Easter is almost here, and for some of us, that means a big brunch followed by a helping of candy - who can resist Cadbury Creme Eggs and marshmallow Peeps? While there's nothing wrong with enjoying a few Easter treats, weighing your basket down with chocolate, caramel eggs, and jelly beans can be the gateway to mindlessly snacking on candy for the rest of the week. Whether you're making a basket for a friend or the little one in your life, keep reading for some healthy ideas to sneak in among the candy.
Photo: Jenny Sugar
- Less-processed treats like these healthier homemade desserts:
Vegan chocolate-dipped peanut butter crisp balls
Vegan peanut butter patties
Paleo dark chocolate nut clusters
Vegan carrot cake cupcakes - Decorated hard-boiled eggs to use later in one of these healthy hard-boiled-egg recipes
- Spring flowers like tulips, dahlias, or lilies
- If you're going to put a little chocolate in your basket, choose antioxidant-rich dark chocolate that's organic or fair trade
- Health and fitness magazines, small gadgets, or DVDs
- Carrots - they're the Easter Bunny's favorite snack, after all
- Pastel-colored fitness gear like headbands, socks, or workout tanks
- Especially for kids: books, puzzles, small toys, stuffed bunnies, stickers, coloring books and watercolor paints, magnets, disposable cameras, packets of seeds and gardening tools, plastic eggs filled with glow sticks (to be used later for a glow-in-the-dark egg hunt), Play-Doh or Silly Putty (it even comes in its own egg), or pastel-colored socks
- Need a healthier alternative to jelly beans? Try energizing sports chews like Clif Shot Bloks or homemade fruit leather
No comments:
Post a Comment