Easter Basket Sweets Board

EASTER BASKET SWEETS BOARD

4/11/2020

For young and old alike, an Easter Basket Sweets Board has everything you love finding in your Easter Basket! When I first started putting together an Easter Sweets Board, I was thinking about my little ones…but it turned out to be a huge hit with EVERYONE.

Filled with your favorite Easter cookies, candy and all things sweet, nothing is more easy, fun and perfect than sharing a sweet treat with your Easter bunnies!

Easter Basket Sweets Board

The best thing about an Easter Basket Sweets Board is that it is uniquely YOURS! Be a kid again, and share all of your childhood Easter candy favorites! Tuck in homemade or store-bought treats - whatever time and your budget allows.

This is the perfect treat to share at home or to drop off for your favorite bunnies to enjoy. It's also a great way to get all of the "extra" Easter candy out of the house if it's just too tempting to have lying around!

Rather than baskets of candy this year, I created an Easter Basket Sweets Board and had it out with our other Easter brunch favorites - an Easter Grazing Board filled with our favorite fresh vegetables and dips, and a Fresh Fruit Platter with Strawberry Cream Fruit Dip.

So much fun - and EVERYONE loved the variety! And each year you can change it up to keep the idea fresh and wonderful.

Easter Basket Sweets Board

EASTER BASKET SWEETS BOARD

For young and old alike, an Easter Basket Sweets Board has everything you love finding in your Easter Basket! Filled with your favorite Easter cookies, candy and all things sweet, nothing is more easy, fun and perfect than sharing a sweet treat with your Easter bunnies!

Easter Basket Sweets Board

INGREDIENTS:
The secret of a great sweet treats board is to find your favorites treats – and to have a few surprises! The goal is to assemble a board filled with texture and color that fits with your theme.
For my Easter Basket Sweets Board, I used a loving mix of some homemade treats and some store-bought items too. Mix and match your favorites for something wonderful and unique every time – whether you’re making it for your little ones, an Easter egg hunt, or as a treat to enjoy after Easter brunch or dinner! Pick your childhood favorites and HAVE FUN!

BAKERY & HOMEMADE TREATS: a selection of some of our favorites:

Easter Sugar Cookies – some simple, some decorated
Carrot Cake Cupcakes (both mini and regular cupcakes work great)
Jam-Filled Almond Shortbread Cookies
Ultimate Easter Rice Krispies Bars
Easter Shaped Macarons
Chocolate Coconut Nests filled with Candy Eggs
Carrot Patch Pretzel Rods (fudge-covered pretzels with drizzle & sprinkles)
Chocolate Covered Strawberries

SWEET TREATS: Something sweet, something classic, something new!

Ghirardelli Bunnies & Eggs: Milk Chocolate, Dark Chocolate, Sea Salt Caramel
Russell Stover Whipped Eggs: Maple Cream, Marshmallow, Raspberry, Caramel, Strawberry, Coconut Cream

Chocolate Marshmallow Bunnies
Cadbury Cream Eggs (regular sized or miniature)
Gourmet Jelly Beans & Speckled Jelly Bird Eggs
Easter Gummi Peach Rings & Easter Gummies, Sour Gummies
Spring Fruit Snacks
Hershey Springtime Kisses & Hugs
Easter M&M’s (your favorite plain, peanut, pretzel, caramel, etc.)
Malted Milk Eggs & Whooper Mini Eggs
Lindt Chocolate Carrots, Bunnies, Lambs & Chicks
Reese’s Peanut Butter Eggs
Rolos (spring colors)
Peeps

HOW I MAKE THIS:

Choose a nice solid cutting board or wooden serving tray to create your platter.
Set out your favorites so that you know what you’ll be working with.
Place small dishes or bowls on board that will hold smaller treats.
Next, place larger bakery items on your board – cupcakes, cookies, cheesecake slices, chocolate-covered pretzels, etc.
Arrange candy in patterns around and across the board, filling in empty spaces with smaller treats.
Fill small bowls with smaller candies to complete your board.
Start with small amounts of each item – you can always refresh your platter as time goes by!

YIELD: Perfect for a party!

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