Easter Treats

Happy Easter everyone, today I'm gonna share with you some Easter treat ideas for all of those with a sweet tooth. All these recipes are super easy and didn't take long at all to make. I hope you guys take some inspiration and get baking, Easter is the best time to eat lots of food especially chocolate and lots and lots of sugary stuff. 

These cookies are the cookies from Tanya Burr's book Love, Tanya however I did develop them slightly. Overall you use round 400g of chocolate and I replaced around half of that with smarties to make them more bright and colourful. Can we also just appreciate how massive these cookies are? Each one is almost as big as my head and they sure are scrumy. I'm quite fussy when it comes to cookies as I like them golden on the outside and soft and gooey on the inside and these hit the spot. 

These Rice Krispie nests are perfect as a snack if you have the family round this Easter, whilst these are super quick and easy to make it can get rather messy, be warned!

You will need- 

- 6 cups of Rice Krispies

- Around 285g of marshmallows  

- 3 tablespoons of Butter

-1/2 cup of desiccated coconut

1/4 teaspoon of water

-Green food colouring (around 4 drops)

-Chocolate eggs / mini eggs

Method- 

1. Mix the water and food colouring together in a small bowl then add the coconut and mix together to dye the coconut a green colour. 

2. Melt the butter and the marshmallows in a pan over the cooker, constantly stirring to avoid sticking.

3. Once melted remove from the heat and add in the Rice Krispies, stirring to completely cover them.

4. Spoon the mixture into a greased cupcake tin and leave to cool.

5. Decorate with your coconut and chocolate eggs and enjoy.

I cheated with these nest cupcakes a little bit because I used ready made vanilla cupcake mix however these are probably my favourite out of the treats I made, they taste great. To make these I just used Betty Crocker's vanilla cupcake mix, once baked I melted two bars of chocolate and mixed into two broken shredded wheat. I then just spread equal amount of the mixture over the cupcake to create a nest shape; you then just want to fill the middle with chocolate eggs. The chocolate eggs I used were Tesco's own micro eggs (they had run out of mini eggs, what?!) 

I hope you guys have great Easter and eat lots of chocolate.

If you try out any of the treat ideas tag me on instagram @katielouise13 or tweet me @MissKatieAlden. I want to see your pictures!

Katie xx

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Christmas Treat Ideas

Merry Christmas Eve everyone! I can't believe Christmas is tomorrow, its definitely come around quick as I really don't feel very Christmassy at all. I haven't even got round to watching Elf yet!!  Today I'm showing you how to make some Christmas treat ideas, these are super quick to make and taste yummy. 

M&M Pretzels

This first recipe are for these super yummy chocolate pretzels. They take about 5 minutes to make and don't require much effort at all. To make these chocolate pretzels you will need:

-A bag of salted pretzels

-A bag of M&M's

-Two bars of milk chocolate (however you could use white or dark if you prefer)

The first step is to place your pretzels on top of some greaseproof paper on a baking tray, you then want to place a square of chocolate on top of each pretzel. Placing the baking tray into a preheated oven at around 170 degrees you want to melt your chocolate ever so slightly for about a minute or two so it is soft to touch. Once ready you want to place an M&M on each chocolate square. Now for the hard part, waiting for the chocolate to set before you can eat them! Once the chocolate has hardened enjoy!

Peppermint Bark

Peppermint Bark is probably my favourite treat at Christmas, the Candy Canes make it super festive. This recipe is also a super quick treat with the hardest part again waiting for the chocolate to set. For this recipe you will need 

-Two bars of chocolate (I've just used milk but white also taste super nice!)

-Around 5/6 Candy Canes 

This quick Peppermint Bark is so simple feel like it really doesn't need a recipe. All you need to do is melt your Chocolate and crush your Candy Canes. To crush your Candy Canes I just personally put them into a sandwich bag and use a rolling pin to crush them. Once your chocolate has melted you want to mix around three quarters of your crushed Candy Cane into the chocolate and our it onto some greaseproof paper making sure it is spread out evenly. With the remaining Candy Cane just sprinkle it on top of the mixture and place the tray into the fridge to set. 

Festive Hot Chocolate

I'm a big fan of having a hot chocolate in the evening snuggled up under a blanket to watch a movie and what a better way to jazz up a hot chocolate and make it all festive with a candy cane. I found these Tumblr-esque Mason Jars in Tescos for only £3 each! 

For this festive hot chocolate you will need:

-Hot Chocolate powder of your choice

-Milk or Hot Water (whatever you like to make your hot chocolate with)

-Whipped Cream 

-A mug or glass of your choice

-A Candy Cane

To start of with you want to make a hot chocolate to your personal preference, for mine I used half milk and half boiling water, whisking the powder as I go. To top of your hot chocolate just add some whipped cream and top it off with a candy cane. Voilà your finished, enjoy!

I hope you guys find these Christmas treat ideas useful for making some treats over the festive period for you and your loved ones. I hope you have a great Christmas and eat loads of food and have lots of fun! Merry Christmas everyone! 

Lots of Love, Katie xx

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