SHWEW. Hello, world. I have returned from my blogging hiatus, resulting from new puppy syndrome--lots of attention, lots of exhaustion--no time for baking blogging, just time for baking eating. :)
SO, given my crazy self lately, and the upcoming Easter holiday, now is the perfect time to showcase the BASKET-CASES.
You can't have Easter without Easter baskets, am I right, or am I right? I can still remember every year waking up post-Easter bunny visit to a room full of hidden and perfectly placed eggs. BUT the fun could NOT start until the Easter basket was found! And most years that Easter bunny had a real knack for finding difficult hiding spots--the shower, the washing machine, the stairway, you name it.
Hey--I'm 23 and when I get the chance to go home for Easter, I still NEED to find my basket. I know your tricks Mr. Cotton Tail--but you can't go into retirement just yet.
In honor of my favorite Easter memory, I made tiny little Easter baskets, with huge amounts of sweetness and big amounts of FUN to make!
CANDY BA S KET-CASES!
SO, given my crazy self lately, and the upcoming Easter holiday, now is the perfect time to showcase the BASKET-CASES.
You can't have Easter without Easter baskets, am I right, or am I right? I can still remember every year waking up post-Easter bunny visit to a room full of hidden and perfectly placed eggs. BUT the fun could NOT start until the Easter basket was found! And most years that Easter bunny had a real knack for finding difficult hiding spots--the shower, the washing machine, the stairway, you name it.
Hey--I'm 23 and when I get the chance to go home for Easter, I still NEED to find my basket. I know your tricks Mr. Cotton Tail--but you can't go into retirement just yet.
In honor of my favorite Easter memory, I made tiny little Easter baskets, with huge amounts of sweetness and big amounts of FUN to make!
CANDY BA S KET-CASES!
Ingredients:
1. (1) 11 oz. bag of Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Miniatures
2. (1) tub of Pillsbury Chocolate Frosting
3. (1) 11 oz. bag of Cadbury Mini Eggs
4. Colored sprinkles! (Preferably Easter colors: green / pink / yellow works best!)
5. 1 bag of Rold Gold Twists Pretzels
2. (1) tub of Pillsbury Chocolate Frosting
3. (1) 11 oz. bag of Cadbury Mini Eggs
4. Colored sprinkles! (Preferably Easter colors: green / pink / yellow works best!)
5. 1 bag of Rold Gold Twists Pretzels
DIRECTIONS:
1. Unwrap your Reese's. (And do a dance-because that sounds like a song, and opening a Reese's is the perfect excuse to do a dance.) You can choose to leave the wrapper on or take it off, but for these baskets, I removed it.
2. Take your pretzel twist, and break it into 2 halves so that it looks like the picture shown. These should look like little handles. You will not need the middle bottom part, so you can break off any excess pretzel...or eat it, whichever is fine.
3. Spread a little dab of Pillsbury chocolate frosting onto the Reese's miniature
4. SPRINKLE away with your favorite Eastery color
5. Place 2 Cadbury Mini Eggs into the frosting
6. Add the finishing touch--THE PRETZEL HANDLE. (Just press it down into the frosting a little bit so that it doesn't fall out.)
7. Refrigerate if not being consumed instantly...which would just be ridiculous anyways. ;)
4. SPRINKLE away with your favorite Eastery color
5. Place 2 Cadbury Mini Eggs into the frosting
6. Add the finishing touch--THE PRETZEL HANDLE. (Just press it down into the frosting a little bit so that it doesn't fall out.)
7. Refrigerate if not being consumed instantly...which would just be ridiculous anyways. ;)