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5 Delicious Make-Ahead Easter Brunch Recipes

On Easter Morning, there’s nothing better than bringing an enchanted smile to the faces of your family and friends, especially the little ones! Creating a special Easter Brunch doesn’t have to be complicated, especially if you have a few recipes you can make ahead of the big day. With Wild Blueberries, it’s easy to add beautiful color and delicious taste to your bunny hoppers’ morning.

Here are 5 make-ahead Easter Brunch recipes that will bring color and dazzle to your Easter morning and allow you to participate in all the fun!

Wild Blueberry Fool Recipe

A “Fool” is a mid-17th century English creation that’s made with just three ingredients: fruit, sugar, and whipped cream. But don’t be fooled by the simplicity. This easy-to-make dish is beautiful, tasty, and simply elegant for Easter Brunch (and no one needs to know how easy it was to make).

Mini Wild Blueberry Cream Pie
These delicious No Bake Mini Wild Blueberry Cream Pies look like dessert, but with their beautiful color and healthy ingredients, they’re a perfect Easter morning delight. The gluten-free crust is a yummy combination of Medjool dates, chopped walnuts, and rolled oats. And the pastel-colored filling is a tasty combination that includes whipping cream, Mascarpone cheese, Greek yogurt and frozen Wild Blueberries! Wow!

Make Ahead Stuffed French Toast

This make-ahead French Toast combines a loaf of brioche-style bread, a dozen eggs, frozen Wild Blueberries, ricotta cheese, and a host of other ingredients in a perfect Easter Brunch creation. With the perfect amount of crunch on the outside and smooth texture inside, all it needs is a drizzle of Wild Blueberry syrup to sweeten the smiles of your little ones.

Braided Breakfast Bread with Wild Blueberry Filling

This gorgeous and festive looking bread – made easy with frozen pizza dough – is a winner for any special-occasion morning. The almond paste, almond extract, and frozen Wild Blueberries give this braided bread that special holiday taste that makes holidays memorable.

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Vegan Wild Blueberry Donut Holes

And finally, some glazed vegan donut holes that will have your little bunnies hopping around the room. These Glazed Wild Blueberry Muffin Donut Holes are baked, not fried, and they are super fluffy and rich, with loads of healthy ingredients like banana, nuts, flax, oat flour and of course Wild Blueberries. The glaze adds color, flavor, and fun for a vibrant Easter morning.

All the above recipes were developed by registered dietitians, so not only are they tasty, but they have a healthier twist, too. Happy Easter!

Easy Low Sugar Easter Dessert: Wild Blueberry Fool

I had an amazing Fruit Fool a few years ago at a friend’s house. It’s one of those desserts you keep thinking about after eating it. For a dinner party or family gathering I think a Fruit Fool is a no-brainer; it’s super easy to make and a tasty treat for guests.

I love experimenting with frozen Wild Blueberries so I could not wait to try my hand at making a Wild Blueberry Fool. And if you know me, you know I had to health it up.

What is Fool? It’s actually an English dessert that dates back to the mid-17th century. I’m not sure why it’s called Fool, but don’t let the silly name stop you from trying it. Traditionally, Fool is made with just three ingredients: sugar, fruit and whipped cream. Oftentimes the fruit is stewed, pureed, and then folded into whipped cream. It’s similar to a trifle, but without the cake layers. In England, the traditional favorite fruit for Fool is the gooseberry. Clearly they haven’t tried my Wild Blueberry version!

I knew I could make the dessert a little healthier than the traditional version, while still keeping the essence of the dessert. I didn’t want to mess with stewing my frozen Wild Blueberries. I wanted to keep the refreshing bite and intense flavor of the berries and I wanted them to stay super cold. So instead of stewing, I blended! Greek yogurt was the perfect partner for this dessert and the perfect pairing with the Wild Blueberries. What other berry can create such a gorgeous purple color?

I knew I still had to use cream, but I got away with using much less. I whipped up about 8 ounces total (and added just one tablespoon of powdered sugar). I folded the antioxidant-rich yogurt and Wild Blueberry mix into the whipped cream. It was a marriage made in Wild Blueberry heaven! The result was the perfect amount of sweetness, the intense flavor of Wild Blueberries, and a little tang from the Greek yogurt. And I used less cream and sugar than the traditional recipe.

After creating my Wild Blueberry Fool, I went out to have dinner with a few girlfriends. I told my husband and daughter that I had left dessert in the fridge. I wasn’t sure if they would find the Fool sweet enough and I didn’t mention anything about it being low sugar or “healthy.”

I knew I hit a home run when Norah texted me to say this:

I think this Wild Blueberry Fool recipe would be the perfect ending to an Easter brunch or dinner. It’s a simple dessert that delivers intense flavor with a little bit of decadence.

Make-Ahead Wild Blueberry Stuffed French Toast: A Brunch Favorite

This make-ahead Wild Blueberry Stuffed French Toast casserole is perfect for Easter brunch! It’s neither overly sweet nor too eggy and has the perfect amount of crunch on the outside and smooth texture inside. It is delicious with a drizzle of Wild Blueberry syrup!

In our family, holidays are celebrated with food. It’s just how it has always been. Holidays never go by without multiple phone calls going back and forth between family members about the menu; discussing who is hosting and making which dish. Does that happen in your family, too?

With Easter just a week or so away, the menu conversations are currently in full swing! Since we get together with my mother and sister each week for Sunday dinner, we are all pretty happy anytime we can throw brunch into the mix. Brunch food to me is the best of both worlds. You get the savory stuff mixed with the sweet – all at the same time! From my husband’s overstuffed omelets to my mom’s famous sautéed potatoes, brunch is definitely my favorite meal. And if there’s something sweet that involves bread, well that is the perfect combination.

While I was baking this ricotta-stuffed French toast that is bursting with Wild Blueberries my husband was pretty much salivating. He hardly ever gets to eat French toast! The house smelled amazing and even though it was just a regular Tuesday afternoon, it felt like a holiday.

I brought my Italian roots, my love for all things bread, and the intense flavor and versatility of delicious Wild Blueberries to this dish. As usual, the Wild Blueberries take center stage when it comes to flavor. During baking, they melt beautifully with the ricotta cheese (yes, there is cheese inside this French toast!) and create the perfect balance of sweetness, richness, and creaminess. With the natural sweetness of the ricotta and the Wild Blueberries you really don’t need to add much more sugar. I only used ¼ cup maple syrup for the whole recipe, plus a little turbinado sugar sprinkled on top before baking.

This is definitely a special occasion dish and would be the star of any Easter brunch feast! It’s kid-friendly and gorgeously topped with Wild Blueberry-infused maple syrup.

Enjoy!

Wild Blueberry & Ricotta Stuffed French Toast Bake