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It has been a week of chocolate making, egg dyeing, bunny arts and crafts, and of course preparing for our daughters first Easter Brunch! She is going to be an exceptional host and of course like any host should she has been working very hard helping me string banners, make baskets, and eating lots of bunny bait. What is bunny bait? It is a delicious blend of all the things children and adults both have come to enjoy while snacking or just craving something savory with a bit of crunch. Popcorn, chocolate candies, pretzels, chocolate and sprinkles!

We discovered bunny bait through Sing for Your Supper while searching for all things Easter. Their version of bunny bait is a slightly adapted version from the one at Bake at 350, we took this amazing idea and put our green twist on it.

Bunny Bait
Adapted from Nest of Posies

1 bag popcorn, popped
6 ounces white chocolate (you can use chocolate chunks or a white chocolate bar, our favorite brand of bars is Green & Black’s)
1 bag chocolate candies
2 cups pretzel sticks, broken into small pieces (ours ranged from 1/4 inch to 1 inch)
colorful sprinkles

We placed our popped popcorn (empty the bag carefully to avoid getting any kernels in your mixture) into a large bowl and added the pretzels and chocolate candies. In lieu of candy melts we went with white chocolate, which we melted and allowed to cool slightly in order not to melt the color coating on our candies.

Pour the chocolate evenly over the mixture in your bowl and blend together with all other ingredients. The candies and pretzels will sink to the bottom, to combine the ingredients we used the folding method with a silicone spatula which worked great!

Spread the mixture onto a sheet pan covered with wax paper (if you do not have a sheet pan, wax paper laid flat on any surface will work as well). Sprinkle your favorite edible decorations over the mixture and let it cool, we placed ours in the freezer for a couple of minutes, then broke it up into pieces (this is a very important strategy if you have a toddler, my daughter was my assistant and time was not a luxury I would be given).

This wonderful treat can be packaged in paper bags as I did above and given as Easter gifts to teachers and fellow classmates. You can stuff them inside plastic eggs, cellophane bags decorated with ribbon, or display it in a bucket and have treat bags and favor boxes ready for your guests to scoop as much as they want before leaving your gathering. Personalize your package with a great custom tag or note from the Easter Bunny and best of all enjoy this blend of sweet and salty!

{In the ingredients section of our post you can click on the ingredients which are in blue and it will take you to the site of the brand we used for easy shopping. If an ingredient does not have a link to it, we most likely could not find one but suggest you use 365 Everyday Value® or Whole Food Market products.}