Chocolate Easter Eggs

Sugar Work By Flakycake Updated 16 Mar 2009 , 9:36pm by cakecookie6

Flakycake Posted 13 Feb 2009 , 8:07pm

Any advice on two piece hollow eggs?
I cant get it thick enough around the edges.
I have seen them up to 1cm thick somewhere!

By the way.
Can i colour white chocolate with paste colours?

thanks in advance

6 replies

Terri05 Posted 13 Feb 2009 , 8:24pm

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Yes, you can use the gel food coloring colors as long as it is an oilbase color....no water.

Terri05 Posted 13 Feb 2009 , 8:24pm

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Here is a link that shows what gel food color is safe to use on white choc.

http://www.kitchenconservatory.com/Food-Coloring-C549.aspx

Marianna46 Posted 13 Feb 2009 , 9:03pm

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Thanks for the info, as I, too, am interested in doing some of these. But what about the thickness? Mine are always too thin, too.

DNBunny Posted 13 Mar 2009 , 12:09am

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Hi Flakycake, I don't know if this will help, but how I used to make them is to use a chocolate mold and let the chocolate set for a couple of minutes. Then I turned the mold upside down and tapped out the chocolate. Just the middle blob will flow out. If you want thicker edges, keep the chocolate in there for a longer time. Of course if you let the chocolate sit for too long, then you get a half an egg.

Thickness also depends on the brand of chocolate too - some chocolate is naturally thinner than others.