Easter treats for the classroom

Do you believe this Friday is Good Friday?

I thought I had at least another week before Easter? Fortunately the girls reminded me that the Easter Bunny would be arriving sooner than I had planned for – just in time too, because our local Walmart sells out of Easter chocolate the week leading up to the big day. Literally, sells out!

So I hit the shops this weekend and stocked up so I could get a jump start on Easter treats for the classroom.

This is an easy treat, and takes far less time than baking cupcakes or cookies, plus it’s so cute and a nice break from the chocolate overload.

These are the girls Easy cheesy carrots:

You will need

cheesies or cheetos (I like cheetos because they aren’t quite as fragile)
plastic icing bags
twist ties
green ribbon and tags if you wish.

There’s not much to this really, I stocked up on the cheetos at the bulk barn – I got these three giant bags full for $28.

We found out that each bag filled 13 carrots (icing bags).

All you do is stuff.

Then add a twist-tie to close.

You can add a green ribbon and/or gift tags if you have the time/energy. It makes them look better, but we’re talking about 7 and 8 year olds here, so I didn’t do every single carrot.

Those three bags made 40 carrots, so $28 for the cheetos, and another $14 for the icing bags (50 pack) and you’re looking approximately $1 per treat, and the total time it took me to assemble 40 was about 20 minutes.