Chocolate Eggs - soft boil egg lookalike ... so very pretty and appealing!
Hate soft boil eggs?
Well, you would love this soft boil egg, that is, if you have a chocolatey
sweet tooth!!
I came across a
picture of this choc soft boil egg on the net and I knew that I HAD to try out
this cutie!! If you are lucky to get readymade empty choc shells from the
stores, then that’s absolutely great. But I belong to the unlucky group who
live in tiny towns where such items are unheard off. But that is not going to
deter my enthusiasm or my decision to try out this soft boil egg. What’s the
big deal? Yes, I WILL do it from scratch!
Armed with my
resolution, I selected 12 eggs...
I broke
the top quarter of the eggs and emptied the eggs on to a bowl (use the eggs for
baked dishes or omelets or whatever you crave for, at that time! :)
I washed the empty
egg shells , rinsed them in soap water.Wash again thoroughly.
Then, I microwaved the empty shells for 15 seconds to dry them out completely.
Here are the clean shiny egg shells...
Next, melt Chocolate and put in 1 teaspoon of the melted chocolate inside the egg shell and coated the sides with a spoon till the inside of the egg shell is completely covered.
Freeze the chocolate coated egg shells in the refrigerator till the chocolate gets hard.
Remove from fridge and peel off the egg shells.I was honestly surprised and thrilled that the shells come off easily leaving behind a smooth chocolate egg shell. While peeling the shells, some parts of the shells were stubborn and they did poke under my nails and hurt me.. :(
Fill the egg shells with cream cheese and put them in the fridge to set.
When set,scoop out a tiny portion in the middle and squeeze in yellow colored butter icing to look like yolks.
Wow...your Chocolate soft boil look alike egg is ready!!
You can see my Chocolate Eggs below, which I served on Easter with my homemade Chocolate Easter Egg in the background..
The kids admiring the chocolate soft boil egg !!
Chocolate Eggs with Cream Cheese
For Egg shells:
12 eggs
100 gms Dark Chocolate
For cream cheese filling:
150g (about 5oz) cream cheese, softened
1/4 cup icing sugar or confectioners' sugar, sifted
1/2 tsp lemon juice
1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
1/4 cup icing sugar or confectioners' sugar, sifted
1/2 tsp lemon juice
1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
For the Egg yolk:
Make Butter Icing with..
1 Tbsp butter
3 Tbsp icing sugar
Yellow color
Place the cream cheese, icing sugar, lemon juice and vanilla in a large mixing bowl and beat on high until the mixture is smooth and fluffy, about 3-4 minutes. Set aside.
Whip the thickened cream in a separate mixing bowl to stiff peaks
Gently combine the whipped cream into the cream cheese mixture until it is smooth.
Carefully spoon or pipe the mixture into the prepared chocolate shells. Chill eggs till the cream cheese is set.
Next,scoop out a tiny portion from the center of the set cream cheese.
1 Tbsp butter
3 Tbsp icing sugar
Yellow color
Place the cream cheese, icing sugar, lemon juice and vanilla in a large mixing bowl and beat on high until the mixture is smooth and fluffy, about 3-4 minutes. Set aside.
Whip the thickened cream in a separate mixing bowl to stiff peaks
Gently combine the whipped cream into the cream cheese mixture until it is smooth.
Carefully spoon or pipe the mixture into the prepared chocolate shells. Chill eggs till the cream cheese is set.
Next,scoop out a tiny portion from the center of the set cream cheese.
Make the butter icing by creaming butter and adding the sugar and yellow color.Pipe into the tiny scooped out centers to look like yolks.
Done! Aren't they pretty?
It was indeed satisfying and reasonably easy to make these eggs from scratch and it was not at all complicated like I thought it would be!! Try them..you will get loads of oohhs and awwws from your guests!! :) :) :)
