I love spring, it is one of my favorite times of the year! The flowers are starting to bloom, all the fresh colors, everything starts to come back to life after a long , dull winter, and the sun comes back out regularly. I start to look forward to the beautiful warm, sunny days ahead! One of the other things that signals spring to me is Easter. It is always a happy holiday [ has to be when chocolate is part of it!]
Around here we still do the chocolate thing, and I like to make some of those chocolate treats. We don’t hide eggs any more [DD says she is too old] besides , she would miss one or two, and and sometime later we would eventually find it! 🙁 Not a good thing!
Since we don’t hide the eggs, I still like to make it special. A friend of mine gave me a recipe years ago that she used to make at Easter. I decided that I would like to add something to help cut the sweetness a bit and boost some protein, So I adapted it slightly to include the peanut butter [can really be used with any nut butters]. Gluten Free Easter chocolate Peanut Butter creme eggs.
- 1/2 cup of sweetened condensed milk
- 1/2 cup all natural peanut butter [no sugar etc added]
- 1/2 cup icing sugar [ you can add a bit more, I like them a bit more moist so my husband can eat them]
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 3/4 cup of chocolate chips { I used the milk chocolate but the dark would be just as nice]
- Combine all ingredients except the chocolate chips
- Stir until well blended [mixture will be a bit dry/crumbly- you can add a bit more condensed milk if you prefer more moisture or leave as is for a drier egg] The mixture will hold together well once you squeeze and shape into eggs.
- Place a sheet of wax paper on a cookie sheet and form the mixture into eggs [I tend to make them about 2″ long, so they are not too big.]
- Place the shaped eggs onto wax paper and place into fridge for about 30 min once they are all shaped – can be paced in freezer to firm up quicker.
- Place chocolate chips in a microwaveable bowl and microwave until melted [I do for 15-30 sec at a time and keep close eye on it – you do not want burned chocolate!]
- Once it is melted take the eggs out of fridge and with a toothpick or skewer dip eggs into melted chocolate one at a time [ I place the bowl of chocolate into a pan filled with hot water to keep chocolate melted and warm] You can also just place eggs into chocolate and roll in the melted chocolate to cover. whichever works best for you!
- Place each egg as it is covered back onto wax paper-when finished all eggs. place tray back into fridge or freezer until the chocolate is hardened. You can then decorate or leave as is – remember. these are very rich!
I hope you enjoy these as much as we do! 🙂
Happy Easter!
There are so many great recipes out there- many that can be adapted with just a few changes. Here is one from the Life Made Delicious site that is a bit different but would be great for Easter as well.
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