Toy Insider Editor-in-Chief Ali Mierzejewski joined Fox 61 in Connecticut to show off the best toys that make healthy substitutes for candy in your kids’ Easter baskets. For more on the items featured in this segment, check out the product notes below.


YUME DZNR PLUSH COLLECTION — TRANSFORMERS

Yume’s DZNR plush collection celebrates iconic characters and stories. The Transformers line features collectible editions of Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, and Megatron. Each plush comes in its own collector’s display box complete with character-specific details.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $16.99
  • Age:
  • 0+

BEARS VS DONUTS

Are you team bear or team donut? These bean-filled and squishy plush are mystery bag collectibles, with 24 different characters in the series. The bears are around 4 inches tall and the donuts are round and a bit shorter.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $5
  • Age:
  • 4+

DISNEY DOORABLES SQUISH’ALOTS SERIES 1

Kids can collect 50 different miniature Disney Doorables Squish’Alots collectible figures in Series 1. Each capsule includes 4-6 blind-bagged figures. Kids can open the front door to find the first blind bag, then twist the roof of the tower-shaped capsule to find additional 1-inch figures inspired by Disney and Pixar films.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $9.99
  • Age:
  • 5+

CREATTO: BARNYARD BUDDIES – BRILLIANT BUNNY, DAZZLING DUCKY, AND PLAYFUL PIGGIE

Choose from Brilliant Bunny, Dazzling Ducky, or Playful Piggie! With the included Creatto pieces, build a bunny, duck, piggie, or small geometric gift box!

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $8.95; $13.50 CAD
  • Age:
  • 8+

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CHOCOLY

Tweens with a sweet tooth will love this logic-based game. As kids play the game, they must stack and place their tiles to be the one taking up the most area at the end of the game.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $14.99
  • Age:
  • 8+

Buy Now

The Toy Insider participates in affiliate programs that may generate revenue for the site when a purchase is made through the links below.


YUME DZNR PLUSH COLLECTION — TRANSFORMERS

Yume’s DZNR plush collection celebrates iconic characters and stories. The Transformers line features collectible editions of Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, and Megatron. Each plush comes in its own collector’s display box complete with character-specific details.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $16.99
  • Age:
  • 0+

BEARS VS DONUTS

Are you team bear or team donut? These bean-filled and squishy plush are mystery bag collectibles, with 24 different characters in the series. The bears are around 4 inches tall and the donuts are round and a bit shorter.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $5
  • Age:
  • 4+

CREATTO LIGHT-UP 3D PUZZLES

These Creatto Puzzles come in Flashy Fish & Silly Swimmers and Twilight Rocking Horse & The Giddyup Gang. Flashy Fish & Silly Swimmers comes with 43 Creatto pieces and a string of 20 LED lights. Kids can build a cute cartoony fish, a crab, a stingray, and a turtle. Twilight Rocking Horse & The Giddyup…

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $21.95; $31.00 CAD
  • Age:
  • 8+

Buy Now

The Toy Insider participates in affiliate programs that may generate revenue for the site when a purchase is made through the links below.

CHOCOLY

Tweens with a sweet tooth will love this logic-based game. As kids play the game, they must stack and place their tiles to be the one taking up the most area at the end of the game.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $14.99
  • Age:
  • 8+

Buy Now

The Toy Insider participates in affiliate programs that may generate revenue for the site when a purchase is made through the links below.

About the author

Bill Reese

Bill Reese

Bill Reese is Director of Operations at Adventure Media & Events, where he's worked since 2014. A former editor at Playbill and graduate of SUNY–Purchase, he spends most weekends rooting for the New York Red Bulls pro soccer team and making subway systems out of Brio trains with his little boy Jonah.

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