Easter for me always holds many memories in the kitchen and Hamish and I love to try new and exciting recipes over the holidays .
Here are 3 fun recipes that we will be trying this Easter.
( Recipe source – Facebook I would love to credit one sourse but these recipes appear identical on several pages. If you know the origibal creayors, please message me to give them credit. )
Cake Mix Bunny Cookies
Ingredients
1 Boxed Vanilla Cake Mix
1/2 cup vegetable oil
2 Eggs
Pastel Colored M&Ms ( or Smarties)
Instructions
1. Preheat the oven to 180°C and line a baking sheet.
2. Cut some of the M&Ms / Smarties in half. Then sort out as many sweets as you’ll need by color (1 whole M&M/ Smartie and 2 halves for each bunny).
3. In a large bowl, stir together cake mix, eggs, and vegetable oil.
4. Scoop out a tablespoon of dough fir each cookie onto the cookie sheet.
5. Bake cookies 8-10 minutes until tge tops begin to crack and the edges feel just set.
6. Working quickly, drop a whole M&M/ Smartie onto each baked cookie, then add two M&M/ Smartie halves to make ears. Gently press the sweets into the cookie.
7. Add as many bunnies to each cookie as you would like.
8. Cool cookies on the cookie sheet for 3-5 minutes before removing to wire rack.
Bunny Bait
Ingredients:
2 cups pretzels-broken in pieces
5 cups of assorted crunchy Cereals
1 cup M&Ms / Smarties
½ cup sprinkles
1 1/2 cup white candy melts
Instructions:
1. In a large bowl, mix the Cereal, pretzels, and sweets.
2. Place the candy melts in a microwave safe bowl.
3. Melt candy melts according to package directions.
4. Pour the candy over the mixture and stir until well coated.
5. Pour the mixture onto a piece of baking paper.
6. Top with pastel sprinkles and allow to set until hardened.
7. After the chocolate has set, break the mixture into pieces.
Easter Bunny Pretzels
Ingredients:
Pretzels
White Candy Melts
Pastel Colored M&Ms / Smarties
Instructions
1. Cut some of the M&Ms/ Smarties in half. Sort out as many sweets as you’ll need by color (1 whole sweet and 2 halves for each pretzel treat).
2. Preheat oven to 180°C
3. Line a baking sheet
4. Place the pretzels in rows on the baking sheet.
5. Put one candy melt on top of each pretzel.
6. Warm in oven for 2-3 minutes – you don’t want them melted, just softened.
7. Working quickly, drop a whole M&M/ Smartie onto each pretzel, then add two halves to make ears. Gently press the sweets into the melty candy.
8. Allow candy melts to set completely.
