almond butter eggs #eastersweetsweek

  When I was a kid, Easter was one of my favorite holidays. As an adult, it still is, but for different reason. As a child, I loved the candy associated with only Easter. In those days Peeps were only around once a year and Cadbury Eggs only came in one variety, Nowadays, there is a Peep for every holiday, and I lost count of all the Creme egg varieties there are.

I remember , my mom would dress my sister and I up in coordinating dresses, white tights, white patent leather shoes (that I was admonished not to scuff) and dainty lace gloves, that almost always ripped somehow before noon. My mom would prepare a classic southern brunch with fresh biscuits, ham, asparagus and spiced peaches.

My dad would come over, (he didn’t live with us) dressed sharp in a three piece suit and smelling like Old Spice, I remember he would make these extravagant baskets for my mom; filled with jewlery and perfume, fancy soaps and trinkets…. my sister and I would get a basket from the Easter Bunny, always in our favorite color. Yellow for me, and purple for my sister.

Nowadays, Easter is my favorite for deeper reasons, beyond ham and candy.

This Easter, as I continue to build my tradition, my own girls will attend church, (pending little one’s cold going away)  hunt eggs, open baskets and eat too many sweets. I haven’t found the matching dresses, (yet-and I’m not sure if I will!) My husband loathes ham, so it is going to be grilled steak, twice baked potatoes, asparagus and homemade rolls.

And, of course: lots of treats:

Disclaimer: These posts and recipes are part of the week long event, #EasterSweetsWeek but all opinions are 100% mine! We would like Thank our amazing sponsors: Dixie Crystals, Adam’s Extract, Rainier Fruit, Anolon and Microplane! These wonderful sponsors provided the prize packs for our giveaways and also sent samples and products to the #EasterSweetsWeek bloggers to use in their recipes.

For my final day of #eastersweetsweek I have Almond Butter Eggs , why Almond butter, you ask? Why not the traditional peanut butter?

Well, last week at an egg hunt my oldest daughter shared a peanut butter egg with my newly adopted daughter. A few hours later, she began to break out in hives. She proceeded to develop a fever the day after the hives went away; I’m not sure if the peanuts had anything to do with the hives or not, so I decided to play it safe and try almond butter. Not that I will be offering any to her, she will probably have a slice of Swedish apple cake and be done with sweets. She doesn’t seem too fond of sweets.

These can be made with any nut butter, or cookie butter you like.

And can be whipped up in 30 minutes. (Yay!)

First, you make a dough with soft butter, almond butter, vanilla and almond extract, powdered sugar and a dash of salt.

 

Shape into a ball and then into egg shapes.

Dip into melted chocolate and top with a sugar flower.

I made the flowers with royal icing, once a year I will make a batch of assorted flowers to have on hand to decorate fudge, eggs and cookies. Once dried the flowers  last a long time.

Allow the chocolate to set and enjoy!

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Check out the amazing #EasterSweetsWeek recipes from our bloggers today!

 

Cookies:

• Fresh Strawberry Pie Cookie Cups from Big Bears Wife
• Carrot Cake Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting from Love and Confections

 

Cake:

• Mini Lemon Blueberry Pound Cakes from The Bitter Side of Sweet

 

Candy:

• Easter Butter Mints from Nik Snacks
• Almond Butter Chocolate Eggs from The Domestic Kitchen

 

Ice Cream:

• No Churn Blueberry Muffin Ice Cream from 4 Sons ‘R’ Us

 

Baked/Cooked Desserts:

• Mini Pavlova with Berries from The Spiffy Cookie
• Carrot Cake Trifles from Southern From Scratch
• Bunny Butt Rice Krispy Treats from For the Love of Food
• Apple Fritters from Eat Move Make
• Lemon Creme Brûlée from Cooking on the Front Burner

 

 

 

Welcome to this year’s #EasterSweetWeek event hosted by Angie from Big Bear’s Wife. We’re so glad that you’ve joined us for this week long event of Springtime and Easter dessert recipes! We’re sharing tons of treats this week plus a few fantastic giveaways! You’re going to love what we have in store for you.

This year we have are 28 fantastic bloggers participating in this year’s Easter dessert event! Throughout the week we’ll be share tons of great Springtime and Easter themed dessert recipes with you. With over 75 sweet dessert recipes being shared this week we just know that you’re going to want to save some of these recipes to make again and again! We even hope that some of these recipes end up in your Easter recipe keepsake collection! Plus, don’t forget that we have 5 (five) great giveaways for you this week thanks to our amazing sponsors!

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PRIZE #1

Prize #1 — Dixie Crystals is giving away one (1) Instant Pot (8 Qt) to one lucky winner!

 

PRIZE #2

 

Prize #2 — Adam’s Extract is giving one (1) winner 5 different extracts including a bottle of Pure vanilla and a color pack.

PRIZE #3

Prize #3 — Rainier Fruit is giving one (1) winner a box of Apples and some wonderful Apple themed goodies from Sur La Table

 

PRIZE #4

Prize #4 — Anolon is giving one (1) winner a Anolon® Vesta™ 9-Inch Square Baker in Cobalt Blue

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Prize #5 — Microplane is giving one (1) winner a Twist & Zest, grip & strip and a classic zester/grater

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Giveaway open to US Residents 18 years or older.. All entries will be verified. No PO Boxes Please. Prizes will be sent directly from sponsors to winners, bloggers are not responsible for prizes. This giveaway runs from Marh 26th – April 1st at 12AMEST. Winners will be selected soon afterwards and contacted by e-mail. Winners will have 48 hours to respond or a new winner will be chosen. There are a total of 5 (five) prizes and therefore we will have a total of 5 (five) winners. No purchase necessary. Void where prohibited by law.

Disclaimer: These posts and recipes are part of the week long event, #EasterSweetsWeek but all opinions are 100% mine! We would like Thank our amazing sponsors: Dixie Crystals, Adam’s Extract, Rainier Fruit, Anolon and Microplane! These wonderful sponsors provided the prize packs for our giveaways and also sent samples and products to the #EasterSweetsWeek bloggers to use in their recipes.