO MAKE:
- Crush up Honey Bunches of Oats.
- Melt chocolate in a mini Crockpot or double broiler until completely smooth.
- Stir in Honey Bunches of Oats.
- Spray non-stick spray inside a muffin pan.
- Place 2 tbsp mixture in each slot and indent to look like a nest.
- Place in fridge for 1-2 hours until chocolate hardens.
- Remove from muffin pan and add chocolate eggs into each nest.
'Carrots' in Dirt
WHAT YOU'LL NEED:
Chocolate pudding
Crushed Oreo cookies
Strawberries
Orange chocolate melts
HOW TO MAKE:
- Melt orange chocolate melts until completely smooth.
- Pat dry strawberries so they are completely dry.
- Dip strawberry in orange chocolate, covering the strawberry completely up to the the tip.
- Place on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper and put in the fridge to harden (about 10 minutes)
- Crush Oreos
- Fill plastic cup with chocolate pudding 1/2 full, top with crushed Oreos to make "dirt."
- Place "carrot" into "dirt."
Chicks
WHAT YOU'LL NEED:
Oreos (preferably with yellow filling)
Yellow chocolate melts
Black icing
Orange icing
HOW TO MAKE:
- Melt yellow chocolate melts until completely smooth.
- Dip Oreos into melted chocolate and place on parchment paper.
- Place in fridge to harden (about 10 min.)
- Once hardened, dip into melted yellow chocolates a second time.
- Place in the fridge to harden (about 15 min.)
- Decorate Oreos with black icing for eyes and orange icing for nose and feet
- Let harden and enjoy!
Peep Kebabs
WHAT YOU'LL NEED:
Peeps in a variety of colors
Easter sprinkles
Milk chocolate melts
Dark chocolate melts
Variety of fruit cut up into cubes
Bamboo skewers
HOW TO MAKE:
- Dip peeps into melted chocolate, garnish with sprinkles and place on parchment paper and into the fridge to harden.
- Using the same sequence for each skewer, poke peeps and fruit onto the bamboo skewer.
Bunny Cupcakes
WHAT YOU'LL NEED:
Marshmallows
Mini chocolate chips
Pink sprinkles
White frosting
Pink frosting (mix a few drops of red food coloring & white frosting)
White cupcake mix
HOW TO MAKE:
- Prepare your favorite white cupcake recipe.
- Once cooled, ice with white icing.
- Cut a marshmallow in half, diagonally, to make "ears."
- Spread pink icing onto each "ear," place on cupcake.
- Decorate your cupcake, using two mini chocolate chips for eyes, a pink sprinkle for the nose and marshmallow ears.