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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