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    Easter Baskets for Grown-Ups!

    By | Shine Food – Wed, Mar 30, 2011 7:26 PM EDT

    Let the kids have fun opening plastic eggs-these baskets were built for mature taste buds. (A sturdy colander makes the perfect foodie basket!)

    FOR THE ENTERTAINER
    No-Mess Ice Cream Scoop The stacking CuisiproIce Cream Scoop sucks ice cream out of even the most frozen-solid pints, and releases a perfectly cylindrical serving atop your cone. $15, surlatable.com Instant Soda Turn any drink into soda: Just drop in a flavored Fizzie tablet. $3, tiddleewinks.com

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    FOR THE KID AT HEART
    Flavored Whipped Creams Blosm's Whipped Cream comes in decadent flavors like blackberry amaretto and cinnamon praline. $4 and up, myblosm.com
    Giant Gummi on a Stick This Gummi Bear is 88 times the size of the mini guys, and weighs in at a whopping half-pound. (Hey, you grew up, too.) $12, fredflare.com

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    FOR THE ADVENTUROUS EATER
    Flowery Brownies This lavender brownie kit takes a favorite dessert up one seriously aromatic notch. The mix is infused with lavender buds. $10, littleskylavender.com Scorching-Hot Party Snack Taste bud red alert: Batch 37 Spicy Trail Mix is doused in an extra-hot blend of habanero, chile and cajun spices. $5, originaljuan.com

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    By Joy Cho | Photography by Lisa Shin

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