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Fill Your Easter Basket with Two Eggs-ceptional Snacks
Two delicious creations to add to your Easter basket this yea—cake pops and cheese ball carrots.
Make room in your Easter basket this year for two unique snacks—one that takes a simple cake mix to the next level and another that a gives a whole new use to disposable icing bags.
Cake Pops
Ingredients
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1 box cake mix (any flavor)
1 container frosting (one that tastes well with the cake mix you choose)
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Melting chocolate
Lollipop sticks
Sprinkles or other cake decorations
Styrofoam block
Steps
- Make the cake according to the directions on the package. After the cake cools completely, crumble in a large bowl.
- Add frosting to the crumbled cake mix and mix well.
- Roll into small balls (or use a melon baller for approximate sizing), insert lollipop sticks and freeze for two hours.
- Melt chocolate according to package.
- Dip the balls into the melted chocolate until the cake balls are completely covered. Add sprinkles and any other cake decorations.
- Stand the cake pops up in the foam block until they cool completely.
Cheese Ball Carrots
Ingredients
1 disposable icing bag
Cheese balls
Twist tie
Green paper ribbon
Steps
- Using the disposable icing bag, begin filling the bag with the cheese balls. Fill the bag to about an inch and a half from the top.
- Twist the top of the bag off with the twist tie.
- Cut a 6- to 8-inch piece of the green paper ribbon. Tie a double knot around the twist tie and unravel the paper ribbon. Cut the paper ribbon into slits just up to the knot to create the “leaves” of the carrot.
Variation: If your little one is too small to eat cheese balls, use sweet potato puffed cereal instead for the same “carrot” look.