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Healthy Home Economist / Archives / Healthy Living / Healthy Treats for the Kids’ Easter Baskets

Healthy Treats for the Kids’ Easter Baskets

by Sarah Pope / Affiliate Links ✔

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As you might expect, my family doesn’t tend to go overboard with the treats on holidays where the indulgence of everything sweet typically runs rampant in households with kids.

With yet another candy-filled holiday coming up soon, I found myself pondering how to best fill the kids’ Easter baskets with healthy treats without guaranteeing myself a house full of sniffles. Reiterating the lesson of moderation is also high on the list. I don’t think it is ever a good idea to let kids eat candy and sweets in an unrestrained manner. Letting kids eat candy and sweets at will and without limit can definitely lead to an unbalanced approach to eating as they grow older.

The goal is to choose healthy treats that are delicious, but at the same time, do not contain high fructose corn syrup, additives, chemicals, or artificial colorings/flavorings of any kind. I also favor putting just a few items in the basket even if all qualify in the “healthier” category. Why do kids need piles of candy?

Why aren’t just a few pieces enough? Those of you who have read my Valentine’s Day Rant know that this is a very tall order especially with the boatload of candy each child is likely to come home with from school!l

With these goals in mind, here are the candies I have chosen for my kids’ Easter baskets this year (of course, I will put little non-edible gifts in there too, but this blog is focusing on healthier types of treats):

Heavenly Organics Raw Honey Mint Patties

Ingredients: Raw organic honey, unsweetened chocolate, peppermint oil

These little chocolate patties blow away the corn syrup sweetened “York Peppermint Patties” by a mile. Your kids will be thrilled with them too. They taste fantastic. If your local health food store doesn’t have them, ask them to start stocking them. What a great treat for Moms and Dads too!

Yummy Earth Organic Lollipops, Gummy Bears, and Other Candies

Each pop contains organic evaporated cane juice, organic tapioca syrup or rice syrup and real fruit extracts. Of course no corn syrup, artificial flavors or colors. Many flavors to choose from including Pomegranate Pucker, Wet-Face Watermelon, and Strawberry Smash. These lollies taste terrific and the real fruit flavors are so distinctive compared with the imitation flavored Dum-dums and Blow-Pops.

The Gummy Bears make a great replacement for jelly beans, especially if you put them in little plastic eggs to decorate the basket.

Happy Easter!

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Category: Healthy Living
Sarah Pope

Sarah Pope MGA has been a Health and Nutrition Educator since 2002. She is a summa cum laude graduate in Economics from Furman University and holds a Master’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania.

She is the author of three books: the bestseller Get Your Fats Straight, Traditional Remedies for Modern Families, and Living Green in an Artificial World.

Her four eBooks Good Diet…Bad Diet, Real Food Fermentation, Ketonomics, and Ancestrally Inspired Dairy-Free Recipes are available for complimentary download via Healthy Home Plus.

Her mission is dedicated to helping families effectively incorporate the principles of ancestral diets within the modern household. She is a sought after lecturer around the world for conferences, summits, and podcasts.

Sarah was awarded Activist of the Year in 2010 at the International Wise Traditions Conference, subsequently serving on the Board of Directors of the nutrition nonprofit the Weston A. Price Foundation for seven years.

Her work has been covered by numerous independent and major media including USA Today, ABC, and NBC among many others.

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Comments (11)

  1. Mitch

    Dec 6, 2012 at 11:23 am

    Kristina I just read this post and even though Easter has paessd I thought I’d add a comment. My issue is just the opposite: for years I filled the Easter baskets, hid the candy, got everyone off to Church, made a big meal, etc. Now MY children have grown up, moved away (too far for us to be together for just a day), and have children of their own. To say our Easter traditions have evolved is an understatement! All of our grandchildren receive Easter cards with a treat inside (money, gift cards). The Don and I now invite friends for a nice Easter dinner (with ham always the centerpiece). We still celebrate but our traditions different and that’s how life goes, I think!

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  2. Abbey

    Apr 7, 2012 at 11:05 am

    Kyla, I’d love to see your cake recipe!

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  3. Tara

    Apr 7, 2012 at 8:59 am

    Great article, thank you! What would you suggest we do with the candy from Grandma’s? It seems that they always get a sugar overload there. I have considered paying them for every piece of candy that they bring home?? Any thoughts/suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Thank you so much!

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  4. its easter

    Mar 19, 2012 at 2:52 am

    This blog is content amazing information about Easter gift which is very useful for me. It very important information about Easter festival.
    Thank you very much for this great information.
    Easter Gift Basket Ideas For Children

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  5. Teresa

    Mar 7, 2011 at 2:28 am

    What great ideas for kids at easter! I also like to make Easter games and Easter coloring pages and include them as Easter treats.Easter Activities

    Reply
  6. Sherill

    Mar 30, 2010 at 11:24 am

    I have found the Yummy Earth Organic Lollipops at both Abby's and Nutrition Smart which are both in Carrollwood on North Dale Mabry. They were available individually at the checkout counter in Abby's (only $.25 each – not sure if they sell them by the bag there) and definitely by the large bag at Nutrition Smart (don't remember price). Haven't checked yet for the Gummy Bears or the Mint Patties.

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    • Jerri

      Sep 15, 2022 at 8:14 pm

      I did notice the gummy bears have citric acid in them, though

  7. Mama G

    Mar 24, 2010 at 2:08 pm

    My husband and I have decided that we are going to give our son a game or activity and set up a scavenger hunt to find it. We bought a very small basket for him to collect the eggs with his clues. He's only eight months but we hope if we start him off right we won't have to worry about the expectation of candy. Plus we get to have fun doing the scavenger hunts until he is old enough to do them by himself.

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  8. Sarah, the Healthy Home Economist

    Mar 24, 2010 at 11:25 am

    Healthfood stores should carry them (Abby's in Carrollwood has the raw honey mint patties). If not, ask them to start stocking them! Most healthfood stores are more than happy to oblige.

    Reply
  9. Rick

    Mar 24, 2010 at 3:13 am

    We also got a few rolls of quarters and put them in the plastic eggs and hid them around the house… I think they liked that more then the candy.
    r

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  10. Anonymous

    Mar 24, 2010 at 2:23 am

    Sarah, where do you purchase those items in the Tampa Bay area? I am just thrilled to find some alternatives to the garbage sold at the big chain stores for Easter candy.

    Reply

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