Happy Easter!

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On Apr 13, 2017
Listed in Goldsboro Area Real Estate News

Happy Easter! No matter your age or where you live, Easter is a fun family tradition! From the Easter egg hunts, to dying eggs, to eating chocolate bunnies, it is not only a special religious holiday that marks an end to Lent, but one that represents the resurrection of Christ, too.


Here are some fun facts about Easter

  1. In the US, only 12 of the 50 states recognize Good Friday as a holiday.
  2. The term Easter gets its name from Eastre, the Anglo-Saxon goddess who symbolizes the hare and the egg.
  3. Peep peep… did you know Americans buy more than 700 million marshmallow Peeps during Easter? This makes Peeps the most popular non-chocolate Easter candy.
  4. During the holiday, more than 90 million chocolate bunnies, 91.4 billion eggs and 700 million Peeps are produced each year in the United States alone.
  5. An estimated $14.7 billion is spent in total for Easter in the US.
  6. The idea of the Easter bunny giving candies and eggs is said to have originated in Germany during the middle ages.
  7. Not only did Florida overturn the dyeing of animals, but the state also held the largest Easter egg hunt, where 9,753 children searched for 501,000 eggs.
  8. The world’s biggest Easter egg was more than 34 feet tall.
  9. The most expensive chocolate Easter egg sold for more than $10,000. Weighing in at 110 pounds, the Venezuelan Amedei chocolate egg was decorated with gold flowers.
  10. Egg dyes were once made out of natural items such as onion peels, tree bark, flower petals, and juices.

Try this yummy Easter Dessert this weekend:

COCONUT MACAROON NUTELLA NESTS-from TwoPeasandTheirPod

INGREDIENTS:

  • 2/3 cup sweetened condensed milk
  • 1 large egg white
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt
  • 3 1/2 cups sweetened coconut
  • 1 cup Nutella
  • Chocolate Easter Egg Candy (use your favorite)

DIRECTIONS:

  1. Preheat the oven to 325°F. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper or a Silpat mat.
  2. In a large bowl, stir together the sweetened condensed milk, egg white, vanilla extract, and salt. Stir until combined. Add in the coconut and mix well.
  3. With a spoon, scoop up about 2 Tablespoons of the dough and place the dough onto the prepared baking sheet. Form the cookies into the shape of a bird nest. Press down the center with your thumb.
  4. Bake cookies for 17 to 20 minutes, or until slightly golden brown. Remove from the oven and press your thumb down in the center of the nests again. Cool the cookies on the baking sheets for about 5 minutes or until they are firm and set. Remove with a spatula onto a cooling rack. Cool completely.
  5. Place about a tablespoon of Nutella in the center of each nest. Place 3 egg candies in the center of the nest. Finish decorating the nests and serve.

Check out these fun events this weekend:

~ Visit the Easter Bunny at the Berkeley Mall Monday-Saturday 10am – 9pm or Sundays 1pm -6pm

~ Easter Egg Hunt at Herman Park 10am to 2pm.

~ Wayne County Bark for Life Diamonds in the Ruff Meet and Greet April 15th from 10am to 2pm at the Waynesborough Park

 

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