These simple springtime decorations will satisfy your eye for style and your sweet tooth. This Easter, transform plain candy into eye candy with our fun sugar-spun decorations.
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Candy Land
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How-to: Push branches into foam inside a white-chocolate basket and hang eggs by a thread looped through the foil. Elevate basket and surround with grass and Easter treats.
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Egg-Centric
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How-to: Cut skewers into two-inch lengths, leaving one end sharp. Using a paring knife, pierce shells of speckled malted-milk eggs and insert skewer tips. Push candy into an eight-inch foam ring; top with ribbon.
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Petal Pep
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How-to: Push skewers into foiled chocolate eggs. For each egg, cut two 4-inch squares of pink tissue paper. Skewer center of squares and wrap around stem, fanning the petals.
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Tulip Treats
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How-to: Assemble flowers and push into foam cut to fit container. Cut six- and eight-inch narrow leaf shapes out of green crepe paper, twist end around skewers, and tape. Place between the flowers.
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Best Nest
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How-to: Twist two to three black-licorice laces to create a cup. Soften in microwave for 20 seconds. Reshape. Let cool, then nestle candy eggs inside.
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Carrot Pops
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How-to: Brush a mix of red and yellow food coloring on waffle cones. Let dry on waxed paper. Fill green cellophane with jelly beans, tie with raffia, and plant cones in a shallow container of wheatgrass.
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Candied Coil
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How-to: Thread small, brightly colored jelly beans on 22-gauge tin wire, long enough to wrap around a rolled napkin twice. Curl ends into swirls to keep candy in place.
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Mini Baskets
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How-to: Fill ice cream cones with jelly beans. With a small knife, carefully cut two holes into the sides of each cone. Tuck either end of an apple licorice stick into the holes to serve as an edible handle.