So, with Easter upon us, I decided to make a healthier Easter
treat for Jim and the boys. I found this idea online, made a few tweaks to suit the ingredients I
had on hand, and came up with this recipe. Which tastes pretty darn good. I had
such high hopes! Everything was going along great, until the dipping part. The
chocolate chips, when melted, were pretty thick, so I used a bit of coconut oil
to thin the mixture. But, alas, when I set them on the parchment, it pooled all
around the edges, and didn't look very pretty. So I set them on a wire cooling
rack instead, and the extra chocolate could just, in theory, drip away. But, as
it cooled, they stuck soundly to the wire rack, and, when cold, peeled most of the chocolate off the bottoms
of the eggs. I had to patch the bottoms with more chocolate, which was messy,
and by this time, not fun anymore! I ended up having to drizzle the last of the
melted chocolate over the tops to disguise the drips from the patch job. On the bright side, Jim says they are
awesome, so maybe someone out there in internet land can figure out a way to
make coating them easier! Leave a comment if you do, I would love to give them
another go!
Creamy Almond Coconut Easter Eggs
Filling:
½ cup coconut sugar, whizzed in blender to a fine powder (see picture below)
1 cup smooth organic almond butter (or other nut butter of
choice)
1 200g package of organic coconut cream (soften bag in a bowl of warm water to make it workable)
½ cup room temp (slightly soft) coconut oil
2 tsp vanilla
Chocolate coating:
1 283g bag of Enjoy Life Chocolate chips
2 Tbsp coconut oil
Mix well in blender with paddle attachment until you have a
smooth creamy batter.
***Optional step: For Chocolate variation,
at this point add:
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| egg shaped filling |
6 tbsp raw cacao powder ( I took out half of the batter, and
added 3 tbsp to one half of the recipe so we would have 2 flavours)
Chill for 1 hr to firm up the batter.
Using a 1 tbsp measuring spoon, scoop out the chilled batter
onto a pan covered in parchment paper or waxed paper. Gently encourage each
tbsp of batter into an egg shape. THIS
IS A MESSY JOB!!! The dough does start getting mucky when it starts to warm up,
so you will need to work quickly. Don’t worry a whole lot about the overall texture of the egg, as the chocolate coating will cover it anyway, you are working towards the shape.
Place egg shapes in freezer to chill again for another ½ hour
or so.
When the eggs have firmed up, melt your chocolate chips and
coconut oil together in a double boiler or heat proof bowl over gently boiling
water. As soon as it is melted, dip your eggs, using a fork or other convenient
dipping tool. Place dipped eggs on a wire rack and refrigerate again until the chocolate
coating has hardened.
*** Now here is where I ran into some trouble. When I tried
to take the cooled eggs off of the wire racks, most of them stuck, and ended up
removing most of the chocolate from the bottoms. I used a spoon and more
chocolate to patch them up, and chilled them again , upside down to firm up the
base.
When completely cool,
turn eggs over and drizzle with remaining chocolate to decorate the tops and
disguise any drips from patching up the bottoms.
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| Dipped Eggs |
These will need to be stored in the refrigerator or freezer,
as they will melt somewhat at room temperature. This made about 35 tbsp sized eggs.
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| So sad, the bottoms peeled right off :( |
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| Action shot! |
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| This shows the difference between the coconut sugar as is, and then after it has been blended, you want a nice fine powder. |
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| After much to-do, they look kinda pretty! |
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