Easter Baskets

What's in your Easter basket?

Easter is a time for rebirth, a time when spring warms the world and winter melts away. Bunnies, eggs, Easter chocolate and flowers have been long standing Easter tradition elements. Creating the perfect Easter basket for children or young at heart adults might seem like a simple, mindless task. On the contrary, the more thought that is put into creating these Easter baskets for your family, with just the right Easter toy and chocolate Easter eggs to satisfy each personality, the happier they will be.

Easter Candy

Children love Easter candy because there is such a huge, fresh variety of treats to choose from when they dip into their Easter basket they are guaranteed to find something new. It is important to create Easter baskets that contain a multitude of different types of Easter candy, complete with chocolate Easter eggs and perhaps an Easter toy or two. It is even possible to make your own candy, and what an Easter gift to give, a homemade treat from the heart.

Some non-chocolate Easter candy might include:

  • Gummi or jujube rabbits
  • Jelly beans
  • Marshmallow peeps
  • Licorice
  • Malt eggs
  • Chewing gum
  • Jordan almonds
  • Lollipops shaped like bunnies or chicks
  • PEZ dispensers (especially those designed as Easter toys)

Easter Chocolate

A favorite for the kids (and adults, too), Easter chocolate is a staple for any Easter basket. A wide variety of quality and flavors are available, including dark chocolate, milk chocolate and white chocolate (which isn’t true chocolate, but does satisfy some tastes).

Chocolate is molded into many different shapes and sizes at Easter time, making many choices available to the consumer. There are large to small Easter bunnies, chocolate eggs (also large and small), and even Easter baskets made entirely out of chocolate. Some large chocolate Easter eggs are filled with smaller foil-wrapped eggs, and it is also possible to buy chocolate shaped into other creatures such as roosters, squirrels, lambs and more. When filling a basket with chocolate, don’t forget small, bite-sized chocolate bars, M&Ms and chocolate truffles.

It is important for people with nut allergies to note that many chocolate Easter bunnies might not be suitable for their baskets. Read labels carefully; although the bunny itself might not contain tree nuts or peanuts, it may have been processed in a plant alongside these potentially dangerous allergens.

Easter Toys

Easter baskets don’t need to be all about chocolate and candy. Children will find it fun to discover an Easter toy or two in their basket as well. Hidden among the grass, place tiny books, various religious games, characters shaped like bunnies and ducks, pastel-colored crayons, and of course, the ultimate favorite, colorful plastic Easter eggs filled with treats.