How to Make Fondant Easter Eggs

Fondant Easter eggs are a great treat. They are sweet, but the inside looks like a real egg, including the yolk. Fondant Easter eggs will delight both children and adults. Learn how to make them by following these simple steps.

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• 1 stick softened butter
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract
• 2/3 cup condensed milk
• 5 cups powdered sugar
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• Yellow food coloring
• 8 oz. chopped semi-sweet chocolate
• 2 tsp. shortening
• 2 forks
• Electric mixer
• Baking pan
• Aluminum foil

1. Mix butter, salt, vanilla extract and evaporated milk in a bowl. Use an electric mixer for about three minutes, until it is smooth.

2. Stir in five cups of powdered sugar, a little at a time. Continue to mix with mixer until smooth. Add more powdered sugar until the mixture is firm. It should not be stiff.

3. Remove 1/4 of the mixture, and add yellow food coloring to it. This will be the "yolk" part of the egg.

4. Roll the yellow mixture into about 15 balls. Then take the white mixture and make 15 larger balls. Roll the white balls out flat.

5. Wrap the white flattened mixture around the yellow balls, one at a time. Mold them into egg shapes and set them on a baking sheet covered in aluminum foil.

6. Place the eggs in the refrigerator for about one hour or until they are very firm.

7. Microwave the chocolate and shortening together until the mixture resolves into a smooth liquid. Dip the eggs into the chocolate mixture using two forks. Place them back into the refrigerator until they are hardened, or for about 20 minutes.

[aliciaanswers]

on 4/9/2009 Sounds like a fun, sweet project! Great article!

[Triune]

on 4/8/2009 Wow, what a great idea! Homemade fondant easter eggs would be a nice personal touch to an easter basket, and doing this is probably cheaper than buying them in the store.