Kid Easter Recipes

Your Peter Cottontail will be hungry from all that hopping this Easter.  Try some of these fun kid Easter recipes with your little bunnies this Easter.

Easter Ice Cream Nests

Ingredients:

20 milk chocolate mini-eggs unwrapped
½ cup miniature marshmallows
1 tablespoon
Light corn syrup
1 tablespoon butter
1 ½ cups corn flakes (crushed)
Vanilla ice cream
Chocolate syrup for topping

Directions:

Lightly grease 6 muffin cups and set aside.  Microwave 12 of the 18 chocolate eggs (make sure they’re uncovered) in a microwave-safe bowl for about 1 minute (or a little less) and stir.  If not fully melted microwave another 10 seconds. Combine the butter, corn syrup and marshmallows in another bowl and microwave for about 15 seconds, stir until melted and add the melted chocolate and cereal to it.  Mix the mixture well. 

Super Easy Easter Brownie Cupcakes 

Ingredients:

1 (19.5oz) package chocolate brownie mix 
36 milk-chocolate mini eggs
12 ounces cream cheese, softened
¼ cup granulated sugar 
1 tablespoon vanilla extract 
1 ½ cups flaked coconut 
2 drops green food coloring

Combine the shredded coconut and food coloring in a small bowl and mix well.  Now top each cupcake with a tablespoon full of the cream cheese mixture and smooth the mixture flat.  Then sprinkle the “green grass” shredded coconut over the cupcakes.  Top each cupcake with one unwrapped chocolate egg.