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Easter Candy Calories

FitSugar — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 12:56:39 PDT

With Easter coming this Sunday, your cravings for Cadbury Creme Eggs, marshmallow Peeps, and fruity jellybeans are probably on the rise. Before you dive mouth first into the chocolate bunny in your Easter basket, check out the calories and nutritional info for your favorite treats.

To see the caloric breakdown,

Candy	Calories	Fat (g)	Carbs (g)	Sugar (g)
4 Peeps Marshmallow Bunnies	130	0	33	29
1 Peeps Hollow Milk Chocolate Egg	420	24	54	52
5 Mars Mini Chocolate Eggs	179	10	20.4	17.6
1 Cadbury Solid Milk Chocolate Easter Bunny	890	48.6	101.2	97.1
1 Cadbury Creme Egg	150	6	24	20
12 Cadbury Chocolate Eggs	190	8	28	27
1 Dove Solid Chocolate Easter Bunny	230	13	25	24
1 Nestle's Crunch Nest Egg	180	9	25	20
1 Snickers Cream Sports Egg	140	6	18	16
1 Reese's Peanut Butter Egg	180	10	18	16
1 Reese's Reester Bunny	760	40	88	72
1 Brachs Chocolate Covered Marshmallow Egg	43	1.3	7.8	6
9 Brachs Malted Easter Eggs	200	8	32	23
35 Jelly Belly Assorted Jellybeans	140	0	35	32

I can pass on the Peeps but love a Cadbury Creme Egg! What's your temptation?

Hunt For Eggs in Your Sunday Best With Women in Vintage Easter Ads

Tara Block — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 09:48:04 PDT

Today is Easter Sunday, and people around the world are celebrating the holiday with everything from church services to parades to egg hunts. According to these vintage ads, the way to a woman's heart on Easter is a combination of flower-topped hats, chocolates, pastel frocks, and Coke-fueled celebrations. So see what the Easter bunny brought women and girls back in the day with a collection of vintage Easter ads!

Anatomy of a Cadbury Crème Egg

Shape — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 12:18:32 PDT

We are pumped to share one of our fave stories from Shape here on FitSugar. This week Shape turns to nutritional consultant Mike Roussell, PhD, for some help!

We're all familiar with the things that signal spring’s arrival: extra hours of daylight, budding flowers, and Cadbury Crème Eggs on display at every supermarket and drugstore in America. It’s easy to justify grabbing one (or two) of the seasonal treats on your way to the checkout (They’re only available for a few weeks out of the year). But have you ever wondered what’s inside the chocolate shell? You'll be happy to learn that there is actual egg in Cadbury Crème Eggs, but the rest might (or might not) surprise you.

Keep reading to learn what is in a Cadbury Crème Egg

Get Egg-cited Over These Items For a Healthier Easter Basket

FitSugar — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 16:47:53 PDT

Easter is coming up, and for some of us that means a big brunch followed by a helping of candy - think Cadbury Creme Eggs, Peeps, and lots of jelly beans. While a few Easter treats are OK, 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 amongst the candy.

Photo: Jenny Sugar

Healthy homemade desserts like these pumpkin-carrot bars with cream cheese frosting or vegan peanut butter patties.
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!
Our selections of pastel-colored fitness gear like headbands, socks, or workout tanks.
Especially for kids: puzzles, small toys, stuffed bunnies, stickers, magnets, disposable cameras, packets of seeds and gardening tools, plastic eggs filled with coins or beads, Silly Putty (it even comes in its own egg), pastel-colored socks.
Need a healthier alternative to jelly beans? Try energizing sports chews like Clif Shot Bloks or Jelly Belly Sports Beans.

9 Festive Easter Chocolates For Vegans

Lizzie Fuhr — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 14:19:30 PDT

Spring is in full bloom, and Easter is just around the corner! If you've taken on a vegan diet, there's no need to feel nostalgic about chocolate bunny memories from the past. Generally, if you choose chocolate that is at least 65 percent cocoa, you're in the clear! Get hopping as you click through all of the vegan Easter chocolatey goodness.

Sugar Shout Out: Healthy and Delicious Cookie Recipes

Brittney Stephens — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 23:55:07 PDT

7 Must-Have Easter Candy Classics

Anna Monette Roberts — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 15:16:29 PDT

Easter offers countless ways to satisfy our childhood candy nostalgia. Beyond delicious Easter renditions of your favorite candies - like Sweet Tart bunnies and Reese's Peanut Butter Eggs - this holiday has its own roster of iconic treats. Peeps, jelly beans, and chocolate bunnies are just a few candies you should stuff in your Easter baskets. Click through to see our Easter candy must haves.

Source: Flickr User tboard and Photo: Jenny Sugar

OnSugar Blog: Famous Firsts

OnSugar Blog — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 03:16:39 PDT

Lots of moms like to think out loud and Samsmommy81 is one of them. In the latest post to her Surviving Sam blog she reflects on a life full of firsts with her lil girl.

First dirty diaper, first smile, first Christmas, first laugh...all of which are some exciting "firsts" that have happened thus far in Samantha's 6 months of life. I think they've all been more exciting for us as new parents. We just experienced Sam's first Easter, which was definitely memorable for everyone. Sam received many first Easter gifts (including chocolate...for which my husband is truly grateful) and she took her first photo with the Easter bunny!

I realized however, that it's not just the "first" moments that will be fun from now on. Every holiday, every milestone, every tradition have taken on a whole new meaning now that we have a child of our own. I am excited to share and teach her about the importance of all these events and what they meant to us as we grew up. We also have the pleasure of creating new traditions with our little girl, just as our parents did for us.

Until recently I never really thought about all of the things that are important for me to pass on to my children. But since Sam is not yet old enough to understand all of this, we wait, and anxiously anticipate her first tooth, her first word, and eventually her first step.

Want to see more? Start following Surviving Sam or start your own OnSugar blog. It's easy, it's free, and we just might feature your content on the site.

Happy Easter!

CasaSugar — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 05:30:00 PDT

Happy Easter, readers! I hope you have a safe and pleasant holiday with your friends and family, filled with plenty of festive Easter décor and delicious eats. Don't go overboard on the chocolate bunnies! And be sure to share photos of your Easter décor in the Lovely Little Vignettes group!

Lovely Little Vignettes: An Easter Tablescape

Casa Community — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 10:55:00 PDT

Here's a post from CasaSugar Community member CourtneyOutLoud from the Lovely Little Vignettes group:

I set out to create an Easter tablescape for my fictional character, Clara, a 13-year-old girl who is hosting her first Junior League luncheon. The mandate was to create an Easter tablescape for her fellow Junior League members that was fun and colorful but not "kiddish." I took my inspiration from the paisley tablecloth and pulled my color story of soft blues and pinks with a healthy dose of white. With the colors set, I pulled dishware with a vintage feel; milk-glass goblets, dinner plates with dental-molding detail, and chargers with scallop edges. The centerpiece and table favors were a wink and a nod back to the Easter baskets many of us received as children, incorporating real and paper flowers, sod, coffee-filter wreaths, and lollipops in the shape of flowers.

I think I was able to create a table that was fun without using traditional elements like dyed eggs, lilies, or chocolate bunnies. In the end, I believe I was able to give my fictional client, Clara, exactly what she wanted – a grown-up table that is youthful but distinctly modern.

Continue reading to see more photos!