I am making my daughter and I a peanut butter pie and my husband an apple crisp (he doesn't like peanut butter pie). I use all low fat/skim stuff (as much as possible) for the peanut butter pie and it's just as good as the regular stuff.

Here are the recipes:

Peanut Butter Pie

8 oz. reduced fat cream cheese, softened
2 Tbsp. skim milk
3/4 cup powdered sugar
1/2 cup reduced fat peanut butter
8 oz. light frozen whipped topping (Cool Whip - but I use the store brand)
1 cup semi-sweet mini morsels (optional)
prepared chocolate cookie crust

In mixing bowl, cream together cream cheese, milk, sugar and peanut butter until smooth. Fold in whipped topping and mini morsels. Spoon into crust and freeze. Thaw in refrigerator 1 hour before serving.


Apple Crisp

1/2 cup flour
3/4 cup rolled oats
1 Tbsp. toasted wheat germ
1/4 cup chopped walnuts
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
3 c. apples (Cortland, Ida Red or Rome), cored, peeled and sliced

Combine flour, oats, wheat germ, nuts, brown sugar and cinnamon. Cut in buttere. Set aside. Place apple slices into an 8" x 8" glass baking dish. Spoon topping over apples. Bake at 350 for 30 minutes. Serve warm with vanilla ice cream or cold with whipped cream or a slice of cheese.

As soon as I read this I thought that Monkeymom you had better put your Easter Egg recipe up and then there it was!  Even a bit of bulk gummies dipped in coloured chocolate would be nice in an easter baggie.
Diney

I haven't started my Easter candies this year and I don't know if I will get to it. But in the past I have done: chocolate cover coconut, peanut butter eggs, Carmel, nuts, they are the favorites.

Most of the special things I make for Easter are breads.  This year I'll be away from home; so, I'm not baking as much.  I'll be starting my hot cross buns tomorrow, though, to be ready for Good Friday!

Best of luck Marilyn.

I didn't think of posting this little item before Easter because I make it many times in the year, but it came from an Easter event.  These meringues have worked even on humid days and really work well with eggs that you've had around a week.

Easter Cookies:  to be made the evening before Easter

You need:
 
1 cup whole pecans
1 tsp. vinegar
3 egg whites
pinch salt
1 cup sugar
zipper baggie
wooden spoon
tape
Bible

Preheat oven to 300 degrees (this is important-don't wait until you're half done with the recipe!)
Place pecans in zipper baggie and let children beat them with the wooden spoon to break into small pieces. Explain that after Jesus was arrested, He was beaten by the Roman soldiers.
Read John 19:1-3.

Let each child smell the vinegar. Put 1 tsp. vinegar into mixing bowl.  Explain that when Jesus was thirsty on the cross. He was given vinegar to drink. Read John 19:28-30.  Add egg whites to vinegar. Eggs represent life. Explain that Jesus gave His life to give us life.
Read John 10:10-11.

Sprinkle a little salt into each child's hand. Let them taste it and brush the rest into the bowl. Explain that this represents the salty tears shed by Jesus' followers, and the bitterness of our own sin.
Read Luke 23:27.

So far, the ingredients are not very appetizing.

Add 1 cup sugar.  Explain that the sweetest part of the story is that Jesus died because He
loves us. He wants us to know and belong to Him.
Read Psalm 34:8 and John 3:16.

Beat with a mixer on high speed for 12 to 15 minutes until stiff peaks are formed. Explain that the color white represents the purity in God's eyes of those whose sins have been cleansed by Jesus.
Read Isaiah 1:18 and John 3:1-3.

Fold in broken nuts. Drop by teaspoons onto wax paper covered cookie sheet. Explain that
each mound represents the rocky tomb where Jesus' body was laid.
Read Matthew 27:57-60.

Put the cookie sheet in the oven, close the door and turn the oven OFF. Give each child a piece of tape and seal the oven door. Explain that Jesus' tomb was sealed.
Read Matthew 27:65-66.

GO TO BED! Explain that they may feel sad to leave the cookies in the oven overnight. Jesus' followers were in despair when the tomb was sealed.
Read John 16:20 and 22.

On Easter morning, open the oven and give everyone a cookie. Notice the cracked surface and take a bite. The cookies are hollow! On the first Easter, Jesus' followers were amazed to find the tomb open and empty.
Read Matthew 28:1-9.