Easter Basket Snacks

Food for the Easter Basket

Sweets

1.       Fudge – Who said fudge was only for Christmas? I love fudge. You could make it into little egg shapes or bunny shapes, or even just cut it up into pieces and eat it.

2.       Jelly Beans

3.       Chocolate Eggs

4.       Junior Mints

5.       Malt Balls

6.       Marshmallows – At this time of year you can find them in all kinds of shapes and colors.

7.       Chocolate

8.       Truffles

9.       Cookies – Bake some up yourself to save a little money, and to put a little extra home made love into the baskets.

10.   Cake pops – you can either buy them or make them yourself. And I’m sure you can find or decorate them to be Easter looking.

11.   Peeps – the marshmallow creatures covered in sugar. My son loves marshmallows but for some reason hates peeps, I don’t understand that. But many people love these little guys.

12.   Cupcakes – everyone loves cupcakes…or maybe that’s just me.

13.   Licorice – I’m sure at this time of year you can find some to go along with the colors of Easter.

14.   M&Ms /Skittles

15.   Popcorn balls – There was a lady in our town who made these when I was a kid. You never skipped her house on Halloween.

16.   Chocolate covered pretzels.

17.   Candy Bars

18.   Pudding Cups

19.   Brownies

20.   Rice Crispy Bars

Salty

1.       Small bags of chips

2.       Nuts

3.       Trail Mix

4.       Gold Fish

5.       Pretzels

6.       Jerky

7.       Crackers or Cracker sandwiches

8.       Flavored popcorn – it doesn’t just have to be salty and buttery (although that is always welcomed too)

Healthy

1.       Dried Fruit

2.       Dried Bagel Chips - Thomas loves these.

3.       Muffins – This would be great for an easy breakfast type of food for them to eat.

4.       Juice Boxes – I always like to put something in there for Thomas to drink, and it’s usually one of the first things he asks me to open.

5.       Bread – Fresh rolls or a croissant is great for those guys who don’t particularly like to have a bunch of sweets.  

6.       Granola  Bars – We almost always have these in the house, but for some reason if Thomas finds them in a Christmas stocking or Easter basket he just loves it.

7.       Fruit – Be careful with bananas they will flavor anything they’re next to.

8.       Little boxes of cereal

My Mom used to always get a generalized bunch of treats for everyone’s baskets, and then each individual basket used to get a special treat for that person. She also used to fill them up with that grass, now that I’m doing baskets there is no grass. I hate that stuff. It’s just a mess. Happy Snacking Everyone!