I know this isn't about cakes or cookies but I am curious if anyone has made those very pretty sugar eggs. They look like they are decorated with royal icing. Just curious if anyone knows how to make the actual eggs. I thoght a fondant bunny or chick would be cute inside them. Any ideas???

I'm pretty sure they are sugar mixed with egg whites pressed into a egg mold (or a large plastic easter egg for me) and then set to dry. Royal icing binds the two eggs together to make it one.

I don't know the exact measurments for the number of egg white to amount of sugar ,but i have made some vanilla and almond sugar with extracts and it could work the same. Add enough extratct to the sugar so its wet ,but not like mush. It should stay together when pinched. Then just mold in a large plastic easter egg. Though be careful, these eggs aren't going to be as sturdy as the egg white ones. I haven't done it in a mold ,but the sugar does dry hard the same when you use eggwhites.

I have to admit i love eating those sugar eggs.

RECIPE:
1 cup Granulated sugar
2 teas Water
Egg Mold (any candy mold of your choice)
Powdered Food coloring to tint sugar
Place the sugar in a large bowl. Color as desired. Add water. Dont be afraid to add a few drops more if it doesnt hold together, but dont get it "wet."
NOTE: The amount of sugar mixture will vary with the size of the mold of course.
Pack this mixture into the mold and immediately invert it onto a square piece of card board not too much larger than your mold.
For 3-D (2-sided) molds, fill both sides, as above. Place molds on a cookie sheet. Bake at 200° for about 10 minutes (for a small egg mold), up to 20 minutes for a very large one). The "idea" is to have a nice thin shell, so over-baking just results in a thicker shell. You must experiment a little. All ovens are a bit different too, so yours may require a minute or two more or less than my oven.
Cool for a few minutes ONLY. Hold the baked sugar piece in your hand and carefully, use a spoon to scoop out all the loose sugar. Invert so the inside can dry. Dry pieces overnight.
NOTE: "BAKING" is just one way to make the shell harden faster. You coukld also do it this way: Make and turn out as above. Let stand at room temperature overnight. The shell should be hard enough that you can now scoop out the insides as above.

Hi there...I made a sugar egg from a large plastic egg. got the recipe from Sugarcraft...they have a whole section on how-to easter stuff....

I didn't have to bake it and it became rock hard....a cup of sugar, a tablespoon of water, a teaspoon of cream or tartar and a tsp. of meringue powder. You can do it with one or the other...but both really gives you a hard shell.

So, the water is approximate...the mixture should hold together like wet sand when you squeeze it tightly in your fist. Pack it in the mold and wait about 20 minutes or so. Then scoop out the middle part with a spoon, being careful to leave the shell intact...about 1/4 - 1/2 " or so....

I used royal to put the two halves together and it looks fabulous....

I think Sugarcraft also has instructions on panoramic eggs...with the hole for viewing whatever you put inside....

have fun!