Easter Archives - An Alli Event

PEEPS Cotton Candy Easter Sundae

March 14, 2016 by Alli 70 Comments

Easter comes early this year and PEEPS® are out in force! A few days ago I grabbed some Bubble Gum and Blue Raspberry Peeps Chicks to make a PEEPS Bubble Gum Easter Sundae. I wanted to do a test run before releasing the kids to make their own. Let’s face it – Peeps is all […]

Filed Under: Dessert, Recipes Tagged With: Easter, Make Your Own Sundaes, Peeps, PEEPS Cotton Candy Easter Sundaes, spring

Chocolate Bread Pudding with Praline Sauce

March 11, 2016 by Alli 27 Comments

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #EggcellentTreats #CollectiveBias When I created Chocolate Bread Pudding with Praline Sauce, I had no idea it would go viral . . . with my family. I hit it out of the ball park with this one. Pralines haven’t always […]

Filed Under: Bread, Breakfast & Brunch, Recipes Tagged With: brunch, Chocolate Praline Bread Pudding, Easter, Easter Brunch, Praline Bread Pudding Topped with Butterfinger® Cup Eggs, Praline Sauce

Best Ever Lemon Squares

April 2, 2015 by Alli 33 Comments

Thanks to Country Crock® for supplying me with their delicious buttery spread. My Best Ever Lemon Squares thanks them, too! When I’m planning a special holiday meal, the first thing I do is phone my kids and ask them what they want for dessert. I’m sweet like that. Without fail, 4 out of the 5 […]

Filed Under: Dessert Bars, Recipes Tagged With: Country Crock®, Easter, Lemon Squares

Peter Cottontail Easter Tablescape

March 18, 2015 by Alli 50 Comments

Creating the tablescape is always my favorite part of planning a party, especially when it’s a party for kids. Every Easter I try to do something a little different for the grandkids. Last year was an Easter Candy Buffet. One year I made homemade baskets out of boxes of PEEPS®. (I had just started blogging, please forgive […]

Filed Under: Children's Events, Decor, Events Tagged With: bunny table runner, Centerpiece, Easter, kid's party, Peter Cottontail, Tablescape

Disney Marvel Easter Basket

March 16, 2015 by Alli 71 Comments

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #DisneyEaster #CollectiveBias When my kids were growing up, they would awaken early on Easter morning to find huge baskets filled with toys and candy. I remember trying to coax them away from the goodies while struggling to get […]

Filed Under: Children's Events Tagged With: Disney, Easter, Easter basket, grandkids, Marvel

PEEPS® Pops Centerpiece

March 8, 2015 by Alli 8 Comments

How do you use PEEPS® to decorate for spring and/or Easter? If you need any fresh ideas, you’ve come to the right place, baby! I know spring is right around the corner when I spot all the colorful bunny and chick PEEPS®. My thoughts instantly turn to warm weather and Easter. Yes! Last Easter I […]

Filed Under: Children's Events Tagged With: Centerpiece, Crafts, Easter, Easy, kid's table, Peeps, Pops, spring

Easter Menu

April 11, 2014 by Alli 21 Comments

Easter is neck and neck with Christmas in terms of being my favorite holiday. And why not? These two celebrations represent the birth and later, the death, burial and resurrection of my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ! And, of course, the song “Celebrate” is running through my mind because you know I have a song […]

Filed Under: Complete Menu, Dessert, Main Dish, Meats, Recipes, Salads, Sides Tagged With: Carrot Cake, Celebration, Easter, Glazed Ham, Menu, Waldorf Salad

Hit or Miss – Oven “Boiled” Eggs

April 9, 2014 by Alli 28 Comments

Today I’m sharing a sneak peak of my Easter tablescape along with my hit or miss oven “boiled” eggs. Since the grands will be here, I don’t like to get too fancy. And I like to change it up every year. I’m also including my bird’s nest candy recipe (aka haystacks). Hit or Miss Oven […]

Filed Under: Craft Projects, Decor, Hit or Miss, Recipes Tagged With: Bird Nest Candy, Boiled Eggs, Easter, Hit or Miss, Tablescape

Hit or Miss – Easter Basket Wreath

March 19, 2014 by Alli 28 Comments

This past weekend I decided to try my hand at an Easter Basket Wreath that I had seen on Pinterest and you can find the inspiration for my wreath and all the directions by clicking here! The first thing you will notice when you visit the website is that their wreath and mine looks totally different. […]

Filed Under: Craft Projects Tagged With: Basket, Bunny, burlap, Easter, Easter Eggs, wreath

Easy Easter Centerpieces

March 20, 2013 by Alli 3 Comments

This is an easy, inexpensive Easter centerpiece featuring one of my favorite flowers, Tulips. It’s another smaller vase inside a larger vase concept. Let your imagination run wild. I used these on the island in the church kitchen. These pics were all taken with my phone before I started blogging. I used jelly beans, peeps […]

Filed Under: Helpful Hints for Extraordinary Events! Tagged With: Centerpiece, Easter, Easy