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Chocolate Easter Eggs
Decorated eggs at Easter have long been part of Christian Tradition. As early as 1600's egg toys were being manufactured.
However the concept of a chocolate Easter egg only came about in the early 1800s. France and Germany were the leaders
in this new artistic delicious adventure and were soon mass producing chocolate Easter eggs. Initially the eggs were made as
solid chocolate eggs and only in the 20th century hollow chocolate eggs became popular. Today chocolate Easter eggs come
in many shapes and sizes, some hollow, some solid and some with fillings. One thing is not in doubt, these eggs make great
Easter gifts and are lots of fun to make.

Step by Step How to Mould a Hollow Easter Egg
Hollow chocolate moulding is quick and easy once you know how. By following these few
basic instructions you will be able to mould any shape or size chocolate.
You will need:
1x Three dimensional mould that has two halves
4 x Bulldog clips
Moulding chocolate
Decorations

1
2

Cut your mould so that you are
left with two matching halves

Fill the one half of your mould
3/4 with melted chocolate

3

Place the second half of the mould on top of the ?lled mould
and secure it with bulldog clips. Rotated and shake the mould
so that the entire inside of the mould is coated in chocolate.
Leave your egg on the counter to cool. Every minute turn your
chocolate and allow it to rest on the opposite side. Doing this
allows the chocolate to coat the inside of your mould evenly
while it sets. When it is warm and no longer hot place it into the
freezer. continue to turn it every minute while cooling in the
freezer.

4
After approximately 4
to 5 minutes your mould
will look frosted. Remove
it from the freezer and un
mould the top half of your
chocolate.

5
Decorate as desired
while still supported in
the mould.

6
Package in cellophane to keep
it shiny and fresh