Marshmallow Filled Easter Egg Chicks

Chirp! Chirp!

I love baby chicks!

My amazing daughter, Stephanie, who happens to be an awesome mom to five of my precious grandbabies, is a chicken lover! She and her crew already have several full grown chickens and now have fourteen brand new baby chicks!

And so, I'm dedicating my latest sweet craft to her!

She's eggs-stra!!

Mama loves you baby girl!💗

To make 8 Easter chicks, I used:

yellow candy melts, mini marshmallows, candy eyes, and candy sprinkles.

I also used an Easter egg silicone mold, disposable decorator bags, and toothpicks.

I first melted 9.5 ounces yellow candy melts, coated the egg molds, and placed in fridge to set.

Next, I placed 3 cups mini marshmallows in microwave safe bowl, added 2 tablespoons water, melted in microwave in two 30 second bursts stirring each time. Let set to cool for 10 minutes. Fill decorator bag with marshmallow mixture, snip tip off bag, and fill each of the 8 candy coated egg cavities. 

Let set 10 minutes till marshmallow firms up a bit, and cover with melted yellow candy melts.

Pop in fridge for 10 minutes to set.

Unmold those beautiful eggs!! I used clean hands to smooth the bottom outer edges of molded candies with my finger tip.

Eggs~straordinary!

Melt additional 1/2 ounce of yellow melts.

Using a toothpick, dab on melted candy to attach the eyes, beaks, and candy feet sprinkles.

That was eggs-stra easy!!

What? Too corny? 'Cause you look eggs-asperated!😜

Chirp, Chirp, baby! Aren't we just the most adorable little chickadees?! 🐥🐥🐥

Just a yummilicious cross section of our marshmallow eggs!

Hope you all have a wonderful Easter with family and friends as we remember the true meaning of this sacred day.

HE IS RISEN!

Matthew 20:18-19

King James Version

18 Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests and unto the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death,

19 And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify him: and the third day he shall rise again.

John 3:16

'til we sweet again, Karen 💗

Easter Bunnies Hiding in the Grass Rice Krispie Treats

These sweet little bunnies would like to wish you a Happy Easter..if you can find them that is!!

Or you can just make some yourself with the kiddos!
Either way you're in for a treat, a Rice Krispies treat!

 I made my own cereal treats because the ones I bought at the store were just way too small for my sunny bunnies. I used the recipe on the back of the cereal box. 

I also used pink, green, and white fondant, blue candy melts, black sugar pearls, pastel candy pearls, and jelly bean bird eggs.

I had this "bunny in the grass" idea floating around in my head but I needed the perfect cutters and I found them both here at JB Cookie Cutters!

Click on the link for the bunny face cutter, and here for the grass cutter.

I used cookie sticks for my treats and toothpicks to gently remove the fondant from the smaller cutters.

Let's make some bunny faces! Roll out fondant and if needed use a little confectioner's sugar on the cutters to prevent sticking.

I used the ear and mouth cutters. I didn't use the eye or nose cutters as I'm using the candy pearls for those instead.

The bunnies were easy to assemble using a food safe paintbrush. Just dab a little water to attach the fondant pieces. Gently press the eyes and nose into the face. You can also use a teeny dab of corn syrup to make sure they don't fall out!

These eyes! 

"Here comes Peter Cottontail..."

Roll out green fondant,

Swish cutter around in powdered sugar and press into fondant to cut through.

Just one cut and you get two rows of fresh cut grass!

Cut a piece of grass the same width as your Rice Krispies treat to fit.

Dip rice krispies treats in melted candy to coat. I also like to dip the end of cookie stick in melted candy before inserting into treat for a sturdier hold.
Lay on parchment paper to set.

Welcome to Sugartown Sweets Candy Factory! To each RKT attach bunnies, grass, and jelly beans with a little melted candy.

I made this one with green sprinkles and left the face intact.

For the hiding bunnies I cut off the lower portion of the face so they wouldn't be too bulky with the grass. I'm sorry little guy!

So easy and fun and now we're done!
Be still my heart he's so adorable!

Thanks for stopping by.
I wish you all a very Happy Easter, Karen💗

He Is Risen!~Easter Cross Cookies

Easter, He Is Risen!

One of my favorite songs that our choir sings is, "Love Grew Where the Blood Fell".

It's a beautiful song and it begins like this:

"See my Jesus on the cross, the people crying.

Looking on, a man would think it tragedy.

But what the world could not see,

Was when they nailed Him to that tree.

It broke the chains of sin and set men free!

Love grew where the blood fell.

Flowers of Hope sprang up for men in misery.

Sin died where the blood fell.

And I'm so glad his precious blood covers me!"

God's Word says in John 3:16→

"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life."

Also in Romans 10:9→

"That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved."

I am so thankful for God's Love, Mercy and Grace.

He has extended them all to every soul on this earth.

Today would be a great day to invite Him into your heart!💗

Here are my Happy Easter Cross Cookies celebrating His love for us.

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To make and decorate these cookies you will need:

Chocolate cookie dough

Chocolate fondant

Green candy melts

Wilton flower decorations

Cross cutters-(I used a 4 inch and a 2 inch)

Wood grain embossing folder

Disposable decorating bags

Corn syrup

I also used green cake sparkles

I made my cookies using Georganne's yummy chocolate cookie dough recipe.

 Click here for the link! 

Roll out dough, cut and bake cookies.

To make the wood grain crosses, roll out fondant, place in folder and press. Remove fondant and cut out with clean cross cutters. 

Jesus built a bridge with two pieces of wood and three nails.

 Attach fondant to cookie with a little corn syrup. Place candy melts in decorator bag and melt in 30 second increments in microwave stopping to knead bag at each interval. Mine took 90 seconds.

 Snip off just the small tip from bag.

Pipe green stems for flowers.

 Place flowers and sprinkle on the green sparkles or green sprinkles if you like.

I love these old rugged crosses and plan to make them for our Sunday School class. 😊

Wishing you all a very Happy Easter, Karen💟

Happy Easter Peeps

Hello, Peeps!

Today we have a no bake, no fuss, no kidding, Peeps treat!

I was in Publix a couple of weeks ago when these beautiful, green, Hostess Sno Balls caught my eye!

They would be so adorable topped with Peeps-and so, I did!

I will tell you the only thing hard about making these was not being able to take a sample bite. And they smelled SO good! You see, I am kinda on a sweets fast. Yep. Day #16 of 60! I can do it!

But, if you're not on a sugar strike, (what was I thinking) lucky you, cause I'm pretty sure you're gonna think these taste amazing!

Pictured, are the items you'll need.

Now, let's make the green frosting for the grass. Just squeeze a few drops of food coloring in the frosting and stir.

Next time, I will use regular frosting instead of the marshmallow. It was a little too stringy for piping grass.

How sweet is this little Peeper?!

Attach candy eyes to the Peeps with tiny dabs of frosting. 

Insert toothpick and press into cupcake.

Pipe grass and place candies.

I think the kids are going to 💙 these!

Just hanging with my Peeps!

That's all folks!

Wishing you all a very Happy Easter!

Making life sweet, Karen 😊