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Alligator Animal Italian Bread

Submitted by: SHOGIRL

Living In: Syracuse, New York, USA

The dough for this simple Italian bread is mixed in a bread machine before being shaped by hand. It lends itself well to handling and can be shaped into the animal of your choice.

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Frog Cupcakes

Submitted by: kymama

Home Town: Lexington, Kentucky, USA

"These frog-faced cupcakes are fun and easy to make for a child's birthday."

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Easter Lamb Pound Cake

Submitted by: Joanie

Home Town: Homewood, Illinois, USA

Living In: Conroe, Texas, USA

An Easter favorite, this pound cake pairs bourbon and pecans in a recipe handed down through the generations. Decorate with frosting, and jelly beans for the eyes and nose. Cover frosting with shredded coconut, if desired.

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Apple Ladybug Treats

Submitted by: VEROS01

Living In: Ventura, California, USA

Red apples are decorated to look like lady bugs. This is a quick and fun snack that kids will enjoy making and eating. For once kids can play with their food.

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Jalapeno Cucarachas

Submitted by: Richard Henzel

Spicy appetizers made from stuffed jalapeno or habanero peppers. Believe it or not, if cooked thoroughly, and if you remove the seeds, a person can even eat a whole habanero fixed this way. You might hop around a bit, but you'll survive, and the capsaicin rush is incredible!

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Animal Crackers

Provided by: Terri Thompson

Make your own animal crackers! Cut these tasty cookies into animal shapes. Made with buttermilk, oats and honey.

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Robin's Nests

Provided by: Dawn Hunt

The nests are made out of a basic cookie dough rolled in chopped walnuts and they're filled with little fondant eggs.

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Peanut Butter Christmas Mice

Provided by: Paula

These adorable little cookies are made of creamy peanut butter, butter, sugar, egg and flour. They are transformed into little mice with peanut halves for ears, green candies for eyes, and red licorice for tails.

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Ants on a Log

Submitted by: Michele O'Sullivan

Home Town: San Diego, California, USA

Living In: Henderson, Nevada, USA

This is a fun snack that kids can make. It consists of artfully arranged celery, peanut butter and raisins.

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Chocolate Spiders

Submitted by: JSS6801

Even people who don't like spiders will love these spooky treats. Melted chocolate confectioners' coating is the body and chow mein noodles form the legs.

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Candy Turkeys

Provided by: Janette

Assembling these turkeys out of store-bought candy and packaged frosting makes a fun activity for small children around the holiday.

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Easter Lamb Cake

Provided by: Lori

White cake mix is baked in a stand up lamb cake mold, frosted with white icing and coated in wooly coconut for an Easter treat.

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Edible Spiders

Submitted by: Brenda

A cute Halloween snack that is fun for kids to make and eat. Marshmallows grow chow mein legs and and candy coated eyes.

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Birds' Nest Pudding

Provided by: Jeri

Green apples are stuffed with brown sugar and baked in a fluffy pastry then served with sweetened cream.

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Edible Face

Provided by: Heather Heath

Cheddar, cherry tomatoes, carrot, oranges and crackers are cut and arranged to make a face children will love to eat.

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Easy Bunny Cake

Provided by: Joni Ehman

A simple version of a coconut white cake shaped like a bunny head!

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Birds' Nests

Submitted by: Valerie Lynne

Home Town: Charleston, West Virginia, USA

Make cookies that look like bird nests! Pretty for school spring celebrations or Easter. You can use egg-shaped candies in lieu of the jellybeans, too.

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Cream Cheese Penguins

Submitted by: Valerie Lynne

Home Town: Charleston, West Virginia, USA

Just imagine a cute display of penguins, made with black olives, carrots and cream cheese! You can add scarves and hats by using fresh red pepper strips, or canned pimentos cut into different shapes. Use frilly toothpicks if you can.

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Hornets Nest Cake

Submitted by: Valerie Lynne

Home Town: Charleston, West Virginia, USA

This is a bar cake similar to a brownie. The butterscotch chips and walnuts sink into the cake giving it the appearance of a hornets nest.

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Almond Macaroon Nests

Submitted by: TYMEGJUS3

This is a tradition at Easter in our family! A delicate butter cookie, decorated with colored coconut to look like a little nest and filled with chocolate covered almonds or peanuts. I like to color the coconut by placing it into a jar with the food coloring. Just close the lid and shake until colored. No messy hands!