Happy Friday!!!! I am enjoying an unexpected paid day off 🙂 No better way to start your weekend then with that type of news!
Sunrise
I made myself a quick breakfast…
Cinnamon Raisin Bagel Thin w/ PB and 1/2 a banana on one side, Sugar Free Strawberry Preserves on the other and Chia seeds sprinkled all over top. I love the added crunch!
I’ve already thrown dinner in the crock pot…
BBQ Pulled Pork sandwiches (forgot about the whole no meat thing on Fridays)
Prepared a smaller (healthier) version of my Overnight French Toast Casserole for tomorrows breakfast…
It’s layered 3 times…Think that’s enough for two people!? 😉
and made some “Reese’s” easter eggs…
um, hello peanut butter and chocolate =)
Speaking of Reese’s Eggs WHY do they taste so much better than the cups?? Is it because there are no ripples? more peanut butter? or am i being tricked to overeating them because it’s Easter and on Easter you eat candy…right? Either way, they are my absolute FAVORITE Easter candy.
This morning the radio station was talking about What your favorite easter candy says about you… Reese’s wasn’t one of them but I guess it could be counted as the last one? Here is their list.
Jelly Beans: You are a kid at heart. You have to dig deep thru an Easter basket to get them, you big kid!!
Peeps: You always hope for the best. A never say die optimism.
Chocolate Bunny: Fans of these guys, maternal feelings run very high.
Cream Eggs: You are a deep thinker, maybe because you have to dig in there to scoop out the cream. YUM!
They also had some Easter facts I thought you might be interested in..
How do people eat their Chocolate bunny? 74% Start at the bunnies ears, 13% the feet and 10% go for the chocolate bunnies eyes. 90 Million bunnies are made for Easter every year.
Jellybeans didn’t become an Easter tradition until the 1930′s. Kids say their favorite jellybean is cherry. Young girls are more apt to eat jellybeans by the handfuls!
More than 50% of kids get up before or at dawn to check out their Easter baskets.
Favorite Easter tradition: the sunrise at church, followed by..Easter egg hunt, and coloring eggs.
I still get up before dawn to check out my easter basket. I’m a kid at heart 🙂 Even if my favorite easter candy isn’t jellybeans!
Yesterday the girls I nanny for gave me an Easter basket filled with my favorite things – Reeses, Cadburry mini eggs, Lindt hollow bunny, godiva chocolates, a headband we saw in the store the day before (how cute?) and a $50 gift certificate to a new store in the mall. They spoil me! I don’t hate it.
I also brought them Easter baskets filled with toys and planned an Easter Egg hunt…It was a good day 🙂
I was going to wait to post the Reese’s egg recipe until I made my Egg Shaped Funfetti Cake but I’m not a tease – No matter what my friends think 😉
(I was presented with the tease mask at the bachelorette party this past weekend)
So here it is! You can thank me later… Actually, thank me now – you might hate me later when your pants are tight. Kinda like mine. Right now.
PB & Chocolate Shaped Eggs
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups of Peanut butter
- 1 (16 oz) bag of powdered sugar
- 1 tbsp honey
- 1/4 cup butter
- Unsweetened Almond Milk (for consistency – i used about 2 tbsp)
- Chocolate for dipping (I used Wilton’s)
- Mix everything in bowl ( I suggest doing this with your hands!)
- Scoop with an ice cream scooper and shape into eggs
- Freeze for an hour
- Melt your desired color of chocolates and dip each egg into them.
- Sprinkle immediately
- Let chocolate harden in fridge
QUESTIONS: What are your plans for Easter? What is your favorite Easter Candy? Do you make anything for your family? Feel free to share the link!
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