Friday, April 22, 2011

Great Treats For Your Easter Basket - Part 1

If you have seen my The31WomanCrafts blog, you know that I have made some cute pails for Easter and I needed something equally as wonderful to fill them with.  So, here are a few recipes (look for part 2 of this blog for more)  that I think will fill the bill.

Chocolate Covered Easter Egg Recipe

Ingredients:
1/2 cup butter
8 oz cream cheese
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 1/2 pounds confectioners' sugar

Your Choice of 3 Add-Ins:
1 cup of creamy peanut butter
1 cup of nutella
1 cup of coconut
1/4 tsp mint extract
1/4 tsp almond extract and 1/2 chopped maraschino cherries

Coating Ingredients:
2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
2 tb coconut oil or shortening

In a small glass bowl, microwave the butter and cream cheese for 45 seconds.  In a large bowl, mix together the butter, cream cheese and vanilla.  Add 1/2 of the sugar and slowly mix in to the butter mixture.  Add the remaining sugar and continue to mix  until you have a workable dough.

Divide the dough into three parts.  You can leave one part plain and add one of the above Add-Ins to the other two parts or flavor all three parts.  Mix each part well.

Roll each type of dough into egg shapes using a teaspoon to shape (see video below).

Freeze for at least 1 hour.

In a glass bowl, add the chocolate chips and microwave for 1 minutes on about 60% power.  Stir well.  Continue to microwave for 30 second intervals on 60% power until melted, stirring well between each heating.  If the chocolate clumps up, add 1/2 teaspoon coconut oil or shortening and stir.  Continue adding oil until the chocolate smoothes out, but do not add more than 2 tablespoons.

Dip the chilled eggs into the chocolate using a fork.  Shake off excess chocolate and gently place on wax paper to harden.

Optional:
If using nuts or coconut in the filling, you may want to sprinkle the top of the eggs with a small amount of coconut or nuts while still wet.  To decorate the other eggs, you can use a small amount of white chocolate tinted with food coloring and decorate the tops of the eggs: green for mint, orange for peanut butter, etc. (see video below)

Chocolate Covered Easter Egg Demonstration









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