foil wrapped easter bunny mini and mom macarons

happity hoppity easter everyone!

hope you're with your love bunnies today 

celebrating this glorious holiday!

you know i started this week off pretty good, 

4 days in a row with 4 new posts,

highly unlike me and i was going 

to do a post everyday for a record 

7 in a row that included 

an egg craft and a round-up

but alas!

this dang post took me all of 48 hours 

to complete with all the internet issues 

and camera issues and i was going bonkeroos!

so the egg craft and the round-up will have 

to wait cuz i don't think they'll make much 

sense posting them after bunny day.

so i hope you like the bunnies up there.

and yes they are macarons.

and YOU can make them too.

just pick up this mix at home goods for $9.99,

much less than if you were to buy 

the macaron ingredients themselves 

and you don't even have to weigh the 

stupid ingredients to make the 

oh-so-persnicky macarons.

all you need are 2 eggs, butter, milk and a sifter.

the rest comes in the box.

you just sift the macaron mix,

beat up 2 egg whites and add the meringue mix, 

and then fold the 2 together to get the ribbon-like consistency.

then you get the bunny templates below that  you can right click, save, and print.

then put those templates under some parchment paper,

load up a piping bag with a wilton #5 tip

and pipe away.

you can scoot the template under the 

parchment paper down a bit when you do your next row 

to space the bunnies better as you pipe them.

(i know i shoulda spaced the bunnies out 

better when i made the template but 

heck,the world goes on.)

you'll notice there are bunnies facing left and some right.

that's cuz you want to match them up to make your macaron.

after you pipe, bang the cookie sheet 

a few times to smooth out the mix and 

wait 20-30 minutes for the macarons to develop a shell like so:

but wait!

i think i see a BIGGER bunny coming!

why it IS a bigger bunny, 

about the size of my hand actually.

(save and print the template below)

now pipe that big one.

and get a thumbs up for banging to smooth.

wait again to develop a shell, 

and bake as directed.

oOooOoo! puffalump bunnies.

with macaron feet!

how'd the big ones do?

yay! this one's got feet too, 

i can see them by the tail. lol

 anyway, after they cool, fill 'em up with chocolate buttercream filling that's in the kit.

then add a candy eye.

oopsies!

this one needs to go to the hospital right now.

may i suggest you be gentle and add the eyes with a teeny tiny dab of the filling as glue.

cuz these poor baby bunnies need someone 

to watch over them 

so that doesn't happen again. 

ahh, there you go sweetie.

now momma's gonna put on her pretty bow, 

and gather up the children.

HOLY BUNNY that's a lotta kids.

so are we all done yet?

no cuz i don't think the kids are dressed up 

seeing that momma has a bow on her.

let's fix that.

i got some foil wrapped belgium oreo cookies 

at home goods and think i'm gonna do something here...

ok NOW they are ready for Easter.

and with their momma,

so there you have it.

a bunch of bunnies.

bunnies that took up waaaay too much 

of my time to post but i think it's 

all worth it do you?

good thing there's no papa bunny or 

this may have been a longer post! lol

have a 

BLESSED EASTER EVERYONE!

marshmallow easter egg colored bunnies and chicks

4th day 4th post in a row!

so without further ado,

here are my groovy easter egg 

bunny and chic psychedelic pals.

i shoulda put bunnies in larger letters. 

they look like dogs. ugh. 

but hail to the long floppy-eared bunny who gets little love this time of year 

compared to the peter rabbit kind.

anyway, i got this marshmallow kit 

from walmart i think that comes with 

a bunch of egg shaped marshmallows and 

food coloring packets.

along with adorable straws from marshall's.

so you basically color marshmallows 

like you would eggs.

only i put them on easter straws, 

something i don't think you can do with a regular egg. lol

then add the chick face details with 

candy eyes and sunflower candy seed.

 and sixlet noses and food marker mouths

(at least for the puppies bunnies).

next for those dogs rabbits:

they have egg shaped marshmallows at 

walmart that are pastel colored,

but there's no reason why you couldn't use them along with regular food coloring too if you can't find the kit.

so there you have it.

easter goodies for the kiddies.

if you have little ones who are just learning their animals,

i would suggest you not use these.

hey did i just hear a woof?

easter basket graham cracker bark

yay it's easter week.

full of candy, baskets, and spring colors.

well would'ya look at that!

 

no not that,

 it's the fact that it's the 3rd day and 

the 3rd post in a row for me!

whoa.

whassup with that?

anyway,

i said before that i was behind in easter posts so i am making up for it this week.

so before i go on with today's tute,

i wanted to ask the pretzel makers of the world, 

or at least in this state of FL

since it's where i live,

these burning questions:

why oh why is it so easy to find pretzels 

in twisted shapes but impossible to find them 

in simple circle rings?

aren't plain circles easier to make than twisted ones?!

do they realize i have been searching for pretzel rings since the beginning of time 

(ok since the beginning of this blog actually)

and i STILL cannot find them anywhere 

in the stores?

only the usual twisted ones and sticks and 

rods and squares and mini ones.

#nopretzelcirclesattargetwalmartanygroceryanywhere

#pretzelringstruggleisreal

thank God for amazon.

but amazon led me in a circle too

as i kept putting pretzel circles in the search box 

and kept getting anything but 

pretzels and rings.

instead i got pretzels in yogurt 

or chocolate covered or gluten free or osem sesame 

(which i have zero circle clue what that is).

then ALLELUIA!

a company called wege 

FINALLY got them on amazon HERE

and i no longer suffered from 

absence of pretzel ring anxiety.

except i had to buy almost $15 worth.

now i have 

over abundance of pretzel ring disorder.

#pretzelringoverloadstruggleisreal

guess you'll be seeing alot of pretzel treats a "round" here.

hehe

good gracious.

let's just move on to the treat already.

here we go.

get this:

mixing these all together will give you a pretty bark.

and candy bark is oh so easy to make,

just melt the candy and throw 

some stuff on top and let dry.

but again,

i can never leave things well enough alone 

so i did this:

(no that's not 2 different colored candy, 

it's 2 different stupid photos my phone took)

i got those sprinkle nonpareils at 

marshall's for $3.99 and i've seen them at home goods too.

but if you can't find them there,

try here with a high shipping fee (ugh) 

or

you can use a plain candy melt cut in half.

the yellow rabbit sprinkles 

i got at walmart and the confetti sprinkles 

are from jo ann's.

ok next step:

you can actually get this altogether BEFORE 

you do the melted candy graham step.

that'll make it a lot easier to place 

before the candy dries.

you can see what i mean here:

then add a pretzel handle,

a confetti egg sprinkle and 

a bunny in each basket.

look it's easter basket mania.

allow to dry in the fridge before cutting apart.

it's a little trickier to cut than 

regular bark because of the grahams underneath 

and you will have to trim the edges a bit 

but take your time and you'll have it together.

so there you go, 

an easter basket you can eat entirely in one setting.

AND

it includes a pretzel ring!

where else can you get that?