The girls and I made chocolate nests for Easter. So simple and quick.

1 bag of semi-sweet chocolate,
2T of peanut butter,
1/2c of shredded coconut
2 cans of Chow Mein noodles. (approx 4 cups.)

Melt the chocolate and peanut butter in a glass bowl over boiling water, add the dry ingredients and mix. Spoon out mixture into greased muffin tins. Adding “eggs” (In this case, egg shaped Whopper candies) to finish.

Cool and serve.

The nests have been a huge hit around here. We made enough for all the cousins on Easter, with a few to spare as “samples” in the mean time.

Then, today, the nurse at Children’s handed me a print out for Resurrection Rolls. The basic concept is to dip a large marshmallow in melted butter, cinnamon, and sugar and wrap it neatly within a crescent triangle. The Marshmallow symbolizes Christ and his pure sacrifice for our sins. The butter, cinnamon, and sugar represent the oils his body was anointed with in burial. The crescent triangle is wrapped (sealed) around the Marshmallow, representing the Tomb.

You bake the Resurrection rolls according to direction (see prepackaged crescent roll directions) and once baked, you break open the tomb to find that Christ is no longer there. He has risen!

I’m really excited to try this out with my girls.

Just a heads up, neither of these recipes really encompass the traditional foods diet that we’re trying to eat. We consider this a special treat for Easter. (Lest, you be shaking your head in wonder at our consumption of Marshmallows and Chow Mein noodles. lol.)

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