Easter eggs

Today girls from my host family have come up with wonderful idea – they want to make Easter chocolate eggs. You know, these big eggs you can buy in supermarket, some smaller and other really huge, empty or filled with some candies.

So how to make Easter chocolate eggs at home. No doubt, there are plenty instructions on internet to choose from, but I will focus on the one recipe that was implemented in my Chilean home.

At the minimum you need:

• Balloons – number depends on the number of eggs you want to make
• Chocolate – any kind you want it maybe the one used for baking or just regular bar of chocolate

Moreover, you will need:

• 2 Bowls
• Spatula
• Cooking brush
• Protecting foil
• Apron

Step 1 – blow up balloon, meanwhile melt chocolate, be careful not to make chocolate too hot because balloons will crack.

Step 2 – using spatula or cooking brush apply chocolate on balloon, to make it easy to paint the balloon keep it in the bowl

Apply quite thick layer of chocolate to make a solid construction otherwise egg will crash

Step 3 – once you finish applying chocolate and your balloon is covered with hearty layer of chocolate, wait few minutes and then put the balloon into freezer for half to one hour.

Step 4 – now the most difficult part- you need to remove the balloon from chocolate construction; first cut balloon ending, so called tail and then the best with knife try to apart balloon form egg’s walls; be very careful because you can very easily damage your egg; when you successfully remove all balloon from chocolate structure you can fill your egg with e.g. chocolate candies or just leave empty and wrap with decorative paper.

That’s it your Easter chocolate egg is ready. It is wonderful Easter present or decoration for Easter table.

The recipe is so much work and fun but it also is very risky. I mean when you overarm chocolate and it becomes too hot your balloon will certainly crack and that might cost you many hours of cleaning or even painting walls of your kitchen. Just as happened to one of my Chilean sister. Probably the memories of Easter chocolate work will remain for a very long time in our kitchen.

You can see details of Easter chocolate egg accident in the pictures below.

Chocolate everywhere around

 

 

Chocolate in the wall