Bittersweet Creme Eggs

Total Time: 24 hrs Preparation Time: 24 hrs

Ingredients

• 100 g corn syrup
• 58 g butter
• 375 g powdered sugar
• 1 tablespoon vanilla (use clear if you want 100% "whites")
• 3/4 teaspoon sea salt
• 5 drops yellow food coloring
• 2 drops red food coloring
• bittersweet chocolate, for dipping

Recipe

• 1 in a bowl, beat together corn syrup, butter, powdered sugar, vanilla and sea salt.
• 2 remove 1/3 of the mixture to another bowl and stir in the food colourings.
• 3 chill 1 hour.
• 4 roll 16 small balls of the "yellow" mixture and place on a plate, freeze until solid.
• 5 make 16 pieces of the "" mixture and flatten each into a rough disk.
• 6 place one frozen "yolk" in the centre of each "" and wrap the mixture around it, smoothing into a rough egg shape.
• 7 place completed eggs on a plate and chill.
• 8 melt the bittersweet chocolate in a double boiler or microwave and dip the eggs to coat.
• 9 allow to harden completely at room temperature.