I know it’s not normal to have explored this many Easter desserts, but let me explain. The moms’ group that I belong to did a pre-order bake sale, something we’ve never tried before but was hugely successful. While raising money for a pregnant women’s shelter is very important, I must admit that these dessert recipes definitely got me jazzed.
These are all cookies, bars or one-bite treats which worked really well for our dessert trays, so you won’t find any cakes or pies here. I actually prefer small treats so that I can either watch my calorie intake or try a bunch of them, depending on my mood.
It was very brave of me to make these Italian Easter lemon cookies (I made them egg-shaped), since I’ve never made them before and I had to make about a gazillion dozen — but I did it. They were easy and smelled wonderful, but I have to say since I don’t eat wheat or refined sugar I didn’t actually taste them!
I also did some seven-layer bars, since I thought the shredded coconut would look so pretty on the assortment plate. Then I noticed this recipe for Easter magic cookie bars, which is like the run-of-the-mill seven-layer bar, but with pastel-coated candies (like M&Ms) instead of chocolate and butterscotch chips. Mine will definitely taste better, but wouldn’t these look pretty?
Check out these adorable egg-shaped brownies, with the pretty pastel frosting stripes … love these! You could also just do some square brownies with white frosting and some pastel sprinkles.
Everyone loves rice crispie treats, but these are made with chocolate and shaped like bunnies. Too cute!
Speaking of chocolate, you could make some candy molds in the shape of Easter-y things, and if you use white chocolate, you cold make them pretty colors. But if you want a truly beautiful chocolate Easter cookie, you’ve got to re-create these too-gorgeous-to-eat flowers, bunnies, chicks and eggs.
Some odds and ends:
Clacked by Debbie McDuffee
on Mar 31, 2010 @ 10:20 EST5EDT
