These Easter Chick Sugar Spoons are the perfect treat to hand out to your family members who love their hot drinks! They'll melt your heart before melting in your coffee or tea.
The snow has just melted in our yard and it's hard to believe Easter is tomorrow. We may be hunting for eggs in winter coats.
I figured everyone would be enjoying hot beverages at our Easter gathering, so I created these sweet little sugar-coated spoons to serve alongside the tea and coffee.
At first, I was going to create these chick spoons using white chocolate, but I'd been making some sugar eggs for Easter and thought it would be fun to try to make tiny Easter Chick Sugar Spoons.
Sugar eggs are made with a mixture of sugar and water and once hardened usually pop right out of the molds. I needed them to stick to the spoon, so I brushed the spoon with a small amount of corn syrup which did the trick.
They can be dipped into a hot beverage and will melt slowly enough that if someone doesn't want all the sugar in the cup, they can pull it out once just enough melts.
Easter Chick Sugar Spoons (makes 8)
Ingredients
sugar spoons -
½ cup superfine sugar or granulated sugar
1 to 1 ½ teaspoons water
yellow food coloring
royal icing -
5 teaspoons warm water
½ tablespoon meringue powder
1 cup powdered sugar
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
orange and black food coloring
Supplies
optional food processor (if using granulated sugar)
pastry brushes
fine tip paint brushes (food use only brushes)
Instructions
Pour granulated sugar, 6 drops of yellow food coloring, and 1 teaspoon of water into the bowl of a food processor.
Pulse until really well blended. Pinch sugar in your hand. If it sticks together, it's ready. If not add more water a drop at a time until it does stick together.
If using superfine sugar, just mix the sugar and water together then add coloring.
Brush a light coating of corn syrup on a plastic spoon. Scoop out some of the sugar mixture. Use another spoon turned in the opposite direction to press the sugar into an egg shape on the spoon.
Press together the two spoons compressing the sugar, removing the excess.
Allow to dry for at least two hours, or up to overnight.
To make royal icing, pour warm water and meringue powder into a mixing bowl. Stir until foamy and well-mixed. Add powdered sugar and vanilla and beat with an electric mixer on low for a minute. Increase speed to medium-high and mix until fluffy and shiny.
Color some royal icing with orange food coloring and some with black. You will not use all the royal icing for this project. To store, cover it tightly and keep it for about a week.
Use a paintbrush to paint orange beaks and feet onto each chick. Add two black eyes.
You can pipe these on if you prefer, but I found it easier to just paint them on.
Serve with tea or coffee with dessert at Easter dinner.
Storage
Store at room temperature for up to one month.
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Stacia says
Doing this without the chick part for a Mary Poppins themed party, thanks for the recipe & instructions!
Beth says
Sounds like a fun party theme. I love Mary Poppins.
Anonymous says
Beth...these are absolutely darling!! Gotta try 'em!
Thanks for sharing! Love your blog!
Charlotte from AZ
beth says
Thanks, Charlotte. I hope you do try them!
Anonymous says
would you mind if I made these and sold them?
beth says
I don't mind at all. I hope you make lots of money selling them! Be sure to snap some pictures and send them to me at beth@hungryhappenings.com so I can share them in my Reader's Gallery. If you have a website, I'd appreciate you giving me credit for the design and linking back to my post. If you send me pics, I can share the link to your site on my Facebook page. I'm always having people ask if I sell my items and I can direct them to you.
Karen @ Sugartown Sweets says
These are my new fave spoons! Happy Easter! 🙂
Katrina Bahl says
Cute!
Sara says
Sooooooooooooo cute! This is such a great idea!!
Dorothy @ Crazy for Crust says
These are SO adorable!
Noe P says
Hi, I'm a new follower from Italy
I adore your blog
Beth Jackson Klosterboer says
Welcome!
Anonymous says
The day before Easter and you're still wowing us with cute ideas.
Happy Easter to you and your family.
Tavette
Anonymous says
You make my head spin. One after the other after another. You amazing. These are just too cute. Thank you for another treat. Trish Butler
Jill @ KitchenFunWithMy3Sons.com says
Aww...how cute!
Brenda @ SweetSimpleStuff says
OK Beth ... you tipped me over the edge with chick cuteness!!! Genius I tell you ... genius 🙂
Kalamity Kelli says
Just adorable!
The Bearfoot Baker says
These are the cutest sugar spoons ever! I must go make some for my tea!! Thanks for sharing.
The Partiologist says
Seriously, these just gave me a sugar rush - they are sooooo cute. I love to make sugar shapes and love the idea to put them on the spoon!