Unforgettable Childhood

I wanted to take some time to share some links with you today. I have found so many fun things to do with my girls this Easter season. Here are a few of our favorites.

Resurrection Buns

Sarah at Real Life Blog made these on her MomTV show a few weeks ago. We had to try them at home. I let the girls do all of the work so some of our rolls burst open, but we still learned the lesson through the ones that stayed shut.

Earlier this week I found these Smores in a Jar over at Roots & Wings Co. We didn’t put ours in a jar, but we did make them.

The Peeps faces disappear, but they are still cute and so yummy!

Roots & Wings Co. has a lot of other ideas, too. I love their site.

I am off to boil our eggs so we can dye them today before we head to Grandma’s House. I am sitting here looking out the window and it is snowing. Yes, snowing! Hopefully it will stop soon and we can get to Grandma’s House.

Our newest Easter treat creation was Bird’s Nests. These were another super easy treat. Not quite as much fun to make for the girls because the hot stove was involved so they couldn’t help as much as they would have liked.

The only ingredients you need are 2 cups of marshmallows, 1/4 cup of butter, 4 cups of Chow Mein Noodles and whatever you would like to fill your nests with.

First you melt the marshmallows and butter.

Then you mix in the Chow Mein Noodles until they are fully covered.

Butter your fingers and press the noodles into 12 muffin cups.

Place them in the fridge for 10 minutes to set.

Add goodies to your nest. I have seen these with Jelly Beans. We like to use Robin’s Eggs (Malted Milk Balls). This time we also made a few birds out of Twinkies, Lemon Slices and a little Decorator’s Gel and White Frosting.

Here is our finished product.

Stay tuned next week for more Easter fun.

I am linking to the Girl Creative’s Just Something I Whipped Up!

We are starting to gear up for Easter at our house. Today we tried a new recipe that has been in my recipe box for years, Peanut Butter Eggs. They really were easy to make and they were very yummy. Ours are already gone. . .

Here are the ingredients.

6 T butter softened

1/4 cup creamy peanut butter

1/4 cup marshmallow creme

1 3/4 cup confectioners’ sugar

3/4 pound milk chocolate candy coating, chopped

2 tsp shortening

Colored Sprinkles

My Little Helper

In a small mixing bowl, cream the butter, peanut butter and marshmallow creme until smooth. Gradually beat in sugar. Drop by the tablespoon onto waxed paper lined baking sheet (we made ours a little bigger than that). Form into egg shapes and freeze 10 minutes.

My recipe says to melt candy coating and shortening until smooth in the microwave. I don’t ever use my microwave to melt chocolate, I do it the old fashioned way.

Dip eggs into candy coating; allow excess to drip off. Return to baking sheet, immediately decorate with candy decorations. Let stand until set. (See the word immediately, they really mean that. I started dipping like crazy and forgot to sprinkle half of them. Then they were already set and didn’t get sprinkles)

I am glad I took pictures right away because they were gone by bedtime.

Stay tuned for more Easter fun at Unforgettable Childhood.