After receiving a plethora of Easter candy from relatives, neighbors, friends, and the Easter Bunny, it’s easy to understand how one might wish to never see a jelly bean, Peep™, or chocolate again. You may be even thinking of tossing those plastic eggs.
Yet, think re-use instead of heading to the garbage can. Most of the candy is freeze-able, even Peeps™. Save your bounty of goodies/plastic eggs for recipes, craft projects, and more. Here are a few ideas to get your creative juices flowing:
Re-using Chocolate
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- Have some chocolate without the guilt. Gotchocolate.com has a good tutorial.
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- Chop up chocolate for this Chunky Monkey Pancake recipe. Image courtesy of CC loves 2 bake at Allrecipes.com
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- Tidymom.net offers a strawberry cake ball recipe covered with melted chocolate.
Re-using Malt Balls, M & M’s,™ and Reese’s Pieces™
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- Any candy can be added to a cookie. Image courtesy of Parsley on Food.com’s recipe M & M cookies.
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- Malt ball Ice cream can be easily made with the help of directions at Browneyedbaker.com
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- Sallysbakingaddiction.com offers a recipe on Reeses Pieces Blondie Bars.
Re-using Plastic Eggs
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- Upcycle those eggs into tea lights with a tutorial from apartmenttherapy.com
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- Chic and easy covered eggs can be displayed year-round. Instructions with image can be found at foodallergynetwork.org
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- From egg to bird feeder. Image/idea courtesy of Playing House in Maryland on Blogspot.com
Re-using Peeps™
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- Peeps now have a place around the campfire with Bakedbee.com’s image/idea of Peep s’mores.
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- Peeps can be transformed into play dough and fondant. Image/directions courtesy of Max Resdefault on YouTube.
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- Rice treats are just as tasty with Peeps. Image and recipe at yellowblissroad.com
Don’t forget those little candies and jelly beans can also come in handy the next time you’re make gingerbread houses. Do you have an idea you’d like to share on re-using your holiday bounty? We’d love to hear it!