Easter Treats
VH Melville
It’s not even saint Patrick’s day yet the Easter candy is already on the shelves.
Fill your Easter baskets with books, fruit, and a few sweet treats instead of only candy. Make your sweets select. Keep every toy in the basket age-appropriate. Even if you have a brilliant 2-year-old, don’t get him/her a toy meant for three-year-olds. This is for safety. You can even make a easter basket for yourself. :-)
1. Cadbury Cream Egg: 170 calories, 6 grams of fat
2. Sugar-Free Jelly Belly - 3.1 oz Bag is 80 calories per serving, 8 grams of fiber, and fat free. Make sure you don’t have reactions to the sugar substitute used in it.
3. Marshmallow Peeps Easter Candy Chicks: 5 Peeps are 160 calories
4. Malted Ball’s Mini Robin Eggs: 24 pieces are 170 calories, 5 grams of fat
5. A small apple or orange is another sweet lower calorie treat.

Non candy items to fill a basket with:
1. Spiritual poems
2. Coloring books with crayons
3. Homemade or store-bought Play Dough
4. Bubbles
5. Matchbox cars, dolls or stuffed bunnies.
6. A jump rope
7. A cassette or CD with music to dance to.