What to Put in an Easter Basket This Year

Every Easter basket looks the same. Plastic grass, a few foil-wrapped eggs, a chocolate bunny that's mostly hollow, and a bag of jelly beans nobody finishes. It gets the job done, but it doesn't get remembered.

If you want to put together an Easter basket that actually stands out, the answer is simple: skip the mass-produced stuff and go with something that has a real story behind it.

Start with the Idaho Spud Bar

The Idaho Spud Bar has been made in Boise, Idaho since 1918. It's a cocoa-flavored marshmallow center coated in dark chocolate and sprinkled with coconut — shaped like a potato, which makes it one of the more visually interesting things you can drop into an Easter basket. It's unlike anything else on the market, and for people who've never had one, trying it for the first time is genuinely memorable.

It's also a natural fit for Easter. The coconut exterior, the chocolate coating, the soft marshmallow center — it checks every box a Easter candy needs to check, without looking like everything else in the basket.

Add the Cherry Cocktail Bar

The Cherry Cocktail Bar has been part of Idaho Candy Company's lineup since 1926. It's a maraschino cherry cream center coated in ground peanuts and milk chocolate. Sweet, a little tangy, with a texture that's completely different from standard Easter candy. It pairs well with the Spud Bar and adds variety without adding more of the same.

Don't Forget the Old Faithful Bar

The Old Faithful Bar is vanilla marshmallow topped with whole peanuts and covered in milk chocolate. It's been made since 1925 and is exactly what it sounds like — reliable, satisfying, and crowd-pleasing. For Easter baskets going to kids or anyone who prefers milk chocolate over dark, this is the one to include.

Round It Out with Owyhee Butter Toffee

Owyhee Butter Toffee adds a different texture to the basket — crunchy, buttery, and rich. It breaks up the chocolate-and-marshmallow pattern of the other bars and gives the basket more range. It also keeps well, so there's no rush to eat it right away.

Order from idahospud.com

All of Idaho Candy Company's products ship nationwide from their Boise factory, which has been operating since 1909. Orders arrive quickly and the candy ships fresh. If you're putting together Easter baskets for family who live out of state, shipping directly to them is easy.

A basket full of Idaho Candy bars is a basket people will actually talk about. That's the goal.