Peanut Butter Chocolate Easter Eggs
- 2 cups creamy peanut butter
- 34 cup butter, at room temperature
- 3 cups confectioners' sugar, sifted
- 3 12 cups crispy rice cereal
- 18 ounces dark chocolate chips
- 2 tablespoons vegetable shortening
- 6 ounces white chocolate chips (optional)
- food coloring, of your choice (optional)
- flaked coconut (optional)
- In the bowl of a standing mixer, combine peanut butter and butter until light and fluffy.
- Gradually add the sifted confectioners' sugar.
- Reduce the speed to low and add the crispy rice cereal just until combined.
- Cover and place the bowl in the refrigerator for about an hour (do not skip this step!
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- Line a baking tray with wax paper.
- Remove the bowl from the refrigerator.
- Shape mixture into egg shapes and place them on wax lined baking tray.
- Recipe make approximately 20 eggs.
- Place baking tray in the freezer for a minimum of 30 minutes.
- While eggs are freezing, use a double boiler and melt dark chocolate chips and shortening over low heat.
- Remove eggs from the freezer and using toothpicks, dip eggs in melted chocolate.
- Place back on wax lined baking tray.
- (At this point, you can sprinkle the eggs with coconut if you like.)
- Once all eggs are covered in chocolate, place trays in refrigerator to cool.
- While eggs are cooling, use a zip top plastic bag to melt the white chocolate and any food coloring in the microwave.
- Microwave for 10 seconds at a time, massaging the food coloring into the chocolate until completely melted.
- Remove the eggs from the refrigerator and allow to sit a minute.
- Snip the ends of the zip top bag and drizzle the colored white chocolate over the cooled eggs to decorate.
- To serve, line a plate with coconut and place eggs on top.
- SERVING SUGGESTION:.
- Serve with a cold glass of milk!
peanut butter, butter, sugar, crispy rice cereal, chocolate chips, vegetable shortening, white chocolate chips, food coloring, flaked coconut
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/peanut-butter-chocolate-easter-eggs-502036 (may not work)