Best Chocolate Hollow Easter Eggs Recipes
HOMEMADE CHOCOLATE SURPRISE EASTER EGGS
Here's a fun Easter surprise: Make your own hollow chocolate eggs and fill them with surprise treats. The egg-shaped silicone molds will do most of the work for you, making them look pretty and polished.
Provided by Riley Wofford
Time 45m
Yield Makes Eight 2-inch or Five 4-inch Eggs
Number Of Ingredients 4
Steps:
- Melt colored melts in a heat-proof bowl (or separate bowls, if using multiple colors) according to package instructions until completely melted and smooth. Consistency should be loose but spreadable; if too thick, stir in shortening, 1/4 teaspoon at a time, until proper consistency is reached.
- Using a food-safe paintbrush, brush insides of clean, dry 2-inch or 4-inch egg molds with light-handed, wide brushstrokes of colored melt. Refrigerate 5 minutes, or let set in a cool place about 30 minutes.
- Melt cocoa melts in a heatproof bowl according to package instructions until completely melted and smooth. Let cool until warm and pourable but no longer hot to the touch (if too hot, it will melt the brushstroke design). Working one at a time, pour 1 to 2 tablespoons cocoa melt (depending on size of mold) into each mold, over colored brushstrokes. Use a clean food-safe brush to gently brush chocolate into an even layer over bottom and up sides of each egg until completely covered, taking extra care when brushing over colored brushstrokes. Let set, then repeat 2 to 3 more times, until you have a nice, thick layer. (This will make the eggs sturdier and keep them from breaking during assembly.)
- Scrape edges of molds with a sharp paring knife to create clean edges; reserve any remaining chocolate to remelt for assembly. Refrigerate 5 to 10 minutes (to set and make easier to remove).
- Meanwhile, reheat reserved chocolate until smooth and brushable. Gently pop each egg half out of its mold, then fill one half with candies and brush edges with reserved chocolate. Press second egg half at seam until connected. Repeat with remaining eggs. Scrape seams of eggs with paring knife again to create a smooth oval. Handle with care and store in a cool, dry place up to 1 week.
CHOCOLATE HOLLOW EASTER EGGS
I use the amount of 10 just to give you an example of how it is done, but with 4 bags of chocolate melt you could make much more. Make sure you use wide cups so that it doesn't sit on the bottom of the cup. These are so much fun to make, nice for kids to help with.
Provided by Sue Faccone @CarrieSueFaccone
Categories Other Snacks
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Assemble all of your listed items
- blow up 10 balloons to the size of a large egg
- Melt the chocolate candy melts, you should have 4 bags, each a different color. 1 cup of melted chocolate = 3 eggs put them in the microwave for 1 minute and remove and stir, repeat until candy is melted
- Once you have one bag melted, take your balloons and spray with non-stick spray. Take your melted candy and put it in a zip lock bag. cut off the tip. Make sure you only cut a small opening.
- Start to squeeze the chocolate over the balloon until it is coated with lines of chocolate. Make sure the part of the balloon that you blow into is left out.
- Put a straw or skew though the clothes pin and clip the clothes pin to the balloon. Stick in a cup to hang dry.
- Once the chocolate is dry cut off the tip and carefully remove the balloon. fill your eggs with small candies. Repeat for the other bags.
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