Is it just me or has this year completely flown by?  I cannot believe Easter is next weekend!  Yikes!  My 5-year-old daughter Sadie has been begging me to decorate Easter eggs this year, so of course I was thrilled when the folks at Target offered to send us on a shopping spree of sorts so that we could check out all of the fabulous Easter essentials Target has to offer, including the eggs we'll need for decorating!  I've come to rely on Target as my go-to source for pretty much anything.  Seriously, they've got clothes, toys, school supplies, tech gear - you get the idea.  But what you may not know is that Target also has a fairly extensive selection of grocery items as well.  So much so, in fact, that you really could find everything you need to create the perfect Easter celebration from your local Target store. 

And Target's Easter grocery items go well beyond candy and egg decorating kits, although they've totally got you covered on those fronts as well.  Indeed, Target even has an exclusive collection of 60th Anniversary Vanilla Peeps for the sugar-obsessed set!  You'll also find a giant 1-pound gummy bunny (yikes!) and White Chocolate M&Ms - yum!  Crafty kids and parents will love Target's Chocolate Spring Chick Cake Pop Kit, as well as the Chocolate Flower Pot Cupcake Baking Kit.  When it comes to preparing your Easter feast, you won't have to look any further than Target's extensive grocery section, which includes Easter favorites such as an Archer Farms Spiral-Sliced Ham, fresh seasonal vegetables such as carrots, mushrooms and potatoes, Archer Farms Strawberry Rhubarb Pie (my husband's favorite!), Archer Farms Lemon Tart, Market Pantry Rosemary Garlic Ciabatta Rolls, Archer Farms flavored coffee (in yummy flavors such as carrot cake and Irish coffee), and much, much more.  You can even keep the little ones entertained with Target's Garden Friends Egg Hunt Kit with Chewy Candy Filled Eggs.

So if you're looking to create the perfect Easter celebration from soup to nuts to candy to eggs, look no further than Target!  For more information or to locate your nearest Target store, visit www.target.com.

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