Pudding Easter Eggs

Ever get tired of too much sickeningly-sweet Easter candy, so much that you couldn't possibly take another bite? Here's a great way to make homemade Easter Eggs in a variety of flavors, and small enough to be enjoyable. I make these every year for family and friends, filling recycled chocolate boxes with them, and these little eggs are always a hit. Have fun making your own variation and sharing them!

Step 1: Ingredients

What you'll need:

 - 1 package of instant pudding mix, flavor of choice
 - 1/3 c. boiling water
 - 1/3 c. margarine
 - 3 c. icing sugar
 - 8 oz. chocolate chips (or dark, or white)
 - optional food coloring if using vanilla pudding

This recipe makes approx. 36 1-inch Easter eggs.

Comments

[AussieAnglerGal]

looks yummy!

[Cymru]

Does it have to be margarine? I never keep any on hand but always have butter available.

Icing sugar = ground sugar or icing sugar = ground sugar + cornflour?

[AussieAnglerGal]

uuuuuuuh, i believe it is simply finely ground sugar ( confectioners or powdered)

[wmkcross]

margarine is cheaper being about $1.00/ pound vs nearly $4.00 / pound for butter.
also, the butterfat in the butter may shorten the eggs shelf life (if they last that long)

[ClareBS]

Icing sugar is what confectioner's sugar is called in British Commonwealth countries.

[skyisblu]

I've always made them with margarine only because that what the original recipe called for. I would assume you could make it with butter, I don't see why it would not work. I admit I am like you and only ever have butte in the house - I actually go out and buy the margarine just to make these Easter Eggs!

Icing sugar = confectioner's sugar = ground sugar; since you are using the sugar right away, you probably won't need the cornflour to prevent it from sticking.

Hope this helps!

[Cymru]

OK. Need to get a Canadian friend to ship me icing sugar then. In the US confectioner's sugar or 10X sugar is ground sugar with cornflour. (Gah. Mixing my English and english. I've lived with my Brit too long.)

[skyisblu]

In that case, I would go with the confectioner's sugar.

[JPWood]

that looks great!

[jeclifford1977]

this is soooo! AWESOME! can't wait to try it!

[skyisblu]

Don't forget to post a a photo of your results! I'd love to see how you put them together!

[squawkamole]

Could I add coconut? Would I have to change anything anything else it I do? Thanks

[skyisblu]

For sure you could add coconut to the mix! I would be wary about adding the sweetened kind, though, as you might get a serious sugar rush from the resulting eggs! Go for the flaked coconut, adding it to the mix BEFORE the powdered sugar so the coconut get mixed in well. Then just follow the rest of the rest as is.

Good idea, too!

[squawkamole]

thanks ;~)

[DIYDragon]

That's pretty cool. I'm gonna have to try to make some of these. Since you can 'mold' these into egg shapes could you put this filling in candy molds or something? (ie. would it stay together lol)

[Mitemighty]

White Choc. + Banana Pudding.....Yumm

[strmrnnr]

You could also do multiple flavors for an egg white and yoke effect.

This really make my mind work. Thank you.

[skyisblu]

I recommend, if what you're going for is the yellow yolk/white combo, tinting 1/3 of your vanilla filling with yellow food coloring, rolling it into small balls, then wrapping each yolk ball in twice as much white. You could do the same with a chocolate yolk in a vanilla white, or use white chocolate pudding as the egg white...Or maybe try making the yolk dough from pistachio pudding, and you've got yourself green eggs, all you need is the ham!

[Una]

This is neat.

[ChrysN]

They look delicious!

[Biggsy]

This is a brilliant idea, they look lovely too! I'll take four boxes! hehe