Homemade Easter Coconut Cream Eggs Recipe

Your neighbor or friend must have invited you to partake in his/her homemade Easter coconut cream eggs and it was really delicious, and now Easter is coming; so you wanna learn how to make this recipe – the recipe for Easter coconut cream eggs and surprise your family and children.

Then you are in the best place to do that today! You need only a few ingredients and a few minutes for this recipe! Your Easter family table will look incredible with these Homemade Easter Coconut Cream Eggs!

All right, let’s bake away!

Easter Coconut Cream Eggs!

Easter coconut cream eggs are an easy, no-bake, and a great Easter dessert idea! These candies taste so much better homemade and are fun to make for your kid's Easter baskets! These Easter coconut cream eggs are made from just a few, simple pantry basics.

Coconut Eggs are a must-have at Easter time! Raise your hand if you also always got Coconut Eggs in your Easter basket as a kid (me!!) There's just something about coconut in the spring that gives me all the feels.

These Easter coconut cream eggs are so addicting. They have just the right level of sweetness and are packed with lots of coconuts. I couldn't stop eating them! These candies are so easy to make at home and only require a few pantry ingredients. Ready for this?

These coconut cream eggs are made without cream cheese.¹https://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/coconut-cream-eggs/ The sweetened condensed milk holds all of the coconuts together and you never have to worry about the coconut 'not setting' properly.

I bet you have all of those ingredients in your pantry right now. Maybe you'll need to add coconut to your next shopping list, but that's all!²https://yummiestfood.com/homemade-coconut-cream-eggs-recipe/

Easter Coconut Cream Eggs Recipe

• Prep time: 20mins
• Freezing time: 2hours
• Total time: 2hours 20mins
• Yield: 20 eggs

Equipments & Kitchen Utensils Used: Bowls (large & small), tablespoons, oven, plastic Ziploc or piping bag, freezer, waxed paper-lined baking sheet, timer, cake plate, or serving board.

 Ingredients

• 1 package (8 ounces) of cream cheese, softened
• 1 tablespoon of butter, softened
• 4 cups of confectioners' sugar
• 1 cup of sweetened shredded coconut
• 2 cups of semisweet chocolate chips
• 1 tablespoon of shortening

Making Delicious Easter Coconut Cream Eggs

• In a bowl, beat cream cheese and butter until smooth.

• Add sugar and coconut.

• Refrigerate for 1- ½ hours or until easy to handle.
• Using hands dusted with confectioners' sugar, mold rounded tablespoons of coconut mixture into egg shapes.³https://spaceshipsandlaserbeams.com/coconut-cream-chocolate-easter-eggs/

• Place on a waxed paper-lined baking sheet.

• Freeze for 2 hours or until slightly firm.
• Melt chocolate chips and shortening.

• Remove eggs from the freezer a few at a time; dip into chocolate mixture until completely coated.

• Return to waxed paper; refrigerate until hardened. Store in the refrigerator.
• Microwave the semi-sweet chocolate chips and the remaining tablespoon of shortening in 30-second increments until they are melted and smooth.

• Scoop the melted chocolate into a plastic Ziploc or piping bag. Snip a tiny corner off of the bag and drizzle it in a zig-zag motion over the chocolate-covered eggs. Allow the chocolate to set for about 5 minutes.

• Serve the eggs immediately or keep them in an airtight container until they are ready to serve.

Substitutions and Additions

• Shortening: You can use butter or margarine instead of shortening in this chocolate Easter eggs recipe. For every 1 cup of shortening, use 1 cup and 2 tablespoons of butter or margarine.
• Coconut extract: Use coconut oil as a substitute for coconut extract. It’ll give your coconut cream Easter eggs a yummy flavor and keep the consistency the same.
• Candy: You can use candy or sprinkles to decorate your sweet treat. It’s Easter!
• Drizzle: You can also make your drizzle using white chocolate chips if you prefer.

Easter Coconut Cream Eggs - A Must-Have For Your Easter

The filling of these homemade Easter eggs is wonderfully creamy and not too sweet. This recipe is so nice and my children like it as much as I like it. I can say that I call this recipe energy egg.

You can decorate if desired and many decorate them with their children every time. This is very interesting for them. I am pretty sure that your children will like it very much. Easter is an occasion when the family is together and a lotta people can’t wait for it this year or the next to make their favorite energy eggs – the Easter coconut cream eggs and surprise their children and friends.

You only need a few ingredients to make this recipe, for example, coconut, powdered sugar, cream cheese, butter, chocolate, and shortening. You can make it very easy and your children and friends will like it very much.

These homemade Easter coconut cream eggs are so delicious that people that make them make double the rate every time and I can recommend you too because I know you will like them – Cause they really taste heavenly. I like the most when chocolate melts in my mouth and when I feel coconut, that’s the yummiest thing ever believe me.

I don’t know if you made something similar before, but I know that this recipe is the right choice for coconut and chocolate lovers. Give it a try you won’t make a mistake with this Easter coconut cream eggs recipe. You don’t need any kitchen skills to make this recipe and I know that your children will like it very much. Make some Homemade Coconut Cream Eggs and enjoy Easter!

Additional resources and citations

• 1
  https://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/coconut-cream-eggs/
• 2
  https://yummiestfood.com/homemade-coconut-cream-eggs-recipe/
• 3
  https://spaceshipsandlaserbeams.com/coconut-cream-chocolate-easter-eggs/

Easter Coconut Cream Eggs | Learn a Real Simple but Delicious Homemade Recipe on How to Make Easter Coconut Cream Eggs

Easter coconut cream eggs are an easy, no-bake, and a great Easter dessert idea! These candies taste so much better homemade and are fun to make for your kid's Easter baskets! These Easter coconut cream eggs are made from just a few, simple pantry basics.

Type: Candy, Desserts

Cuisine: France, German

Keywords: Easter Coconut Cream Eggs

Recipe Yield: 20 eggs

Calories: 190kcal

Preparation Time: 20M

Freezing Time: 2H

Total Time: 2H20M

Recipe Ingredients:

• 1 package (8 ounces) of cream cheese, softened
• 1 tablespoon of butter, softened
• 4 cups of confectioners' sugar
• 1 cup of sweetened shredded coconut
• 2 cups of semisweet chocolate chips
• 1 tablespoon of shortening

Recipe Instructions:

Step 1:

Line a half baking sheet with parchment paper, and set aside.

Step 2:

In a medium bowl, using a hand mixer beat cream cheese and butter until blended.

Step 3:

Add powdered sugar and coconut and stir well until incorporated

Step 4:

Refrigerate for about 1 hour or until easy to mold with hands.

Step 5:

Dust your hands with powdered sugar and mold the coconut mixture into egg shapes.

Step 6:

Place coconut egg on parchment paper, and do the same with the rest of the coconut mixture.

Step 7:

Place in the freezer for 1 hour or until eggs are firm.

Step 8:

Melt chocolate chips and shortening in the microwave by heating for 30 seconds then stirring and repeating the process until it is melted and smooth.

Step 9:

Using a fork, dip the egg into the chocolate and flip it to cover it completely.

Step 10:

Tap the fork on the edge of the bowl or place them on a rack to remove the extra chocolate.

Step 11:

Place back on parchment paper

Step 12:

Refrigerate until the chocolate has set.

Step 13:

Drizzle chocolate syrup onto each egg if you desired.

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