I just love eggs. I love them scrambled nice and fluffy. I love them sunny side up. I love a fabulous omelet filled with delicious goodies. And I discovered that chocolate eggs aren’t so bad either. Here’s a little egg dish I whipped up for those of my friends who are celebrating Easter next weekend. It’s basically a chocolate and coconut macaroon (the other macaroon) with little white chocolate eggs. Darling, no? Really you could make these little macaroon nests and put any manner of treats in it, but the eggs look good.
Hey, so here’s a cool Easter fact. Did you know that the largest Easter egg evaaaa was made by the Belgian chocolate producer Guylian? That egg was made with 1950 kilos (or 4,920 pounds) of the good stuff and required a team of 26 men to make it. Ahhh… I can picture it in my head. I wonder if it was hollow. I’d like to put my mattress inside it and sleep in there. Talk about sweet dreams…
This is a winking chicky! LOL
Who says guys don’t make passes at chicks that wear glasses?
So, do you have any plans for Easter weekend? Time to share with the class. Mr P and I have plans to go to London. Hopefully I’ll return with adventures to share with you guys! Don’t forget to enter my giveaway for Amazon vouchers daaaaahlings. Leave a comment on the previous post and follow my blog to participate. The winner will be announced on the 31st.
Macaroon Nests
2 room temperature egg whites
60 grams of melted chocolate
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
½ cup caster sugar
½ cup sweetened condensed milk
400 grams desiccated (dried) coconut
Chocolate eggs for filling (or some other goodies, maybe jelly beans)
Preheat oven to 150C/300F.
Beat your egg whites in a large bowl to a stiff peak. Next melt your chocolate. Add in all the ingredients except the coconut and fold through. Once all of your ingredients are incorporated, fold in the coconut.
Form into nest shapes. It doesn’t matter if they look a bit rough, nests aren’t perfect daaaahlings. Let’s call it “rustique.”
Place the nests on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper and bake for roughly 15 -20 minutes . Leave them to sit on the tray and cool for a while before removing them from the paper. Once your nests are completely cooled, fill it with as many goodies as you can fit.
Hope you enjoy this recipe as much as I did. I found this great recipe here.
P.S. Blog baby is experiencing a few hiccups. If my new blog posts are not showing up in your reader, try erasing me and adding me back on again. Hopefully, that should do it.
Awwww……seriously the most adorable easter eggs in a nest! A very good creation!
I love your blog too and these are SOOOOOO cute! (Oh, and I love the fashion rants. I totally agree!) Hmmmm…might have to make these to impress my new guy’s family on Easter.
I love your blog too and these are SOOOOOO cute! (Oh, and I love the fashion rants. I totally agree!) Hmmmm…might have to make these to impress my new guy’s family on Easter.
(Chef…not Cheg. *sigh* Another dreary Mon morning in the office.)
Hurray for Easter…do you have Cadbury Mini Eggs in your neck of the woods? Very Addictive! These are really cute
Cheer!
Deb
You are showing up in my greader loud and clear. Nice chicky!
Those are adorable! I too, love eggs.
Eggcellent post.
very creative and cute
love them!
The looks lovely and pretty. If we can get cheap flights, we might be heading to Barcelona for a long weekend but we’ll see!
These are soooooooooo cute! The perfect Easter treat. BTW, loving the design of your new blog – I am too lazy to do anything with mine yet.
What an adorable idea and such a cute photo!
I love the macaroon reicpe will try this soon!
Happy Monday!
I just love that little chick.
So cute and adorable! I would rather keeping them than eating : ).
Awesome, stylish and chic!! The words I bestow on your blog’s new look! Love it, love it, love it!! You go gal!! Super cute macaroon nest too!
So wishing I had come to your blog BEFORE I purchased my little containers fr oma local store. The nests are darling. Happy Easter to you.
If coconut is an ingredient, I’m lovin’ it!! Diggin’ the new look lady!
These are barking up my alley..that didn’t sound good did it? These not only look fun to make, but so yummy.
Do have a marvelous time in London my dearest HH. Wishing you an Easter Sunday filled with the Guylian egg of your dreams.
Love & hugs xoxo deb
very creative, my dear!! Looks so yummie & so tasty too!
I also love the chick with the glasses!
Absolutely cute. So adorable and fun. Happy Easter to you… just got back from Spring Break trip and will be catching up on all.
Valerie