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March 8, 2018 By Brandy 24 Comments

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DIY Chocolate Eggs (Peanut Butter, Caramel, Raspberry)

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Create deliciously filled chocolate eggs using a few ingredients! With raspberry, peanut butter, or caramel in the center. YUM! This post contains affiliate links.

Create deliciously filled chocolate eggs using a few ingredients! With raspberry, peanut butter, or caramel in the center. YUM!

 

One of our favorite areas in Columbus is German Village. It is a historic neighborhood settled in the early-mid 19th century by German immigrants, who at one time comprised 1/3 of the city’s population. To this day German Village has original brick homes that line the streets with German shops, restaurants and bakeries. There was a fudge shop that sold all sorts of confections. We found this darling shop across the street from a brats restaurant that we went to so we stopped by once when we lived in the Columbus area. It was springtime so they were selling giant chocolate eggs, beautifully decorated, and filled with cream and other fillings.

Create deliciously filled chocolate eggs using a few ingredients! With raspberry, peanut butter, or caramel in the center. YUM! 

I’ve always thought it would be fun to make some around Easter so this year I ordered two chocolate egg molds and got busy! I ended up getting one larger egg mold (to create a 3-d egg like the ones in the fudge shop) and a smaller mold to make mini bite sized filled chocolate eggs.

Create deliciously filled chocolate eggs using a few ingredients! With raspberry, peanut butter, or caramel in the center. YUM! 

The fun part was deciding what cream fillings we wanted. My favorite is peanut butter. Derrick likes caramel (and actually prefers it plain, straight from the tub), and I decided on a pastel pink raspberry just for fun. Both the raspberry and caramel were ordered online, but the peanut butter one was made from scratch and was so easy to make!

Update: the company that I ordered my caramel and raspberry filling from recently went out of business. I’ve updated the links with similar products.

Chocolate Easter Eggs

Peanut Butter Chocolate Eggs

Create deliciously filled chocolate eggs using a few ingredients! With raspberry, peanut butter, or caramel in the center. YUM!
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Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 1 minute
freezing: 10 minutes
Total Time: 16 minutes
Servings: 24
Calories: 140kcal

Ingredients

  • 3/4 c. peanut butter
  • 1 1/2 c. sifted powdered sugar
  • 1 tsp. vanilla
  • 1 T. milk
  • 1 1/2 c. melting chocolate

Instructions

  • Mix all ingredients together (except for chocolate) using an electric mixer until it forms a soft dough.
  • Roll your filling into small balls.
  • Coat fingers with cornstarch if necessary, to keep from being sticky. Press into egg mold and freeze for 10 minutes. Note: You can also form them into egg shapes without the mold and place on a baking sheet to freeze.
  • Once fillings have been chilled, remove from mold by tapping against a hard surface. Place eggs on baking sheet and keep in refrigerator until ready to dip.
  • Melt chocolate in the microwave at 30 second intervals (stirring after each interval) until smooth. This will take about a minute. DO NOT overheat or chocolate will not be usable.
  • Dip in chocolate, tapping fork against side of bowl to allow excess to drip off. Set on baking sheet lined with waxed paper. Add sprinkles immediately before chocolate hardens. Dip a few eggs at a time in chocolate (keeping the rest in the refrigerator to prevent them from softening).

Notes

The yield will depend on the size of your egg mold.

Nutrition

Calories: 140kcal

 

Create deliciously filled chocolate eggs using a few ingredients! With raspberry, peanut butter, or caramel in the center. YUM! 

After I settled on my fillings, I chose my chocolate. I went with a smooth milk melting chocolate.

Two types of sprinkles and a bottle of Drizzle & Design white chocolate were perfect for adding finishing touches and helping me know which chocolates were which after they were all done. White drizzles = caramel, Easter sprinkles = raspberry, no decorations = mini peanut butter eggs, confetti sprinkles = large peanut butter egg.

Create deliciously filled chocolate eggs using a few ingredients! With raspberry, peanut butter, or caramel in the center. YUM! 

Tip: Roll your filling into small balls. Coat fingers with cornstarch if necessary, to keep from being sticky.

Tip: Freeze molds for 10 minutes to keep the filling in it’s shape while dipping.

If you don’t have an egg mold, don’t fret! Just shape the filling into an egg shape and freeze until set.

Create deliciously filled chocolate eggs using a few ingredients! With raspberry, peanut butter, or caramel in the center. YUM! 

Continue with all fillings (caramel shown in photo above). Once fillings have been chilled, remove by tapping against a hard surface. Place eggs on baking sheet and keep in refrigerator until ready to dip.

Melt chocolate in the microwave at 30 second intervals (stirring after each interval) until smooth. I actually use an electric chocolate melting pot, which I love, because it keeps the chocolate at a constant temp.

Create deliciously filled chocolate eggs using a few ingredients! With raspberry, peanut butter, or caramel in the center. YUM! 

If the egg filling starts to get to room temperature it will soften in the chocolate. This is why it is best to only do a few at a time and leave the rest in the refrigerator to keep nice and cold. Remove a few eggs at a time and dip in chocolate, tapping fork against side of bowl to allow excess to drip off. Set on baking sheet lined with waxed paper. Add sprinkles immediately before chocolate hardens.

Create deliciously filled chocolate eggs using a few ingredients! With raspberry, peanut butter, or caramel in the center. YUM! 

I love how they turned out! So pretty and festive…and the Pièce de résistance…

Create deliciously filled chocolate eggs using a few ingredients! With raspberry, peanut butter, or caramel in the center. YUM! 

Our 3-d chocolate egg! The mold I used was a two part mold and I filled it with my peanut butter filling. We just made one to share, but it turned out absolutely perfect! The only thing that would have made it more classic would be to have decorated it with buttercream flowers, but sprinkles were quick and easy and appreciated just fine by the kids.

 

Create deliciously filled chocolate eggs using a few ingredients! With raspberry, peanut butter, or caramel in the center. YUM! 

I placed some in candy liners and some in Easter foil wrappers. What a pretty plate of chocolate eggs! A dozen were boxed up as gifts for friends and the rest were enjoyed by our family.

I think I will have to make at least one big chocolate egg every year! I actually have a third egg mold that is even bigger (7.5″!) that I want to use next year to make a big rice crispy treat egg for the kids to decorate, but I think we have plenty of sweets this year to go around. Stay tuned for more spring related treats later this week as I share what Ruby and I made for her preschool class!

TIPS AND TRICKS FOR MELTING CHOCOLATE AND TROUBLESHOOTING:

Here is a great resource from my friends at Chocoley. They recently closed their site so I saved the tips to share with you.

THE CHOCOLATE IS TOO HEAVY & THICK:

If chocolate seizes (thickens because of contact with moisture) you may be able to “save” it by stirring in vegetable shortening or vegetable oil one teaspoon at a time. If this doesn’t work it can be used for cooking or candy fillings.

THE CHOCOLATE HAS COOLED TOO MUCH:

Add some warm chocolate or gently warm the bowl until the chocolate reaches the correct working temperature. This will not work for chocolate that has turned to a pudding texture.

TEMPERED CHOCOLATE WON’T SET-UP/HARDEN:

This usually happens when you don’t use enough seed chocolate during the tempering process. Without enough seed chocolate, there are not enough seed crystals to allow the cocoa butter to crystallize.

TEMPERED CHOCOLATE WON’T RELEASE FROM THE MOLD:

There are a few reasons for this:

  • The chocolate won’t release when you don’t use enough seed chocolate during the tempering process. Without enough seed chocolate, there are not enough seed crystals to allow the cocoa butter to crystallize;
  • The chocolate may have been tempered too much; let it cool down and then re-temper the chocolate properly;
  • Your molds were not the right temperature when you deposited the chocolate. If the molds are too cool or too warm, the film of chocolate that actually touches the molds will have lost its temper causing it to stick to the mold;
  • As a temporary solution, try putting the mold in the freezer and allow it to harden more. Don’t let it stay in too long though, or you’ll get condensation!

STREAKS APPEAR IN THE FINISHED PRODUCTS:

You are working at too low or too high of a temperature. Check your temperatures with your thermometer. If it is too hot add some chocolate and stir until it cools to the correct temperature. If it is too cool stir thoroughly before and during use. Add warmer chocolate to bring the temperature back up.

THE FINISHED ITEM HAS “CRACKS” IN THE CHOCOLATE:

If items are placed in a refrigerator that is too cold, the chocolate contracts too fast and will crack.

WHITE MARKS APPEAR ON DE-MOLDED ITEMS:

The molds were not dried properly. Water can become trapped in molds with heavy patterns. Make sure that they are completely dry before filling.

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About Brandy

Welcome! I'm Brandy, mother to 5 darling kiddos and a cute black lab named Toby. My husband is in the Coast Guard so we've lived all over the place, turning each house into a home. I love baking, sewing, making cute things with my kids, and sharing what I've learned with all of you!

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  1. Meghan says

    March 18, 2017 at 8:09 pm

    I love this idea! I saw it on the Bouquet of Talent Linkup and had to check it out. I had no idea how simple chocolate eggs were. We’re planning on making one big honey caramel one to share. Thanks for sharing!

    Reply
  2. Julie says

    March 19, 2017 at 2:53 pm

    They look so professional but yet you make it seem fairly easy. What a lovely gift idea. Pinning

    Reply
  3. roseannmhampton says

    March 19, 2017 at 3:06 pm

    Your eggs are so pretty! I just saw some similar to these at the grocery store for $12 each!

    Reply
  4. Cathy Kennedy says

    March 20, 2017 at 6:03 am

    Brandy,

    I’m visiting from “Create with Joy”. Oh yeah, you use Chocoley chocolate, too! Isn’t that the greatest chocolate? I have not used their fillings before, so it’s nice to see someone in Blogosphere who has. What do you think of the raspberry and caramel fillings? I normally make coconut cream filled Easter eggs but we discovered last year DH is allergic to coconut, so I was trying to figure out an alternative filling and you’ve provided three good choices. The thing is I usually make white chocolate covered PB balls for Christmas, so I sorta ruled PB out and while I did make caramel to use in my Smoky Bear Paws (caramel, pecans, and Chocoley milk chocolate) and raspberry caramel for my Polar Bear Paws (white chocolate, cashews, & raspberry caramel), I did not make raspberry or caramel cream candies. This might be a good Easter treat for my family. Thanks for sharing!

    I invite you to visit Curious as a Cathy for a little mewsic and learn about my AprilA2Z challenge theme reveal!

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    • Brandy says

      March 20, 2017 at 9:26 am

      Hi Cathy! We LOVE Chocoley! 🙂 My girls liked the raspberry filling because it was pink. It was good, but nothing compares to their caramel. It’s my favorite!

      Reply
  5. Sam Franklin says

    March 20, 2017 at 6:15 am

    These sound delicious and look so pretty! Pinned for later! 🙂

    Reply
  6. Sarah Carter says

    March 20, 2017 at 7:01 am

    These look delicious! I used to buy peanut butter/marshmallow filled eggs at a certain candy store, but they have stopped selling them and I have looked EVERYWHERE trying to find them. I also tried to find a recipe-no luck. I also tried to make them, still no luck! Do you have any idea how to make them? They are a layer of peanut butter filling under a layer of marshmallow filling, all dipped in chocolate. They are awesome! If you can figure out how to make them I would be in heaven!

    Reply
  7. JESS44903 says

    March 20, 2017 at 8:22 am

    I bet these are amazing! 🙂

    I would love for you to share this with my Facebook Group for recipes, crafts, tips, and tricks: https://www.facebook.com/groups/pluckyrecipescraftstips/

    Thanks for joining Cooking and Crafting with J & J!

    Reply
  8. Trudy says

    March 20, 2017 at 3:13 pm

    I always wondered how to make the filling. Thank you so much for the tutorial! Pinned for future reference.

    Reply
  9. Sandra Garth says

    March 21, 2017 at 3:41 pm

    These would be so pretty on an Easter dessert buffet and they look simple to make. Great video and your pictures are beautiful!

    Reply
  10. N Renaud says

    March 22, 2017 at 4:49 am

    Batter seemed really dry & crumbly after mixing. Did you add butter or oil in this recipe?
    Thanks!

    Reply
    • Brandy says

      March 22, 2017 at 8:49 am

      I didn’t, but it could be the difference in brands of peanut butter. I’d add a couple of tablespoons of butter to bring it together a bit! Hope that helps!

      Reply
  11. Linda says

    March 24, 2017 at 2:56 am

    Your chocolate eggs turned out beautiful. What a great treat for Easter. Endless possibilities too. Thanks for sharing this yummy treat at DI&DI.

    Reply
  12. Tianna says

    March 24, 2017 at 8:07 am

    this is super cute! what a fun thing to do for Easter!

    Reply
  13. Miz Helen says

    March 24, 2017 at 10:36 am

    These will be a very special Easter Treat! Hope you have a fantastic weekend and thanks so much for sharing with us at Full Plate Thursday.
    Come Back Soon!
    Miz Helen

    Reply
  14. Beverly Roderick says

    March 25, 2017 at 8:13 am

    Your DIY Chocolate Eggs look fabulous! This was the Most Clicked from our last Snickerdoodle Party and all of the co-hosts will be featuring it at today’s party. Hope to see you there!

    Reply
  15. Emily says

    March 25, 2017 at 12:25 pm

    These sound amazing! I think the caramel or peanut butter would be my favorite 🙂 Thanks for linking up with Merry Monday this week – I’m including your chocolate eggs in my features for this week’s party, which goes live Sunday evening. Hope you’ll stop by and link up with us again!

    Reply
  16. Liz W. says

    March 27, 2017 at 8:43 pm

    I love it! These looks so yummy 🙂 Thanks for sharing with us at Funtastic Friday!

    Reply
  17. Rachel Teodoro says

    March 28, 2017 at 11:44 am

    Thank you for sharing this. I added it as part of an Easter egg round up. Thanks for the inspiration on the create, link inspire party!

    Reply
  18. Christine @ Must Love Home says

    March 29, 2017 at 2:39 pm

    Thank you for sharing at Friday Favorites!! I love your egg ideas! They are all Super cute! My family still loves to head down to German Village every now and then…I love the old world feeling of it! We go to eat at Schmidt’s Sausage Haus for the best brats in the world!! BTW – your post will be featured at our next party..so I hope that you will stop by to see it and to share with us again! Hugs- Christine at Light and Savvy

    Reply
  19. Lois Christensen says

    April 4, 2017 at 1:06 pm

    Hi Brandy! This recipe was my favorite from last week’s Delicious Dishes Recipe Party. I’m pinning it to our group board and I’ll pinning a few extra from your site as well. Hope to see you again this week for another fun party!

    Reply
  20. Maria says

    February 10, 2018 at 7:21 pm

    Beautiful! Have you ever had the filling show through the chocolate on the bottom where you sit it back on the cookie sheet? Is there any way to avoid that? Thanks!

    Reply
    • Brandy says

      February 10, 2018 at 8:07 pm

      Hi Maria, I have had that happen on a few of them. I’m not sure how to avoid that except to maybe dip them a second time after they’ve hardened after the first dipping. It didn’t bother me enough to do that, but I bet a second coating would help!

      Reply
      • Maria says

        February 11, 2018 at 8:04 am

        Thanks for the speedy reply!

        Reply

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