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Surprise-Inside Waffle Cone Carrots

Mar 31, 2015 · 10 Comments

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 Surprise Inside Waffle Cone Carrots are a perfect Easter or Spring-time treat, and a fun idea for kids.

Surprise Inside Waffle Cone Carrots are a perfect Easter or Spring-time treat, and a fun idea for kids. These are so cute! Can't believe the supplies are so simple!

Surprise Inside Waffle Cone Carrots - Easter Treat

I've been wracking my brain trying to think of a really fun Easter treat for the kiddos. Honestly, I'm not the most creative person, so this stuff is hard for me! I was a math major in college, and am very much a left-brained person.  But I remembered seeing these adorable waffle cone witch hat treats during Halloween-time, and I just thought, that would be so cute if I could turn those into Easter carrots!

So I did! These adorable Easter carrots are made from waffle cones, cookies, orange candy melts, jelly beans, and edible grass.  I was kind of worried about dipping the whole waffle cone into the chocolate, but it turned out great! And it really was so much easier than I was expecting.  I must admit I'm pretty pleased with my left-brained self!

 Surprise Inside Waffle Cone Carrots are a perfect Easter or Spring-time treat, and a fun idea for kids. These are so cute! Can't believe the supplies are so simple!

What you'll need to Make Surprise Inside Waffle Cone Carrots:

  • 6-8 Waffle Cones
  • Cookies that are big enough to fully cover the open end of the cone (I used mini waffle cones, so creme sandwich cookies fit perfectly)
  • Orange Candy Melts OR white chocolate chips and orange Chocolate Dye (MUST be chocolate coloring, as regular food coloring doesn't absorb well into chocolate)
  • Jelly Beans
  • Edible Grass
  • Baking sheet covered in wax paper or foil

Surprise Inside Waffle Cone Carrots are a perfect Easter or Spring-time treat, and a fun idea for kids. From TheGraciousWife.com

Directions for Surprise-Inside Waffle Cone Carrots

1.  In a microwave-safe bowl, melt about half of your chocolate in the microwave in 30 second intervals, stirring after each interval.  Don't microwave too long or your chocolate will begin to harden again and burn.

2. When the chocolate is fully melted, dip each waffle cone into the chocolate and cover completely.  Try not to fill the inside of the carrot, as that's where the jelly beans will go. Place, open side down, on your covered baking sheet for the chocolate to set.  If you have spots that didn't get covered in chocolate or the chocolate dripped off, you can touch it up with your finger or a pastry brush. You can also place the baking sheet with the cones in the refrigerator for a faster set time.

3.  Repeat steps 1 and 2 with half of the remaining chocolate, this time dipping your cookies, but don't place these in the refrigerator yet!

4.  Keep the dipped cookies out, and cut 6-8 small bunches of edible grass. Dip one end of the grass into the chocolate, and stick onto the middle of the dipped cookies.  Your cookies will need to be a little set for the grass to stay put, but not totally hardened.  Once you have the edible grass in place, you can pop your cookies into the refrigerator too.

5.  Once the chocolate on the cones and the cookies is fully set, you can start putting all the pieces together. Melt the remaining chocolate using the same method as directed in step 1.

6.  Grab a cone and fill with jelly beans.

7. Using your finger, a spoon, or a pastry brush, spread a generous amount of chocolate around the edge of the open side of the cone.  Place a cookie on top, grass side facing out (some chocolate ooze is okay for now!) Then I popped mine immediately back in the fridge to set quickly.  You can just lay the carrot on its side.  We'll do some clean-up and touch-ups at the end. Repeat for each carrot. Then wait 10-20 minutes for the chocolate to set again.

8. When the chocolate is set, you can remove your carrots from the refrigerator. If you have any spots without chocolate, you can touch it up using the remaining chocolate and a pastry brush.  If you have big bumps on your carrots from where the cone and cookie meet, it can easily be smoothed out using a potato peeler.  Just skim the peeler along the bump until you're happy with the look, but be careful not to take off too much and expose the cone or cookie.

Ta-da! That's it! Now you have an adorable Easter treat for the kiddos! The wait time is the longest part!

 

Surprise Inside Waffle Cone Carrots are a perfect Easter or Spring-time treat, and a fun idea for kids. These are so cute! Can't believe the supplies are so simple!
Did you like this Surprise Inside Waffle Cone Carrots idea? Find more on my Easter, Spring, and Desserts board on Pinterest!

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  1. Upholstery cleaning Hammersmith says

    March 31, 2015 at 7:03 am

    Such a fun idea! Kids will be so surbrised with these cute carrots.

    Reply
    • Michelle says

      March 31, 2015 at 8:43 am

      Thank you! My kids certainly enjoyed them! 🙂

      Reply
  2. Elisa says

    March 31, 2015 at 3:45 pm

    Aww these are cute! My kids would love them! Thanks for sharing..

    Reply
  3. Beverly says

    April 02, 2015 at 8:14 am

    These are so adorable. What a great idea.
    Bev

    Reply
  4. Katherines Corner says

    April 03, 2015 at 9:02 am

    such a fun idea, I know five grandchildren who will love this ( wink) Thank you for sharing at the Thursday Favorite Things blog hop xo

    Reply
  5. Erika says

    April 04, 2015 at 1:44 am

    This is such a cute idea! Thank you for sharing it in the Thursday Favorite Things link party 🙂

    Erika

    Reply
  6. Nicole says

    April 04, 2015 at 8:46 am

    This is so creative and I know my daughter would go nuts over this! Great post!

    Reply
  7. Salma says

    April 06, 2015 at 10:25 am

    Love, love, love this!

    Reply
  8. Kristina & Millie says

    April 07, 2015 at 8:03 pm

    these treat carrots are awesome! I don't think they have to be limited to Easter - carrots can be eaten year round! I know the kids would love these 🙂

    Reply
  9. Kyla @HouseofHipsters says

    April 08, 2015 at 4:22 pm

    So so so CUTE! Thanks for sharing on Found and Foraged! I love this!

    Reply

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