Plan a Dessert Station With Spring Cupcakes and Easter Candy

by Gibson Joness

Candy is a classic favorite at Easter for both kids as well as adults. If you are planning a party for this spring holiday, setting up a dessert station is a great way to celebrate. Decorate spring cupcakes with seasonal motifs and lay out Easter candy in glass candy dishes shaped like bunnies and baskets.
Robin's Nest Cupcakes

Frost the chocolate cupcakes with dark chocolate spread. Place thick pre-cooked noodles into a large mixing bowl and pour chocolate spread over them. Mix noodles using two forks until they are fully coated. Place the chocolate-coated noodles onto prepared baking sheet, forming a nest shape with your fingers. You can also make the nests directly on the cupcake using the frosting to hold the noodles together. Place Easter candy like a chocolate truffle-filled egg or two in the nest for sweet spring cupcakes. Embellish with cutouts of robins from vintage clipart sites.

These cupcakes will look amazing if you are decorating your holiday table with a robin's egg and nest theme. Speckled egg ramekins and egg serving plates are perfect as serveware for your themed dessert counter.
Carrot Patch Cupcakes

Bring home terracotta pots that will allow you to place cupcakes inside them. Little terracotta pots are easily available at craft stores or at your local gardening store. The mouth of the pots should be roughly the diameter of your cupcakes or slightly larger so the cupcakes are visible at the top. Place chocolate cupcakes inside the pots and frost them with chocolate frosting. Sprinkle chocolate cookie crumbs on the frosting to resemble soil.

Look through your premium lifestyle store or online for Easter candy like foil-wrapped chocolate carrots. "Plant" the carrots in the pot by putting them in the chocolate frosting. These spring cupcakes also make wonderful party favors; you can also include carrot seeds with the pots so each person can plant their own carrots at home.

It's easy to create simple Easter time displays with a candy landscape. Place edible grass on a large platter and cover completely. Add elements like chocolate bunnies and chocolate ladybugs along a trail of sugared almonds. Mini lemon sugar cookies in spring shapes like chicks and sheep can also be added to this seasonal candy landscape.

Gibson Jones is a certified interior designer and runs his own interior decoration consultancy. Gibson especially loves decorating a home in wooden furniture and believes that nothing gives a home as warm and cozy a touch as all-wood furniture and decor.

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Gibson loves reading up on new design ideas, and has a special interest in space saving techniques. Here Gibson writes about Easter candy and spring cupcakes.

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Easter Candy and Cakes for Baskets

by Gibson Joness

This year, delight family and loved ones with Easter baskets filled with premium Easter candy, Easter cakes and cookies made with unexpected and delightful flavors. Easter candy made from natural ingredients without the use of artificial colors and flavors are the perfect alternatives for a healthy Easter basket. These candies are made with fresh fruit juices so they get their wonderful flavors and colors from natural ingredients. Choose all-natural jellybeans, sour candy, gummy candy and lollypops as delightful springtime treats.

These natural jellybeans and gummy candy can be used to make simple homemade treats like jelly bean bark. Melt premium-quality dark chocolate or white chocolate and spread in a lined jelly roll pan. Sprinkle natural jelly beans or gummy candy and allow them to cool. Break into pieces and wrap in cellophane for presenting in Easter baskets.

Besides traditional choices like jellybeans, other wonderful treats that you can include in your Easter baskets are Medici almonds, yogurt-covered raisins and chocolate-dipped fruits. Medici almonds are flavorful almonds encased in thin pastel-colored sugar shells. These delights are available with specialty stores and gourmet food stores. They make delightful treats for Easter baskets as they resemble adorable pastel mini eggs. White yogurt raisins and chocolate covered fruits can be easily made at home.

Give traditional Easter candy such as chocolate Easter eggs a new twist by choosing eggs with different fillings. Many artisanal chocolate makers offer Easter eggs and truffles filled with delicious ganache and fillings. Creamy peanut butter, slightly salty caramel, tart lemon ganache, sweet raspberry filling are some complementing flavors that work well with the chocolate shell of the eggs.

Petit fours which are mini Easter cakes are available in a wide range of enjoyable flavors and make wonderful Easter basket fillers. Bring home two to three sets of these mini Easter cakes so you can add many flavors to your Easter basket. The idea is to surprise your loved ones with baskets that offer an assortment of flavors. Cake pops are also a great idea if you want to add a range of flavors to your basket. Choose cake pops of different flavors and Easter-inspired shapes like eggs and chicks for playful and flavorsome treat baskets.

As spring is the time for beautiful blooms, include Easter cakes and cupcakes topped with edible flowers. Edible flowers make excellent decorations and flavorings for popular cupcakes like chocolate and vanilla.
Gibson Jones is a certified interior designer and runs his own interior decoration consultancy. Gibson especially loves decorating a home in wooden furniture and believes that nothing gives a home as warm and cozy a touch as all-wood furniture and decor.

About the Author

Gibson loves reading up on new design ideas, and has a special interest in space saving techniques. Here Gibson writes about Easter candy and Easter cakes.

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