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For the egg

To decorate

Special equipment

  • 2 chocolate egg
    moulds, clean flat pastry brush or small paintbrush

Nutrition: for quarter of an egg

  • kcal186
  • fat12g
  • saturates7g
  • carbs18g
  • sugars15g
  • fibre1g
  • protein3g
  • salt0.03g
    low
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Method

  • step 1

    Slowly melt the white chocolate in a bowl over a pan of simmering water, making sure the bowl doesn’t touch the water. Leave until cool but still runny, then spoon into a piping bag. Balance one of the moulds to keep it flat (we used two ramekins to help), then pipe the chocolate in zig-zag lines across the inside of the mould. Repeat with the other mould, then allow to set. When the white chocolate has completely set, repeat the process with melted milk chocolate, piping in between the white chocolate lines. Leave to set in a cool place, then put in the fridge for 5 mins.

  • step 2

    Melt the dark chocolate, then allow to cool and thicken. Using a pastry brush, carefully brush the chocolate over the milk and white lines until the insides of the moulds are completely covered. You may need to return the moulds to the fridge if the dark chocolate starts to melt the chocolate underneath.

  • step 3

    Once set, turn out the moulds, fill one half with chocolates, then stick the sides together using the remaining melted dark chocolate. Tie a ribbon around the egg to finish.

RECIPE TIPS
DIFFERENT CHOCOLATE

The chocolate can be substituted for milk or white chocolate or 70% dark, depending on your taste.

BUYING MOULDS

This website can help, http://www.cakescookiesandcraftsshop.co.uk/acatalog/Easter-Egg-Chocolate-Moulds.html.

CHILL THE CHOCOLATE

Putting the egg halves in the fridge once the chocolate has set makes it easier to add another layer of warm chocolate. Don’t be tempted to leave the moulds in the fridge any longer than necessary as condensation could cause the chocolate to discolour.

FORGET FINGER MARS

If you have hot hands, try wearing rubber gloves when handling the chocolate egg (especially when sticking the two sides together) to avoid finger marks.

AFTER A FEW DAYS...

After a few days, your Easter egg will start to ‘bloom’, or take on a slightly mottled appearance. This is simply the fat and sugars changing with air temperature and is harmless.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, April 2008

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kimmy173

A star rating of 3 out of 5.

I made a few of these last easter for the first time. I made many mistakes as it was my first time using the moulds but by the 4th one I was a pro at putting them together. You can alter the chocolates you use depending on taste and the best one turned out to be mainly white chocolate with milk and…

elvish

Do the eggs actually end up as shiney as the ones in the photos?

mylittletoni

This might be helpful to you :) http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/techniques/how_to_temper_chocolate

grace21

I have tried to make the chocolate eggs but I cant get the eggs out of the moulds when set. Anyone any ideas?

minkybabe

we had great fun making these, accidently dripping hot choclate on pale skin!! letting the egg melt in warm hands etc.we'll need more practice for them to look as perfect as the magazine but the whole family loved them

sarahlabat

Or you could try Lakeland www.lakeland.co.uk...they have easter egg moulds too and slightly cheaper than here....

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