PEANUT BUTTER AND CHOCOLATE EGGS

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Forget dying Easter eggs -- try making homemade chocolate eggs instead. Pick up a plastic or silicone egg mold and some pretty ribbon to make these springtime treats totally giftable.

Provided by Food Network Kitchen

Categories     dessert

Time 40m

Yield 4 chocolate eggs

Number Of Ingredients 6

6 ounces milk chocolate, chopped (about 1 cup)
1/2 cup smooth peanut butter
1/4 cup confectioners' sugar
1 tablespoon unsalted butter, at room temperature
5 saltine crackers, finely crushed
Pinch of kosher salt

Steps:

  • Put the chocolate in a heatproof bowl set over a pot of simmering water (the bottom of the bowl should not touch the water). Heat the chocolate, stirring occasionally, until completely melted. Alternatively, use a double boiler. Keep the chocolate warm over low heat until ready to use.
  • Pour 1 tablespoon of the melted chocolate into each cup of a plastic or silicone 8-cup egg mold (2 1/2-inch round cups) and swirl to coat. Freeze until the chocolate is set and hard, about 10 minutes. Keep the chocolate warm over low heat.
  • Meanwhile, put the peanut butter, confectioners' sugar, butter, crackers and salt in a large bowl and beat with an electric mixer on medium speed until well combined.
  • Add 1 tablespoon of the peanut butter mixture to each egg cup, patting down to smooth the tops. Pop 4 of the egg cups out of the mold. Coat the top of each of the remaining egg cups in the mold with 1 tablespoon chocolate. Press the removed egg cups onto the freshly coated ones to make 4 whole eggs. Freeze until set, about 10 minutes.
  • Wrap the seam of each egg with a pretty ribbon bow.

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