Egg prices putting a crack in traditional Easter activities. Are potatoes the answer?
FAMILIES WILL BE BUSY DYEING EGGS, GETTING READY FOR THE EASTER EGG HUNT. BUT WITH THE HIGH PRICE OF EGGS, SOME ARE CONSIDERING AN ALTERNATIVE. WESH 2’S MICHELLE MEREDITH EXPLORES A FEW OF THE OPTIONS. WHAT WOULD EASTER BE WITHOUT AN EASTER EGG HUNT? AND IF YOU’RE GOING TRADITIONAL, THE EGGS ARE FRESH FROM THE GROCERY STORE. BUT WAIT AT OVER $6 A DOZEN. WHO COULD AFFORD REAL EGGS ANYMORE? WHICH LEADS ME TO SOME OF THE MOST INTRIGUING SOCIAL MEDIA INSPIRED ALTERNATIVES, LIKE POTATOES. NOW, CAN I GIVE YOU A SUGGESTION? DON’T GO WITH ONE OF THE BIG OLD RUSSET POTATOES. GO WITH THESE LITTLE GUYS AND LOOK, NATURE HAS ALREADY DYED THEM FOR YOU. WELL, I JUST GOT HER SOME ITEMS FOR HER EASTER EGG BASKET. I GOT HER A LITTLE. HEY, HEY. BUT OUR HASTILY ASSEMBLED EASTER EGG EXPERTS SEE ALL SORTS OF PROBLEMS WITH POTATOES. LIKE TOTAL LACK OF KID APPEAL. LET’S SAY YOU GAVE HER A BASKET FULL OF POTATOES. JUST GIVE ME YOUR IMITATION OF HOW SHE WOULD REACT. SHE WOULD PROBABLY. SHE’D GIVE ME A SIDE EYE AND BE LIKE, REALLY, MOM? I DON’T THINK SO. ONE OF OUR EXPERTS SAYS IT COULD SPARK A NEW TRADITION. EASTER SUNDAY POTATO FIGHTS. I KNOW THE KIDS MIGHT START THROWING THEM AT EACH OTHER OR SOMETHING, I DON’T KNOW. I WOULDN’T TRUST KIDS WITH POTATOES. THIS COULD BE A RARE OPPORTUNITY FOR MR. POTATO HEAD TO UPSTAGE THE EASTER BUNNY. WELL, ANOTHER MEDIA SUGGESTION. MARSHMALLOWS. THEY’RE CHEAP. EASY TO SPOT, BUT ALAS, DIRT COLLECTORS. HERE’S AN IDEA. GO BACK TO THE BASICS. PLASTIC EGGS FULL OF JELLY BEANS, WHICH ARE FLORIDA EASTER EGG EXPERTS PREFER ANYWAY, BECAUSE IN FLORIDA IT GETS SO HOT I DON’T LIKE PUTTING HARD BOILED EGGS OUT. THE KIDS WILL MISS OUT ON, YOU KNOW, MISS HALF OF THEM AND THEY’LL ROT OR THE DOG WILL GET THEM. AND THEY’RE TOO EXPENSIVE FOR THAT. YEAH, YEAH, EXACTLY. WHATEVER YOU DO, MAKE IT DIFFERENT. MAKE IT FUN AND MAKE IT MEMORABLE. COVERING VOLUSIA COUNTY IN DELAND, MICHELLE MEREDITH WESH TWO NEWS. I DON’T THINK YOU CAN PUT THE POTATO IN THE BASKET THE SAME WAY. YOU JUST CAN’T DO IT. IT’S NOT THE SAME. I DID FIND TWIZZLERS ON SALE THOUGH, AND I BOUGHT SOME FOR MY DAUGHTER’S BASKET AND THEN I ATE THEM. DID SHE WANT THEM? SO I’M NOT OFF TO A GOOD START WITH THE EASTER PLAY. COME ON, GET THE SALE. THE PLASTIC EGGS ON THE WAY TO GO. PLASTIC EGGS WITH THE WITH THE
Egg prices putting a crack in traditional Easter activities. Are potatoes the answer?
Updated: 5:24 PM EDT Apr 14, 2025
Egg prices are putting a crack in traditional Easter activities. At more than $6 a dozen, who can afford the real ones? This brings us to some of the most intriguing social media-inspired alternatives … Like potatoes. So if you are going with potatoes, may I make a suggestion? Don’t go with the big Idaho potatoes. Go with the little guys Marshmallows is another idea. They’re cheap and easy to spot – but they can be dirt collectors.Another idea: go back to the basics plastic eggs full of jelly beans, which our Florida Easter egg experts prefer anyway.
Egg prices are putting a crack in traditional Easter activities.
At more than $6 a dozen, who can afford the real ones?
This brings us to some of the most intriguing social media-inspired alternatives …
Like potatoes.
So if you are going with potatoes, may I make a suggestion? Don’t go with the big Idaho potatoes. Go with the little guys
Marshmallows is another idea.
They’re cheap and easy to spot – but they can be dirt collectors.
Another idea: go back to the basics plastic eggs full of jelly beans, which our Florida Easter egg experts prefer anyway.
