Happy Easter Eve's Eve

It's two days before Easter, but why wait to start consuming baskets full of sugar? 

Our house is having a "Hop" viewing party and snacking on some Bunny Bait.  Now, there's some background info you need.  First, I'm on spring break (WHOOO HOOOO!) so I've had more time than normal to check out my favorite blogs.  Earlier in the week, I entered a contest on Babble.com.  The spring break fairies sprinkled their magic upon me, and I won a free copy of the movie "Hop."  We took Georgia to see it in theaters last Easter so she was extra excited with the news.

Bunny Bait is a new sugar-coma inducing snack in our house, but it kept popping up on Pinterest boards and blogs.  Essentially, it is a candy trail mix....but that feels like I'm underselling it.  I did confuse my children by titling it "bait" because that led them to believe we are going to try to catch the Easter Bunny.  

My clever mom-ness kicked in and I weaved a tale of how eating Bunny Bait brought out our inner-bunniness.  That was believable since after eating some, my girls began hopping.  

Want our recipe?

Pine Cone Chick Craft

My sister Carolyn made this cute little chick with her kindergarten class for years.

What you'll need:
* Pinecone
* Yellow paint
* Cotton balls
* Orange craft foam
* Yellow feathers
* Googly eyes
* Easter grass
* Glue

To make, find pine cones that stand well, paint them yellow, and let dry.  Pull cotton balls into thinner strands and stuff cotton into pine cone gaps.  Using the orange craft foam, cut feet for your chick.  Attach Easter grass to bottom of feet and then attach feet to pine cone.  This chick also has rounded foam rectangles under the feathered wings which helps the feathers stand out more.  Attach feathers and eyes with glue.

Easter Candy Pie

Easter is a week away, and I was assigned the dessert portion of the meal (horray!).  This gives me an excuse to spend the next week baking up a storm.  One thing that's on the dessert menu for sure is Candy Pie.

My mom found the recipe at the grocery store years ago, and it is reserved exclusively for Easter in our family.  Why if it's so ridiculously amazing?  Because it takes a year for your cavities to fill after eating a piece.  The pie filling is made up of melted Hershey kisses and Cool Whip, but not to be ignored is the peanut butter cup layer.  Oh my goodness, it's sweet!

The recipe is on the Hershey website right here.  This is a great thing to bake with little helpers because the hardest part is unwrapping all of the candy.  Actually, the hardest part is unwrapping the candy and not eating it.

Now, I've got to figure out what everyone else will be eating.  What are you making for Easter?