{"id":18959,"date":"2019-04-19T00:01:17","date_gmt":"2019-04-19T00:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=18959"},"modified":"2019-03-29T13:19:03","modified_gmt":"2019-03-29T13:19:03","slug":"have-a-super-mario-easter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/19\/have-a-super-mario-easter\/","title":{"rendered":"Have a Super Mario Easter!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=18951\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-18951\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-18951\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/EASTER1-105x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"105\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/EASTER1-105x150.jpg 105w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/EASTER1-211x300.jpg 211w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/EASTER1.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 105px) 100vw, 105px\" \/><\/a>I love the Easter holiday.\u00a0 I enjoy both the religious and secular sides of it.\u00a0 So I was thrilled to find some Mario related Easter treats at the store.\u00a0 So let\u2019s take a look at what I\u2019ve found.<\/p>\n<p>First is a plastic Easter egg with candy inside.\u00a0 It\u2019s about six inches tall.\u00a0 Here\u2019s a bigger shot of one of the sides of it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/easter1\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18951\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/EASTER1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"711\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/EASTER1.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/EASTER1-105x150.jpg 105w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/EASTER1-211x300.jpg 211w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And here\u2019s the backside.\u00a0 It says it has two types of candy in it: jelly beans and \u2018tangy candy.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/easter2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18952\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/EASTER2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"709\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/EASTER2.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/EASTER2-106x150.jpg 106w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/EASTER2-212x300.jpg 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The disappointing thing about all that cool colorful artwork on the egg is that it\u2019s just a wrapper.\u00a0 But luckily the plastic egg itself has raised artwork on it, too.\u00a0 One side has Mario and Luigi on it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/easter3\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18953\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/EASTER3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"757\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/EASTER3.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/EASTER3-99x150.jpg 99w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/EASTER3-198x300.jpg 198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The other side has Yoshi.\u00a0 I\u2019m surprised they didn\u2019t feature Yoshi on more Easter stuff, since he lays eggs and all.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/easter4\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18954\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/EASTER4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"741\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/EASTER4.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/EASTER4-101x150.jpg 101w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/EASTER4-202x300.jpg 202w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the candy inside the egg.\u00a0 The neat thing is that the candy is individually wrapped with Mario artwork on the wrappers as well.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/easter5\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18955\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/EASTER5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"496\" height=\"249\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/EASTER5.jpg 496w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/EASTER5-150x75.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/EASTER5-300x151.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 496px) 100vw, 496px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The \u2018tangy candy\u2019 is just SweetTarts, but they are shaped like Mario character heads.\u00a0 There\u2019s Mario, Luigi, Peach, and Yoshi.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/easter6\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18956\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/EASTER6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"124\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/EASTER6.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/EASTER6-150x37.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/EASTER6-300x74.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I also got a Mario chocolate egg!\u00a0 It was at Wal-Mart and the other egg was both at Wal-Mart and Five &amp; Below.\u00a0 Although the plastic egg was cheaper at Wal-Mart.\u00a0 I didn\u2019t open the chocolate egg to take pictures of it because I figured a chocolate egg was pretty self explanatory.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/easter7\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18957\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/EASTER7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"713\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/EASTER7.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/EASTER7-105x150.jpg 105w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/EASTER7-210x300.jpg 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And here\u2019s the back of the chocolate egg box just so you can see the artwork on it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/easter8\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18958\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/EASTER8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"723\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/EASTER8.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/EASTER8-104x150.jpg 104w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/EASTER8-207x300.jpg 207w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And that\u2019s all for now!\u00a0 Let me know if you find any cool Easter stuff.\u00a0 I was hoping to find a Mario egg decorating kit, but I didn\u2019t see any.\u00a0 Maybe next year.\u00a0 Happy Easter!\u00a0 &#8211;Cary<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I love the Easter holiday.\u00a0 I enjoy both the religious and secular sides of it.\u00a0 So I was thrilled to find some Mario related Easter treats at the store.\u00a0 So let\u2019s take a look at what I\u2019ve found. First is a plastic Easter egg with candy inside.\u00a0 It\u2019s about six inches tall.\u00a0 Here\u2019s a bigger [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":18951,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-miscellaneous"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18959"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18959\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18961,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18959\/revisions\/18961"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}