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Making Easter Special and a Hershey’s Easter Candy Giveaway!

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~This post has been sponsored by Global Influence, but all opinions are my own~

Maybe it’s because we’ve been buried with snow all winter long, but I have never been so excited for spring in my life. I love every part of spring: the unpredictable weather, the sometimes muddy playgrounds, and  flowers and trees whose pollen makes my nose itchy. Yes, friends I really do love it all (maybe not the muddy dog and kid feet). So maybe that’s why I really love Easter.

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When Hubby and I unleashed our kids on a dozen hard boiled eggs and several cups of bright dye, I started thinking about Easter traditions from my childhood. The big Easter dinner, racing through my grandparent’s yard searching for hidden eggs, elaborate baskets hidden from the Bunny, and black eggs.

The black eggs were my grandfather’s specialty and as a kid, I thought, much like my feelings about my Pappy, that his black eggs were the bee’s knees. After we dyed what seemed to be a million eggs, he grabbed the last egg, mixed all of the colors, and let the egg sit and sit until it became the perfect shade of black. That black egg looked silly among all of those bright pink, blue, and yellow eggs, but truth be told, it was always my favorite.

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Traditions, big and small, make the holidays so precious even when things change. Now my parents are the ones hosting the big Easter egg hunt and family dinner. My mom bakes special bunny treats with my kids and we’ve added a few traditions of our own, like burying jelly beans outside the night before Easter and finding out they had grown into lollipops over night. And of course, no round of egg coloring is complete without the trophy black egg.

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While I love the idea of baking with my kids, the truth is, I must have been waiting in the sarcasm line when they were passing out baking skills. So when we “bake” in this house, it’s only easy, kid friendly (OK, it’s really Amanda friendly), and something we can do quickly because we are on to the next activity pretty quickly. So these Easter Cookie Pops were perfect and yummy!

Easter Cookie Pops

  • Buttery Crackers
  • Reese’s Peanut Butter
  • Hershey’s semi sweet chocolate chips
  • Lollipop Sticks
  • Wax Paper
  • Colorful sprinkles and icing

 

  1. Spread the Reese’s Peanut Butter between crackers and insert the lollipop stick.
  2. Place the cookies in the freezer for a few minutes. This way the you  the peanut butter hardens and your stick won’t fall out while dipping or eating
  3. Melt the Hershey;s semi sweet chocolate chips in the microwave or in a double boiler
  4. Dip the cookies into the chocolate and cover all sides
  5. Lay the cookies on wax paper and allow time for the chocolate to set.
  6. Decorate with fun sprinkles or icing, eat, and enjoy!

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Hop on over (did you see what I did there?) and check out Celebrate With Hershey’s  for a ton of adorable basket idea, recipes, crafts, and other ways to make your family’s Easter memorable. Don’t forget to enter the giveaway to sample some of Hershey’s yummy candy. Trust me, Hershey’s was kind enough to give me a huge sample of their Easter candy (that I enjoyed from the comfort of my bedroom closet) and it was SO GOOD! Now you need your own Easter Prize Pack. So enter now!

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Comments

  3. I look forward to my moms Pineapple Soufflé. But lately, we have been going to my husbands family for Easter. The women plan an Easter Egg hunt for the Men (including clues where they have to go on the roof) and the men plan a hunt for the women.

  4. Dying eggs is such a fun thing. Your Easter Cookie Pops look really yummy, and simple enough for even me to make them. That is a great combination.

  8. Other than Easter baskets and church, we never had any really specific Easter traditions. But spending time with my family is my favorite part of every holiday. 🙂 And the bird’s nest cupcakes on the Hershey site are adorable.

  15. My kids are 15 and 12 and they still love to color eggs! So does my “biggest kid” my husband, so he helps them!

  17. I love those peanut butter cracker pop – how cute and yummy! Thanks so much for this.

  18. Anything with peanut butter ranks high on my list. These look delicious.

  20. It looks like you all have been having some yummy fun! I love your idea of making pops with sandwich crackers and chocolate. What a tasty idea!

  23. My favorite tradition has to do with what the Easter Bunny brings our boys’, he always bring a pair of pajamas and a movie to each of them. I love that!

  35. That is so smer to make the rackers and Reese’sp peanut butter to make the cookie pops! Love it! My favorite Easter tradition is just spending time with family. I love the Reese’s Racers on the Celebrate with Hershey’s website!

  37. I loved your story about the black egg tradition. It makes me want to make one too, and also I need to hide some Hershey’s candy in my closet. 😉