Chocolate Easter Eggs

Okay, these are super easy. The funnest part is that they're hollow! You could fill them with candy (skittles would be fun), a charm/bracelet, money, or-do what I did-and just put a nice quote or scripture printed in a pretty font and tied with a ribbon.

For directions
Okay. It did take me about an hour to make these, but what you don't see are the four others I made that my kids ate so....

Anyway.

First get a few plastic Easter Eggs. I like to use the extra large ones because it gives more room to put stuff in the middle. You'll also need chocolate or-what I used this time-multicolored candy melts. You can melt the chocolate in a double boiler or in the microwave. If you do it in the microwave, make sure you only zap it for 30 seconds at a time and stir VIGOROUSLY in between. Really, for all but large batches one zap a an equal amount of time stirring should get it melted. (Make sure the bowl and spoon you're using are dry, because any water will make your chocolate seize up and become useless for this project.)

If you're going to do a design on the outside paint that on first. (Don't forget to write backwards if you're writing a message!)

Fill it with chocolate making sure to spread it all the way to the top. Put it in the fridge for at least 10 min.

Hold it up to a window and if you can see the color through the chocolate then add a little more and let it harden again.

Getting them out is a little tricky. It works best to let them sit on the counter for about 5 min and then just.....wiggle it, pop it on the counter, try pushing one side down to have it come up the other. Good luck. On the bright side, once you get the hang of it, it's loads easier the next time.

Put your message or whatever you're going to put into the egg into the larger half. If I'm putting in a message I roll it over a paintbrush then tie it with a ribbon.

Heat up a pan on low and hold the other half of the egg while just touching the bottom to the pan to melt it just a little. Put the two together and put in the fridge to let harden. If you have any rough edges to clean up you can do that with a paring knife once it's set. If you don't want to use a heated pan, you could just pipe a little melted chocolate onto one half and push them together; you'll have more clean up work to do.

Do your cleanup and voila! Hollow chocolate Eggs! If you want you can hold the egg in you hands for just a minute (less if you have hot hands like me) and then roll it in edible glitter. That's what I did to the egg in the top left corner of the picture below, but you can't really tell in the picture.