Thursday, April 5, 2012

The Best Peanut Butter Eggs

  • 1 8oz package Cream Cheese (softened)
  • 1/4 Cup Butter (softened)
  • 1 1/2 Cup Creamy Peanut Butter
  • 1/2 Tsp Salt
  • 1 1/2 Tsp Vanilla
  • 2 Lbs Powdered Sugar (6-7 cups)
  • 1 Lb Coating Chocolate Wafers (Milk or dark)
  • White or colored chocolate to decorate eggs

  1. Cream together first five ingredients. 
  2. Slowly add powdered sugar. 
  3. Form into one tablespoon eggs or balls, flatten if desired. Or roll out dough to desired thickness and cut out with egg shaped cutter.
  4. Refrigerate until firm.
  5. Place chocolate wafers in bowl, melt chocolate in microwave, stirring every 30 seconds, until melted. 
  6. Use fork to dip each egg into chocolate until fully coated. Shake off excess and wipe bottom of fork on edge of bowl. Place carefully onto waxed paper until chocolate hardens.
  7. Melt white/colored chocolate in a sealed sandwich bag. Cut off the corner of the bag to make a small hole and drizzle eggs with chocolate. 
  8. Keep refrigerated.

 My mother's own recipe! =) No other recipe beats these eggs!!!




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