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Greek Easter Traditions with Hershey’s! + A Chocolatey Fun Giveaway! #BunnyTrail

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As the Easter theme spreads across your store shelves, it is only natural to start thinking of how you will celebrate Easter, who you will celebrate with, and how you will make this year memorable for your kids. Hershey’s has always epitomized Easter when I was growing up. My mom would take us to the local drugstore to pick out our baskets, grass, and items to fill our baskets with. She didn’t hold us back when it came to the Easter goodies, like Cadbury eggs, solid milk chocolate bunnies, and the like. My favorite was actually the hollow bunnies because they were easier to eat in sections, and I remember making a hole in the back of the bunny to fill the inside part with small chocolate eggs. AH, the joys of childhood I get to share with my kids!

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Easter has evolved a bit for me since having kids. We celebrate Easter with my niece and nephews and put on an Easter egg hunt for the kids. They get a visit from the Easter bunny and receive baskets full of fun goodies, like new shoes, bubbles, and a Hershey’s chocolate bunny. A few days before Easter, we get the preschoolers together to dye Easter eggs in vibrant colors, and it’s always a fun way to start the festivities of Easter. Being Greek Orthodox, Easter is our biggest holiday and starts days before Easter Sunday. We also don’t always celebrate Easter the same day as Catholic Easter, sometimes having up to 4 weeks between us! As our kids grow a year older each Easter, the holiday takes on a new meaning, new traditions, and new memories.

My girls’ Easter baskets are almost complete. I just have to put them together. This year I decided to do something a little different while also maintaining some of the tradition. I got each of my girls a large plastic gardening pot for the back yard. I will use them as a basket and fill them with swim wear, shoes, clothes, gardening tools, and of course, Hershey’s candy! How fun it will be to watch them open their gifts this Easter!

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Hop on over to Celebrate with Hershey’s to browse through all their amazing Easter ideas. My favorite is the coconut bunny cake. It looks super easy to make, and I think the kids would get a real kick out of it. Oh, and it has chocolate and coconut, so it MUST be delicious!

To celebrate the upcoming holiday, Hershey’s is giving one lucky reader an assortment of Hershey’s Easter Candy! Just fill out the form below!

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  1. The Cinnamon Chip Muffins sound yummy!

  2. I would try the Coconut Cakes nest recipe.

  4. The Chocolate Almond Macaroon bars.

  5. Anything with caramel!

  6. Chocolate Mint dessert

  7. I like the Easter Basket Cupcakes! They look adorable!

  8. I think I would really like to make the Chocolate Truffle Cake Supreme recipe. It looks so good and simple to make.

  9. The Easter Bark looks fun to make

  10. sugared chocolate eggs

  11. THe Velvety Chocolate Cream Pie looks good.

  12. The Coconut Cake Nests look cute and easy to make!

  13. My favorite recipe is the peanut butter bunnycakes. Not only are they cute, but the kids would have fun making them.

  14. I like the chocolate cherry fudge recipe.

  15. The Peanut Butter Easter Bonnets look delicious!

  16. The Easter basket cupcakes are very cute and my nieces and nephew would love them.

  17. My kids would love the Hershey’s Bunny Cake

  18. I love the Easter Basket Cupcakes and the REESE’S Miniatures Easter Baskets

  19. I want to try the Chocolate Cheese Pie.

  20. Speckled Lemon Easter Cake.

  21. The REESE’S Miniatures Easter Baskets are adorable!

  22. Peanut Butter Easter Bonnets

  23. I like the Mounds Coconut Easter Basket cake recipe.
    Thanks so much.

  24. My favorite recipe is the peanut butter Easter bonnet cookies because I love peanut butter.

  25. Chocolate Peanut Butter Chip Fudge sounds pretty scrumptious.

  26. I love the Chocolate-Filled Breakfast Crescents recipe

  27. I want to make the Hershey’s Chocolate Cheesecake.

  28. I like the chocolate cheesecake.

  29. easter basket cupcakes

  30. I like the Coconut honey bars. Looks delicious!

  31. The easter basket cupcakes are too cute!

  32. I like the Peanut Butter Easter Bonnets

  33. I would make the Reeses Mini Baskets!

  34. I like the easter basket cup cake

  35. I love the Easter Basket Cupcakes

  36. Hershey’s Chocolate Cheesecake.

  37. Chocolate Almond Macaroon Bars are my favorite recipe. I made them about two weeks ago and they were delicious!

  38. I would like to make the Chocolate-Filled Breakfast Crescents.

  39. I like the Chocolate Mint Dessert.

  41. I just love all flavors of chocolate. Recently peanut butter is my favorite

  42. Yum! Lots of great recipes! I like the look of the Chocolate Truffle Peanut Butter Egg Easter Pie 🙂

  43. I like peanut butter eggs and chocolate nut eggs

  44. I like the Peanut Butter Easter Bonnets!

  45. My favorite is the Coconut Cake Nests-I am always looking for recipes I can make in my small bundt pans.

  46. I would like to try making Hershey’s Easter Basket Cupcakes

  47. I like the Easter Basket Cupcakes

  48. The Macaroon Cookie Nests recipe is my favorite.

  49. I like the Coconut Marshmallow Nests recipe

  50. I like the “Chocolate Macaroon Bars”.

  51. I like the Hersheys Chocolate Cheesecake recipe…Mmmmm

  52. I like the Chocolate Orange Marble Chiffon Cake

  53. I like the Sugared Chocolate Egg recipe.

  54. The Coconut marshmallow Nests looks good to me.

  55. The Coconut Cakes recipe sounds wonderful 🙂

  56. My girls would enjoy making the Easter bonnet.s

  57. Chocolate Macaroon Bars – YUM

  58. I like the Peanut Butter Bunny Cakes

  59. The hershey bunny cake looks good.

  60. I like the coconut cakes recipe

  61. my favorite chocolate marble cheese pie

  62. The Chocolate Mint Dessert looks so yummy!

  63. I like the chocolate mint dessert.

  64. Chocolate Almond Macaroon Bars

  65. i like the easter basket cupcakes

  66. hershey’s bunny cake

  67. The race cars made out of Reeses Eggs , rolos and peppermint patties

  68. I like the coconut cakes nest recipe.

  69. The Easter Basket Cupcakes is a recipe I’d love to make! They would be so much fun to decorate and get creative 🙂

  70. Bunny cake!

  71. I like the recipe for Peanut Butter Easter Bonnets. They are really cute and sound delicious!
    Thank you!

  72. i really love the reeses miniature easter baskets! theyre so cute!!

  73. the double decker fudge yum

  74. I really like the recipe for MOUNDS Coconut Easter Basket Cake

  75. favorite is coconut marshmallow nests

  76. I like the peanut butter easter bonnet cookie recipe looks good.

  77. I like the recipe for Coconut Cake Nests.

  78. The bunny cake is adorable.

  79. My mother was Greek – sometimes we got to celebrate Easter twice when we went to see her godmother.

  80. I like the Peanut Butter Easter Bonnets.

  81. I want to make the quick cinnamon sticky buns! Yummy!

  82. Chocolate cheesecake

  83. Oh I like the Peanut Butter Easter Bonnets.

  84. My favorite recipe is the Reese’s Miniature Easter Baskets.

  85. The Rich and Good Chocolate truffles look pretty good! I would add a touch of orange extract.

  86. my favorite favorite is the coconut marshmallow nests

  87. My favorite is the Peanut Butter Easter Bonnets.

  88. I like the Choco- Berry Bavarian Cream Recipe.

  89. My Favorite is the Choco-Berry Brevarian Cream.

  90. Easter Basket Cupcakes

  91. Yummy, Easter bark!

  92. I would love to try the peanut butter easter bonnets!

  93. The chocolate easter bunny cake looks delicious.

  94. My favorite recipe is Grand Finale Cheesecake.

  95. I loooove the Hershey’s bunny cake!

  96. The Cadbury Creme Egg Pies look so yummy!!

  97. I love the Bird nest cup cakes

  98. I like the coconut bunny cake.

  99. Coconut Marshmallow Nests

  100. chocolate almond macaroon bars

  101. I would love to try the Chocolate Raspberry dessert.

  102. I would love to try the Chocolate-Nut Pinwheel Cookies

  103. The Easter Basket cupcakes are nice.

  104. I love the Rich ‘n Good Chocolate Truffles!

  105. I think the Peanutty Rocky Road sounds pretty amazing.

  106. Hershey’s Bunny Cake is my favorite recipe

  107. I would love to try the recipe for the Chocolate-Filled Breakfast Crescents found on the Hershey site.

  108. I really like the chocolate mint dessert

  109. One bowl chocolate cake with easy orange frosting. Sounds easy and yummy!

  110. easter bark looks yummy!

  111. The recipe for Chocolate Coconut Macaroons looks delicious! Thanks.

  112. I like the Double Decker Fudge

  113. velvety chocolate cream pie

  114. I like the recipe for the Mounds Easter Basket Cake.

  115. I like Cinnamon Chip muffins

  116. My favorite recipe is the Velvety Chocolate Pie.

  118. The Chocolate Thumbprint Cookies are my favorite. Thanks

  119. Sugared chocolate eggs

  120. the coconut cake nests look yummy!

  121. I like the coconut bunny cake.

  122. I love the coconut cake nests 🙂

  123. the easter basket cupcakes

  124. The Grand Finale Cheesecake looks so good!

  125. The Chocolate Cheese Pie is right up my alley.

  126. Reese’s Mini Baskets are so cute. I’m afraid not many would get made without eating the parts!!!

  127. the peanut butter easter bonnets look easy & delicious

  128. I want to make the Easter Bark, I love white chocolate and this looks great, with all the great candies at Easter I am sure you can find all sorts of things to add to the bark.

  129. I bet the double decker fudge would be delicious!

  130. My favorite recipe is the Chocolate Raspberry dessert.

  131. My favorite recipe would have to be the Peanut Butter Easter Bonnets!

  132. I’d love to try the Raspberry-Chocolate-Swirl-Cheesecake

  133. I’d like to try the cherry chocolate fudge.

  134. The Velvety Chocolate Cream Pie looks delicious!

  135. id eat the heck out of the bunny cake

  136. The Chocolate Mint Dessert looks amazing! Though I’m the only one who likes mint so I would have to eat the whole thing! Probably not a good idea!

  137. My favorite has got to be the Cappuccino Cooler recipe.

  138. my favorite recipe is the HERSHEY’S Flower Pot Bouquet Craft

  139. I like the REESE’S Miniatures Easter Baskets recipe.

  140. My fave is the Peanut Butter Easter Bonnets 🙂

  141. The chocolate cherry fudge recipe!

  142. My favorite recipe is Peanut Butter bunnycakes.

  143. Choco-Berry Cooler Recipe sounds good

  144. I would love to make the chocolate french toast

  145. I love the Easter Basket cupcake!

  146. I like the bunny cake

  147. I like the Star spangled bunt cake

  149. The Hershey’s one bowl syrup cake recipe looks great!

  150. I would love to try and make the REESE’S Ice Cream Pie, it looks so delicious!

  151. The Hershey’s bunny cake recipe is my favorite.

  152. the marbled peanut butter brownies.

  153. The Chocolate Raspberry Dessert
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  154. I love the peant butter bunnycakes

  155. I love the Peanut Butter Easter Bonnets.

  156. I really like the Easter bark recipe!

  157. the easter bark looks divine 🙂

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