Chocolate Peanut Butter Eggs

Molded Peanut Butter Cup Eggs

From top left to right

1.  Fill candy molds with melted chocolate discs or

tempered couverture chocolate.

2.  Completely coat inside of mold then turn upside

down to remove excess chocolate. Turn over and

scrape off excess chocolate with an offset spatula.

3.  After the chocolate has hardened in the fridge

fill with peanut butter filling.  Do not fill to the top -

leave 1/8 inch so additional chocolate can be added

to cover the filling.  Spoon or pipe additional chocolate

on being sure to seal it at the sides of the mold.  

Remove excess chocolate with your offset spatula.

4.  Return to the fridge to set the chocolate then turn

over onto the countertop.  Remove any excess chocolate

around the edges with a knife. Smooth the edges with your

fingers, using the heat of your hands. 

Be careful as the heat of your hands will

melt the chocolate so hold the candy just by the edges.

Peanut Butter Filling

(The ones I have made in the past have graham cracker crumbs

in them but my daughter found this recipe at Hey Jen Renee and we loved it

too.)

1 C. creamy peanut butter

1/4 C. soft butter

2 C. powdered sugar

1-2 T. milk

Mix everything together.  If it seems too dry add a little

additional milk.  It should be the consistency of play dough.

I made 36 small eggs (2 1/4 x 1 1/8) and 2 large

eggs (about 3 1/2 x 2 1/4 ) with this recipe of filling and

I probably used 2 lb. of chocolate discs.

We used to have a wonderful cake and candy store in town

named Shepherds Cake and Candy,

but they are gone now.  That is where I bought most of my

candy molds from.  You can buy molds online - just Google

plastic candy molds.

I love Guittard's Milk Chocolate Melt N Mold which you can

click on the above to purchase if you can't buy it locally.  

It isn't like the old molding discs where it tastes bad.  

I am picky about my

chocolate and usually use couverture chocolate but it is

finicky for beginners and I highly recommend Guittard's 

"chocolate" discs.  These tasted great.  The above link

also contains great candy molds.

I will be posting these with

Crazy Sweet Tuesday

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