Name: Chocolate Eggs & Sweet Fillings
Yield: Makes 1 large egg or 6–8 smaller eggs
Ingredients: 6 tablespoons maple syrup or honey; almond butter; Nutella; jam; pinch of salt; 1 tablespoon nut butter; ½ teaspoon vanilla extract; peanut butter; Lotus Biscoff spread; 16 Medjool dates, pitted; 60 ml (2 fl oz/¼ cup) soaking water (from the dates); 125 g (4 oz/1 cup) cacao powder; 200 g (7 oz) coconut oil

Preparation info

Makes
1
large egg

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Celebrate

By Bettina Campolucci Bordi

Published 2021

About

I bet you already have most of these ingredients in your storecupboard. I make these with my daughter every year and we vary the fillings according to how adventurous she is feeling. You will need an egg mould for this recipe, which you can find online or at some large supermarkets.

Ingredients

200 g (7 oz) coconut oil
6 tablespoons maple syrup or

Method

Before making the eggs, soften the dates for the salted caramel by soaking them in a bowl of warm water for about 1 hour. Drain.

Melt the coconut oil in a bain-marie (or in a bowl set over a saucepan of simmering water). Once melted, carefully transfer the bowl to your work surface.

Mix the maple syrup/honey into the melted coconut oil. Then stir in the cacao powder until you ha